The words flow from me and I’m working hard on a number of projects. I finished and published Wayfarer Evolution. I’ve got other manuscripts edited and I’m hoping to get them on the computer soon. In the meanwhile, I’ve started – or restarted – this story I’ve had in my slush pile. I’m 55K into the manuscript.
Tag: manuscripts
Coupons, Crocheting, and Juggling…
After I finish a manuscript and switch to something else, I feel like I’m not accomplishing anything. I have to remind myself there is more to life than writing.
Sunday, I spent the day listening to an audio book and going through the stack of coupons. Since my stack was so large, it took me most of the morning to go through them. I got the three piles done (one for me, one for my middle daughter, and one for my Atlanta daughters). I talked to my middle daughter for a bit to sooth her pre-test nerves.
Ken came home from helping his sister with a car that wouldn’t start and we had lunch. I worked on a throw and finally finished it last night about 8:30. I started another crochet project but realized I had done the first row wrong so I have to tear it out and start over. I like the pattern, I just got the count wrong – at least that’s my hope because otherwise the pattern is screwy. It’s a new book so it could be the pattern but I’ll try the first row again tonight.
I’m still listening to Obsession in Death. I’m up to chapter 13 and enjoying it. Robb does a good job in drawing in the reader and even though this is the 40th book in the series, it is still an interesting story.
I have editing to do. I’m trying not to think about writing so I don’t get more manuscripts to edit but the third book in the Defenders is calling to me. I know what the next two or three scenes will be. I just need time to write them. However, I also want to make sure I get the editing done. I’m juggling again, juggling projects for both writing and crocheting.
Often I feel like I have too many things to do and not enough time to do them. That is when I remind myself it will all get done in time. I have to remember to not be too hard of a boss to myself. I get annoyed when I know I should do things – like marketing – and find myself opting to do things I know I like more – like writing. It is a matter of balance.
Back to the salt mines…
My to do list did not get to done… but I did relax and spend some ME time while I was off. I’m actually looking forward to going back to work. I know I have a lot on my desk – it was there when I left. I also know that the moment I step into work the stress level will be quite high with all the political stuff going on.
I’ve spent the last five days organizing and sorting through writing stuff. I have it more the way I want it now and hopefully that will last – I just have to maintain it now. In going through I’ve gotten a couple of ideas about what I want to do with a few articles and hopefully I will have time to get those done.
I didn’t get to write at all. I need to get back to that. Hopefully that will happen this week and I can move forward with the manuscript I am working on. I didn’t get any work done on any of the other manuscripts either. I think if I’m not in the mood to write I’ll go back to editing those so I can move forward on getting them published.
As I said – my to do list didn’t get done and those are still on my mind. I would like to get those projects submitted to a couple of places though so I can move on to other projects. I have about a half a dozen in the works… it is just a matter of time and motivation to work on them…