Literary Abominations

Day 4:

I wrote 1,000 words today while also managing 7 hours of interviews and social media appearances. This is a HUGE improvement for me as these used to be zero days. Dictation is saving my bacon, sloppy though the first dictation is.

Currently at 54,100 of 120,000 words

Dan, This seemed like the perfect place for us to leave feedback on your recent episodes! I will leave mine below and assume other people will get to theirs too! Episode 815: Law Enforcement and Jurisdiction In answering this question, you advised the listener to talk to local precinct desk sergeant...

Well here we go! Day 1: 900 Words Day 2: 546 Words Day 3: 2,554 Words My new daily goal is 2,478 a day to finish this monstrosity on time! Realistically, I need to build a buffer because Friday's are crazy hectic and that's just a known quantity. The trick is dictating and then editing and flushing ...

I shall fight through to the finish! I've only got 71,000 more words before the year ends! So 2,300 a day or bust!

Final Check-In:

I re-wrote the 1,100 words I lost so I shall finish the month back at 49,100 words for a total of 19,100 for the month. Better than nothing and I shall keep pushing this forward to finishing this book... OR ELSE!

Well krank me, Word hates me and I lost that 1K words from today. Gonna mess up my NaNo tracker for sure! Oh well, the world will just have to suffer the loss of what was arguably going to be the next BIG THING!

Day 29:

I hit 1,000 words today for a total of 19,000 words so far this month. Progress, but won't keep the publisher happy so I'll need to get those rookie numbers up! But Dad Duty calls when the kiddos are sick.

This one's for Alexis, the younger new writer. If I got the names wrong, I sincerely apologize. Thinking back on your struggles with this story had me wondering; do you think that your troubles with your work-in-progress was just because you were new to writing? Or do you think you bit off too much ...

Day 27:

I wrote 90 words, lots of family drama to handle but at least it wasn't zero!

Day 28:

I wrote 2,008 words today, bringing me up to 18,000 new words for the month. Not what a wanted, but a step in the right direction.

Day 26:

Today I wrote 200 words... I need to manage my depression better and get back on the wagon! I will do better tomorrow!