From the monthly archives:

August 2002

Progress 9 Aug 2002

9 August 2002

I have a miserable three pages for yesterday.
A situation pissed me off, and that kind of ruined it for writing. I allowed it to put me in a bad mood. Ah well. I went to bed pissed off, too, but I’m feeling much better this morning. [...]

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Continuation of the procrastination chronicles.

9 August 2002

My office is now cleaner than it has been in anything resembling recent history. I still need to vacuum, but that can wait for another procrastination day.
I tried writing, got stuck, so, lacking any form of chocolate in the house, I made chocolate pudding. From scratch. [...]

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Procrastination Strategies 101

9 August 2002

I filed for about a half hour. I’ve cleaned my office (another two or three hours – it’s amazing how much paper piles up!) including an entire blue bag of recycling paper. I’ve archived files in my filing cabinet that can be boxed and put in the garage. I’ve done some [...]

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How do you get started writing a novel?

8 August 2002

The first time I sat down to write my novel, I was so intimidated that I couldn’t for the life of me figure out how to start the first chapter. So I didn’t. I wrote Chapter 6 instead. Then, because I still couldn’t figure out how to write Chapter 1, I [...]

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Progress – 7 Aug 2002

7 August 2002

Wednesday: 6 pages
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Tuesday’s Progress – 6 Aug 2002

6 August 2002

Five pages today.
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Grist for the Mill

6 August 2002

Isn’t it amazing how we take some of the worst or weirdest events of our lives and turn them into grist for writing? I think it’s great that we’re finding ways to turn these experiences into something so useful. had to throw that in there. I think my rash is going [...]

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More on that rash of mine

6 August 2002

Apparently it’s not shingles. Went online to research this, and there were no pictures of anything online that resemble what I have – not measles, smallpox, chickenpox, shingles, dermatitis, or any of the multitude of other types of skin rashes. It most closely looks like an allergic reaction to every single [...]

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Monday’s Progress – 6 Aug 2002

6 August 2002

Remember that I live on the wet, ahem, west coast. So that’s my excuse for reporting late in the day.
7 pages.
And that was after I spent several hours working on plot and character development, so this has been a good productive day.
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August 2002 BIW

4 August 2002

I’ve been AWOL for several months – health issues cropped up in an odd way, and I’m feeling much better now. I could throw my sick humour in and say the doc gave me some goooooood drugs. Or maybe I’ll refrain.
I abandoned writing several months ago as [...]

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