kelly | February 24, 2010
“It wasn’t my fault,” I’d say to St. Peter if he called me on how well I did this first week.
“I was in Vegas for the first few days. I tried, but there was so much–”
“Sin?” he’d ask with one eyebrow arched as he jotted a note down with his quill on [...]
kelly | July 20, 2009
I suppose this could use a bit of setup. We had a few adventures last week while at the Robertson’s Cottages up in Door County, WI, including a moth that never left the base of the toilet and an uninvited flying rodent. It also turns out that our cottage was once home [...]
kelly | November 18, 2008
god i hate the 20k mark. it’s this horrible “sweet” spot where you’ve invested enough of yourself that you’ve neglected almost everything else and you start to feel bad about. the story doesn’t exactly start to stagnate, but for me, the flaws become more apparent and that allows the critic of self doubt [...]
kelly | November 11, 2008
back on the wagon! i didn’t write at all during the day today because i was afraid of the volume of words that belonged to the next set. i didn’t want to start rolling down that hill and need to stop, but i was also concerned that it wouldn’t roll and the momentum [...]
kelly | November 6, 2008
where did day 4 go? do i fail at counting?
so, 5 days have past and i’ve knocked out 10k of words. for a bit of perspective, last time i crossed the 20% barrier on day 6. it feels like i’m much further ahead though. yesterday i was stuck, today i not only [...]
kelly | November 5, 2008
got a bunch done today, word-count wise. with the election and an election party in the works, i decided today was a 75% day. i spent more time playing with the spreadsheet of numbers than writing for the most part. i’m stuck in a chapter where lots of things need to happen, i [...]
kelly | November 4, 2008
not too much today. i think it being a weekday had something to do with it. too bogged down with a regular routine to really feel inspired. plus, i started suffering from the “too far ahead” procrastination. 2k isn’t much as far as a lead goes, but it was enough to blow it [...]
kelly | November 3, 2008
wow. i didn’t think i’d get much done this weekend but i’m up to 6184 words, which is almost 1/8 of the way to the word-count goal in two days! the second chapter is a bit heavier than the first, but about as heavy as i’d like it to be. a few [...]
kelly | November 1, 2008
tomorrow includes a birthday lunch, dropping charlotte off for an over-night with my aunt and uncle, and an evening at the casino. knowing that, i tried to get a drop on the word goal (900ish) by starting at midnight before going to bed. it’s now 1:45am and i’ve stopped after 1700ish words and [...]
