This is my work in progress list… and how I keep track of my word count.

Still fighting bronchitis and I have a new wound in my foot. I am attempting the pad challenge using the Fae Corps Publishing prompts. This year I have been unable to see anything from the writer’s digest prompts. I guess I am just not in the right place for them.

Are you doing the pad challenge this year ?

This is my work in progress list… and how I keep track of my word count.

okay I am running late today. I am also fighting bronchitis. This weather has me sick.

I started a new theme volume. so I listed it on there but the only writing in it so far is the foreword. That explains the idea of the volume and the rules I want to use within it. I don’t normally add that to the count because it is a natural part of the process…but it is starting that volumes set up. it is another one focusing on specific forms.

I also found out why I was struggling to get The sea serpent to go forward and fixed it. so I got some words in it.

This is my work in progress list… and how I keep track of my word count.

This week is an odd one. You will probably notice that the numbers have changed very little. That is because the writing was not something that I would list.

I wrote a new children’s book.

I wrote the outline for a story that I plan on writing soon but I didn’t actually write anything in the story yet.

I wrote stuff in emails for various reasons that kept my brain busy and away from my more creative adventures.

I wrote in my personal journal that is labeled as word vomit and will hopefully not see sunlight ever.

As you can see, none of them would end up on the list. The first one is completely written. this list is works in progress. the second one is only an idea at this point and not even started as far as I am concerned. the third is not creative at all. and the fourth is clearing the trash so I can write.

Some weeks are like this for me. These are the ones where I do more art or crafting because my brain has decided to be difficult when I try to write.

On the craft side…we decided to move my studio into the house to give me access to electricity and more space. This week I spent quite some time sorting and organizing the new craft room. My son moved everything inside for me (except for one table which we need to make space for first) And I have been sorting through and cleaning up my supplies. I will try to take pictures and post it when I get it done. Unfortunately, I have overdone. Which is frustrating and painful.

This is my work in progress list… and how I keep track of my word count.

I know I wrote… but I can’t actually tell you how much I got done. This week was chaos. my birthday was fun and full of shenanigans. (no I will not be exposing them to the world) Those who need to know will … lol

I realized something though. I have forgotten the word for the year. I was supposed to be giving myself GRACE. What that means is though I have goals for the day I need to look at any writing and say I did good… I wrote something. no matter what.

This is my work in progress list… and how I keep track of my word count.

I know I wrote… but I can’t actually tell you how much I got done. This week was chaos and sickness. thankfully my cough is slowing down. I was able to spend time with Joe on his birthday. and yesterday we had curry to celebrate the shared birthday month. First time trying goat curry. I enjoyed it thoroughly. (Nawab fine dining in Kanawha city, Wv. pricey but so worth it)

I will be hopefully able to get some writing in this week but since Friday is my birthday…I don’t guarantee that. I may be spending the day playing video games or reading my new books.

This is my work in progress list… and how I keep track of my word count.

I actually got more than I was expecting this week. then again due to the weather I had to reschedule my appointments.

my sleep patterns were so bad I ended up being able to get back to normal with my poetry writing goals. I did some in the stories but of course I would always want to do more.

This is my work in progress list… and how I keep track of my word count.

I didn’t get as much as I wanted written. Again I feel like I will end up saying that every time… because unless I exceed my daily goals every day in the week…

This week I ended up dealing with at least one day of migraine and a couple of high pain days where the brain fog was so bad I couldn’t think.

My weekend has a lot of publishing work on my desk. 3 separate manuscripts to get set up. so I am not expecting to get my writing goals for the weekend. I also have a Kickstarter for an author to figure out. (that was supposed to be done last week.)

As I have 3 separate appointments next week I will be squeezing the writing goals to fit my already tight schedule. that means I am not expecting myself to meet the goals this week. so any writing will exceed my plans. I am not wanting to do a review this week so I think I will do something else for tomorrow.  A one off thing… maybe.

This is my work in progress list… and how I keep track of my word count.

I didn’t get as much as I wanted written. I feel like I am going to end up saying that a lot of time. I struggled to get the poetry this week more than I did the story words. normally it is the other way around.

the appointment was actually helpful. I am going to be sent for one more scan and then I will be talking to what the doctor described as the best surgeon in the area for what is wrong with me. it was not a lot of forward progress but forward progress nonetheless.

I am starting to come to the other side of the winter sick. which means I’m starting to be a little more awake, with the insomnia starting to rear up again.

This is my work in progress list… and how I keep track of my word count.

I didn’t get as much as I wanted written.

this week was a high pain week so I spent the whole week in a pain fog.

This is my work in progress list… and how I keep track of my word count.

This Week I have been focusing on Stolen skins. It’s for the fall anthology from Fae Corps. The Anthology is pirate themed.

I didn’t get as much as I wanted written.

the truth is that this week was not a health issue. not in the traditional sense. my monitor was dying and I was having a panic because of it. y’all that monitor has been strong for us for a while now and it dying was like losing a member of the family. we bought it when we were in Oklahoma for a tv and console monitor. it was an upgrade for the 19 inch we got before it. then I started to use it when the boyfriend got him a 50 inch smart tv as his monitor. I have been using it at least since 2017.  So it’s dying was not a good thing for me.

yesterday I was given an early birthday gift as my boyfriend could not stand watching me grieve for it anymore. he got me a 24 inch smart tv to replace it. yeah it’s smaller but it’s functional and I can watch tv on it too. so I am hoping to get some work done this week. (my birthday is in March)