Somewhere in the back of my consciousnes I hear Dr. Drew Weiss quoting Robert Burn’s, “To a Mouse.” “The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft agley,” Followed by his favorite explanation of the couplet: “Shit Happens.” So when I miss my 4,000 word goal by, well, 3,800 words, instead of gripping, I […]
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#holdmeaccountable Day 17: …The Hours Fly By
3,000 words in 8 hours. Man I used to be faster. But in my defense, they were researched quite a bit to make sure I was getting the story. I want to make sure I’m doing it when Google Panda checks my homework. I’ll hit my 4,000 words after dinner, but I wished I was […]
#holdmeaccountable Day 15-16: Nina Simone’s ‘Sinnerman’ & Other Classics I Shouldn’t Need CBS’, ‘Person of Interest’ to Remind Me About
Late at night, catching up on some late-night work that I neglected today and I’m being accompanied by recent episodes of CBS’, “Person of Interest.” It’s fairly entertaining. It won’t crack my top 5 shows running: BBC’s Doctor Who FX’s Justified ABC’s Castle FX’s Sons of Anarchy USA’s Burn Notice …but it holds my interest […]
#holdmeaccountable day 14: But Those Days Happen
It starts with the fact that I’m horrible at getting out of bed. Anxiety, endtrails of depression, too many f*****’ alarms trying to get me up, and all I heads was the lightning and thunder. I lost 3 hours, 5 minutes at a time. Then I got up and started to scramble to catch up. […]
#holdmeaccountable Day 13: “Like a Sweet Sunset in Georgia, Let It Go.”
Days are going quickly. Big things are becoming small. Deadlines are whooshing by with grace and splendor. Life Is In a Good Place. The only things on my mind anymore are project 03, The Summer of 210,000 Words and how to get the most out of the next few days before I go down to […]
#holdmeaccountable Day 12: “…Sometimes It’s Just Noise.”
I forgot I’m still a little fragile, not out of the woods that’s really wasn’t a play-on-words. I’ve been running lately as if the Summer of 210,000 Words Woes were a figment. It only takes a moment to relive them. Old instincts came up. I was having an important phone call today. We coordinated with […]
#holdmeaccountable Days 9-11: Gettin’ Ready to Hold on For the Ride
It took 2 months to recover from the Summer of 210,000 Words woes – on paper. It took another 6 weeks to fix the Summer of 210,000 Words and get it in prime shape to make it the Winter of 210,000 words. And that’s not what has me excited… What has me excited. I’ve been […]
#holdmeaccountable Days 7-8: Normal Days (Finally)
For the first time since early summer, I felt like I had normal days. I hadn’t sat in the normal spot and spent a work day writing since the Summer of 210,000 Words woes hit. Got my project back, kept the anxiety down. Days are starting to settle back down. But with Project 03 beginning, […]
#holdmeaccountable Days 5-6: Homemade apple pie, and other gluttonous goodies
Everyone is going to have their weaknesses. For me, it’s when I sneak on up to Duneland for the weekend to be near the water and hang with family friends. The strategist, the leader in my takes a back seat to whatever else is going on. A lot of Doctor Who, a lot of food, […]
#holdmeaccountable Day 4: I’m not as nice when I’m in business mode
“You’re not as nice when you’re in business mode,” my friend Jen pointed out to me today when she needed help with a tech issue for her non-profit activity while I was on deadline. I talked quick. I thought quicker. I stomped my leg on the ground like Thumper when I had to wait for […]