Friday, November 29, 2019

Goodbye November

November is already gone...okay, then.
And its December.

Here I am again checking in with my 2019 resolutions:
(1) Keep learning
(2) Write [almost] every day
(3) Don't stop reading
(4) Complete something (e.g. a manuscript)
(5) Get [a little] professional 


This month went...barely better. I kinda sucked again.

(1) Again, no real "evidence" of this to share. 

(2) I wrote almost every single day. I can count on one hand, less than one hand, how many days I didn't get writing in (and they were because I was sick)

(3) I read 0 books in November, started and abandoned a bunch more. I've sucked at reading for a few months now.

(4)  20+ pages. Its hard to tell. I'm still editing, and I have a bunch of different docs going.

(5) Posts in November: 2 (that includes this one).

I'm going to (try) to do this at the end of every month, or close to it (that is, if I remember, and my life isn't too too crazy at that time).


What are your big December reads?
Anything I should check out?

As we say at the daycare I work at during circle time:
"Goodbye, November!"
"Hello, December!"
It sounds silly, but just imagine 6-10 two year olds repeating that after you. It could make almost anyone smile.


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Writing/Editing Rant--Part 2


Well, second month of writing/editing has gone...better. I finished the first run through of the Pen To Paper edits, and started putting it into my Word Doc. That also includes adding almost a dozen new scenes that the manuscript needed for clarity, setting, characterization, etc.

This is taking much longer than I thought it would.

Words of encouragement anyone?
Please...

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The Christmas Curse

Here's Avery Cockburn's "The Christmas Curse." ["Martin Gibson is cursed. Ever since a childhood clash with a Christm...