So, 15,000 words in January, not bad considering I didn't really start until after the first week and the vacation in Tokyo. ( cut for length )

It has been a very long time since I've updated. I got to the first Thursday of Nano, and decided that for my sanity and stress I was doing what I could and not caring about meeting the 50K goal. I got to 24,500 of so words, and have a good start on a SF novel that might not actually be done until January or later ( Read more... )

And play is fine, and it might be what I need in my busy life right now. But, it gets me no closer to being a serious writer. And come January when my part/full time job might become writer, this cannot be just play. I must make it work first, play when I get work done ( Read more... )

Monday while proctoring a test I got the last of novel 4's rough draft done. It came in at 82K+ words. Sure some of that will be trimmed from the first in revision ( Read more... )

Up to 45 K on Novel #4, as of last night when I wrote 3,800 words yesterday while proctoring make up exams. I may just get this novel done by May 16th. Depends how long the ending runs. But I think I'm about to head clearly downhill towards the climax of the plot. Three finals ready to give tomorrow, then it's all about excel and checking numbers ( Read more... )

Work has been busy much of the month with the semester winding to an end. I've lectured my rear off. Mostly, I've also used what free time I could at lunch to write on the novel, instead of post. And thus no posting ( Read more... )

We traveled to see family for half of my spring break, then last week I played catch up to get back to my usual schedule. This and next week I give lots of tests and lab practicals, but grading is usually easier than teaching ( Read more... )

Last Monday while proctoring a test I typed in the last of the revisions on Novel #2. The next look at it I'm going to hang off on for a bit, at least until I know issues near the beginning of the book that the local novel editing group finds ( Read more... )

My house is half clean, since we had people over and I finished straightening and cleaning the public areas of the house (living room, kitchen, dining room, hall bathroom and bonus game room). We also have clean folded clothes, but the dreaded sink of dirty dishes still ( Read more... )

The semester is not getting easier (my schedule sucks), but I feel slightly caught up from being gone two weeks ago ( Read more... )