In college, I learned the basic types of job satisfaction from more than one dry business management textbook. That is, what makes people happy in their job? Higher pay? More responsibility? Authority over others ( Read more... )

This is my most bad-ass icon, which is the necessary vibe for in this post.

I'm still "behind" for the year on my word count goal. And I really, really want to be caught up again. NOT writing for the past two weeks certainly hasn't helped matters, but I'm at that point in the Superhero Thing where the excitement of writing something new has worn ( Read more... )

Putting to-do lists in public where people can scrutinize them (and my ability to complete them) makes me about 2% more motivated to get them done, so here goes

Remainder of Friday:

Get out of this chair and dress in non-PJ clothes ( Read more... )

A happy and blessed New Year to all my flisters and readers ( Read more... )

Well. I did it. Final count (in Word) 52,103 words. That's including 3,556 words of false start from Days 1 and 2. I really wanted to have 50K above and beyond that. I only had about 1,500 words left to go to make it, but today was just too much and I'm tired. I have a solid game plan for the rest of the manuscript and a a million bajillion ideas ( Read more... )

Things I am NOT going to do today:

- Wander aimlessly through cyberspace. Not complete internet abstinence, just an effort to get off my bum and go to something constructive when nothing's going on in my circles of cyberspace.

Things I will do today:

- Light, standard weekend housecleaning (midway)
- Errands: groceries, post office, eye doctor- ( Read more... )

Ungh. I tried to be a good girl last night. I really did. I went to bed at 11:00. That's early for me. I tossed and turned, though, because my brain and my body are always at odds about bed time. Finally I got up, played Ticket to Ride, Sodoku, and Free Cell on my iPad until my eyelids felt like they were going to fall off, and then when it was ( Read more... )

Please ignore the redundancy. This is fun for me. And also helpful.

Kate's manuscript
Laura's manuscript (and feedback SENT! on both)
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson (picking up where I left off RIGHT NOW as soon as I post this)
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (in-progress, about 5% done)
For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund ( ( Read more... )

To run the risk of sounding overly dramatic, today may have been a turning point in my writing career ( Read more... )

Haven't had one of these in a while ( Read more... )