Back, Tanned and Ready to go

I’m actually not tanned at all.  I burn if I don’t slather myself in sunscreen.  But if tanned symbolizes a relaxing, well taken beach vacation, I am that.  And now back to real life.

First a confession.  I said I wasn’t putting pressure on myself at all last week, because it was my vacation and I wanted to enjoy it.  I left all my notebooks, revision drafts, blog posts planning notes at home.  However, I did take my ultrabook, because the last time I had no internet access for more than 2 days, I developed terrible, unexplainable headaches.  Screw you, summer storm power outage.

Anyway, I do all my writing on my computer, so that aspect of my work was still at my fingertips.  And there was the small matter of the Hot and Sticky Summer Novel Writing Challenge I signed up for.  Click the link if you have no idea what that is.  The goal is 488 words per day, and I signed up late, so I was already behind.

Rather than ban myself from doing any writing, I decided that if the spirit moved me, I was going to put words down.  And it did, actually every day, with the exception of the day before we left.  So beyond achieving my symbolic tan, it was an awesome week.

On to my achievements from the last two weeks and my goals for this week.

Writing

Cry of the Hawk –

Achieved:  4.5k, woo hoo!  That puts me at a total of 24.5k, with 9.5k of that counting toward my hotandsticky wordcount.
Goal:  Shooting for 3k this week.

1 Flash story

Achieved – Wrote another flash fic, the week before vacation
Goal:  Planning another for this week, based on some random wierdness that happened at the beach.

Revising

Cats at Midnight –

Achieved:  I managed to get to 51% on this one.  Technically behind on my deadline, but I changed my deadline  A nice perk of being my own boss.
Goal: Shooting for 59% this week

Seer –

Achieved: Got to almost 37%.
Goal:  Hoping to make it to 41%.  I’ve slated this one as a novel to be submitted, so I’m taking it slower.

Flash story –

Achieved: Managed to revise the story I wrote a couple weeks ago.
Goal:  Hoping to revise a flash piece I wrote a while back, about a girl making a difficult journey.

Website

I sketched out my short story plans.  Hoping to finish one in the next couple of weeks.  Probably won’t start the other for a long while.  Mailing list is up and running  Follow the link and sign up to get blog posts as well as some extra goodies in your mailbox.

Goal:

Personal Goals

Dedicate a half hour, three nights this week to practice drawing –

Achieved: Actually did a lot of drawing in the last two weeks, including some landscapes.  I’ll post pics eventually.
Goal: Going for three nights this week.

Exercise for at least 10 minutes every day (I know that doesn’t sound like much, but baby steps, and all that)

Achieved: Does walking on the beach count?  I did get through my 10 minutes a day the week before vacation, and mowed the lawn, which I think it good for a workout.
Goal:  Planning to keep my streak running, and maybe bump to 15 minutes.

Read 10% each (I’m all about the ebooks) from:

Indiana Bell, a time travel historical novel by John Heldt  –

Achieved: Finished!  Review will be forthcoming.

 

Wish me luck, and good luck to all of you.  Sound off in the comments, and share your goals for the week.