write a book and have it published

not a good number, I’ve only worked about two hours a day on the book…life seems to conspire against me, and the rest of the world doesn’t seem to understand the writing IS work. Also, I have managed to find ways to keep myself busy…sigh.

Still, I have made some progress and when I get stuck, or start being so damn picky I tell myself, its just the Rough, it doesn’t have to be perfect, it just has to get down on paper.

I have found a part time job though, Tutoring. With the panic of money off my mind maybe I can focus a little better…or maybe it was the urgency of getting paid that made me work so damn hard…like two hours a day is hard, but hey, Today is a new Day!

Stayed up too late and didn’t get up till 11…sigh. I still have my other job to do, plus work out and do my volunteer and my game this evening. Monday is my busy day.

So I’m gonna go do what I can and then come back and try to get what I can written. Think I’ll take the ‘ol laptop with me. That might get me going.

Also, Roomie and his mother are re-decorating the kitchen…looooong ass story, but basically I’m in the way, and they = a shit ton of noise.

So enough of all this, hopefully I can get four or five hours in.

I’ve got 24,500 ish words done so far. I want to challenge myself tomorrow to get a tone of it done…I do have a chapter that I don’t think will work, it doesn’t make sense, or rather, its dull…I’m gonna work on it tomorrow.

You know Laura K. Hamilton clams that she writes 10-20 pages a day…she works for like eight hours a day, which is twice what most writers do. I have no life right now, there really is no reason why I cant do work like this, except my own laziness. Its something to shoot for, perhaps for the next week I will make myself work for eight hours a day on the novel…I think I will, stay tuned for updates.

And outlining is like the rough draft for me. I’m fleshing it out and then will go back over the whole thing when I am done. With hard work I’ll have this done before Yule and then I can start sending it around next year.

Now I just have to write it…

I have taking up this goal and am beginning at the start (profound eh?) Anyway, I have purchased several collected essay type books on how to write Mysteries, Fiction, and Horror. I also picked up a book with a plan to help you get your rough draft done in 30 days, so we’ll see how that goes. I have several ideas running around in my head so I am going to outline all of those and then pick the one that speaks to me the most. I am going to spend one hour every day reading and getting a feel for this, and then when I have finished the books (about a month or two is my goal) , then I will spend that hour writing everyday.