THE DAY
Which pretty much says it all.
I will try not to dwell on those three big fat goose eggs all in a row. But what I will say is that I ALWAYS have a hard time getting back up to speed after an interruption or trip. The funny thing: I always take a laptop because you never know. But I DO know that I am very bad at working while away unless I know that I have a lot of unbroken time when no one will bother me. (For example, if the husband wants to go to some conference and drag me along? Hasn’t happened now for years, but just supposing. I don’t mind that because so long as I have a carafe of coffee, peace and quiet, a DO NOT DISTURB sign on the hotel door, and a hotel gym…I’m set. I can do the work.)
But I couldn’t this time around. The days were filled with family things. So I just closed my eyes, tried not to look.
Getting started again, though, is just as hard. Even though I’ve done nothing but think of what I have to write, actually getting back into the swing of the narrative is tough. Took me several hours this morning. When I finally got going, I saw that, if I were to stick to my schedule, I ought to be getting up and heading to the pool.
Well, I decided: screw that. I’m on a roll; I feel the book; it’s time to keep hammering, get back into the groove.
So that’s what I did. While I did finally stop and go to the pool, I also decided against making dinner and simply brought home something easy and fast so as not to go too crazy. Thought about the book the whole time I was in the pool, too, because I was just kind of uncomfortable with where things ended. Not quite the pizzazz I was looking for, and I want to keep things moving.
Anyway, that’s for tomorrow, I guess. But I didn’t do too badly, word-wise.
WRITING OUT LOUD
Dark Side of the Moon
Day 1: 4326 Day 11: 2500 Day 21: 1800 Day 31: 745
Day 2: 2085 Day 12: 500 Day 22: 0 Day 32: 0
Day 3: 3011 Day 13: 1000 Day 23: 2700 Day 33: 4000
Day 4: 2652. Day 14: 3700 Day 24: 3500 Day 34: 2800
Day 5: 3210 Day 15: 5630 Day 25: 1500 Day 35: 4500
Day 6: 3450 Day 16: 1060 Day 26: 0 Day 36: 4800
Day 7: 0 Day 17: 130 Day 27: 0 Day 37: 0
Day 8: 2756 Day 18: 0 Day 28: 380 Day 38: 450
Day 9: 4580 Day 19: 3000 Day 29: 390 Day 39: 1000
Day 10: 2670 Day 20: 2600 Day 30: 380 Day 40: 2500
Day 41: 2600 Day 51: 1000
*Day 42: 830 Day 52: 1600
Day 43: 3600 Day 53: 2600
Day 44: 5000 Day 54: 3600
Day 45: 2600 Day 55: 3200
Day 46: 3000 Day 56: 4000
Day 47: 2800 Day 57: 1200
Day 48: 2500 Day 58-60: 0
Day 49: 1000 Day 61: 3500
Day 50: 4600
Blog Post: 520
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What I’m Reading:
Alternating between Operation Paperclip and The Pentagon’s Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America’s Top-Secret Military Research Agency (also by Jacobsen). Both fascinating reading and, yes, research for another book idea.
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What I’m Watching:
Not a thing today. Swam. I think I mentioned that I finished Fortitude. Went back to catch up on The Blacklist.
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What I’m Listening to:
I could listen to something. I’ve got several good books on audio. But I lose patience with the news. I don’t have the brain power to spare right now. Every second I’m not writing the book, I’m thinking about it. Hard to turn that off.
