Monday Update and Welcome to Fall

Fall is finally here.  Schools are starting up, the weather is changing and life is good.  Summer flew by fast and now it’s time to really get to work, and accomplish my goals.  Nanowrimo is right around the corner, and this year I’m planning to blow that word count right out of the water.

Writing

Caste of Iron –  Sort of new, sort of old.  I had backburnered this one a long time ago, but I’m ready to bring it back to the fore.  I wrote about 1K on it last week.

Goal: 2000 words.

Witchhunt –  This is the title I’ve settled on for now for the story set in Everwold I mentioned a couple weeks ago.  So far sitting at 6K and looking good to finish by next week.

Goal: 1500 words.

Flash story – Managed to write a story last week, about a gem miner who strikes it rich only to have his friend betray him.  The prompt came from my writing critique site, Scribophile, simply to write about a disaster.

Goal: Another flash story, I’ll probably pick a random prompt.

Revising

’cause it’s a chalice :-)

Chalice – I’m throwing most of my revising energy behind this one.  I tried to revise Chalice a while

back, but I just wasn’t happy with how it was going.  So I shelved it and moved on.  I’m ready to dive back in and I have some much better ideas.

Goal: Get 35% revised this week

Seer –  Poor Seer is just not getting the attention it deserves.  C’est la vie.  I’m thinking in terms of time spent with this one, so …

Goal: Two hours of revision time and we’ll see where that gets me.

Amber Soul – This a flash piece I’ve played around with revising, and I need to get off my duff and get it done.

Goal: Complete revision

Website

My website banners are published.  Check them out on the front page.  Christa Holland and Paper

and Sage did a beautiful job.

And the really big news …

My Patreon is Live!  Which means I will begin releasing my serialized fiction next month.  Story chapters will appear here and on Wattpad (once I get that running) every third week.  So pretty soon my website will boast tons of free stories.  Yay!

Personal Goals

Dedicate a half hour, three nights a week to sewing Bunny’s quiet book –

Achieved: Nothing, *sigh* I really need to knuckle down and make this happen, because Christmas is creeping up fast.
Goal: To get one page of the

 

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

Achieved: Going to bump this one up because we’re actually doing really well.  Bear and I walk every morning when he’s not out of town.  Of course, we’re heading into winter, but our area is fairly warm, so afternoon walks can still happen at least through November.
Goal: a 20 minute walk every day.

 

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

Fashionable Food: Seven Decades of Food Fads by

Achieved: Page 211, and approaching the fifties. I did learn the hardest food to come by in the U.S. during World War II was prime cuts of meat.  Boo hoo, America.
Goal:  Shooting for page 300 this week, and hopefully I reach the sixties.

Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett

Achieved: A sad lack of progress on this one, mostly because it ended up in my car, and I kept forgetting to bring it inside.
Goal: I’ll shoot for page 100 and just keep my fingers crossed.

 

Happy Fall everyone!  Sound off in the comments, and share your goals for the week.