Not quite time for a post-mortem but if you’ve been following my word counts (on said tab), you may have noticed a certain lack of daily updates. Yeah, there’s a reason for that. I won’t draw the line yet, there are still a few days left in June, but I’m not likely to hit 30 short stories.
Why? Well, Fridays have been rough this month. Work and dog training lessons have basically killed those days dead (and took a few pot shots at me, as well). I’ve also been letting my stories expand to their ‘natural’ length, which is usually 5k-ish words. That’s not something I can bang out in two or so hours a day. Or, not unless I’m lucky/inspired/without distractions. And, in the interest of full disclosure, casual games haven’t helped one bit. (Bloons Tower Defense 5. Serious time sink)
I know better than to indulge the last one, I know better than to play games on my writing laptop. But, to be honest, sometimes I feel better after popping virtual balloons using a monkey, especially on work days. I didn’t get burnt out, exactly or run out of story ideas (dear God, no) but I did fall behind and couldn’t/wouldn’t make the sacrifices needed to get back on track again. It’s not like someone is paying me to do this.
Anyway, full post-mortem next week but I thought you should know. I AM still working on a couple of exciting stories that I’m happy with. So we’ll end the month well north of the mid-20’s at least.
Why? Well, Fridays have been rough this month. Work and dog training lessons have basically killed those days dead (and took a few pot shots at me, as well). I’ve also been letting my stories expand to their ‘natural’ length, which is usually 5k-ish words. That’s not something I can bang out in two or so hours a day. Or, not unless I’m lucky/inspired/without distractions. And, in the interest of full disclosure, casual games haven’t helped one bit. (Bloons Tower Defense 5. Serious time sink)
I know better than to indulge the last one, I know better than to play games on my writing laptop. But, to be honest, sometimes I feel better after popping virtual balloons using a monkey, especially on work days. I didn’t get burnt out, exactly or run out of story ideas (dear God, no) but I did fall behind and couldn’t/wouldn’t make the sacrifices needed to get back on track again. It’s not like someone is paying me to do this.
Anyway, full post-mortem next week but I thought you should know. I AM still working on a couple of exciting stories that I’m happy with. So we’ll end the month well north of the mid-20’s at least.
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