Day 14 in my month-long accountability project. Novel: No progress today. Exercise: None. Other achievements: I read a novel, made crepes for brunch, took an afternoon nap and went to see a cabaret show in San Francisco in the evening. A fun Sunday, not a productive one!

Day 13 in my month-long accountability project. I didn’t post yesterday. I finished the feature I was working on at 1am on Friday morning so I had an easy morning on Friday, then took my husband to the doctor in the afternoon (he’s fine; it was just routine stuff). Novel: I plotted out half the [...]

Day eleven in my month-long accountability project. Novel: I watched some videos on character archetypes in the Dramatica story theory. I really need to work on my antagonist before I do any more plot development and/or writing. I don’t really have one. I have a candidate but I haven’t worked out her role in the [...]

Day ten in my month-long accountability project. I didn’t post yesterday. I spent most of the day at the hospital, getting blood tests and so on. I also listed a bunch of furniture on Craigslist. Here’s today’s progress report. Novel: I have been listening to podcasts of Mur Lafferty’s I Should Be Writing and this [...]

Day eight in my month-long accountability project. I failed to post on Saturday and Sunday. I did add about 583 words to my novel, though this was below target. As for exercise, I learnt a lesson about the danger of procrastination. On Saturday I put off the swim until Sunday; then on Sunday it was [...]

Day five in my month-long accountability project. If you like the idea of this and want to join me, tomorrow is the new moon and traditionally said to be a good time for starting new projects. Let me know and we can cheer each other on! Novel: I got up at 7.30am but got quickly [...]

Day four in my month-long accountability project. Novel: I got up at 6am when my husband was getting ready for work and fit in some writing before the work day started. I was partly motivated by an early morning Facebook discussion with Linda Watanabe McFerrin – thanks Linda! I also wrote a bit this evening [...]

Day three in my month-long accountability project. Novel: I didn’t manage to write a thing. Feeling disgruntled. Exercise: None today. I should have gone for a swim but I let the opportunity slip away. I really must go tomorrow. Other achievements: I did a reasonable amount of work. I sent two pitches to editors. I [...]

Day two in my month-long accountability project. Novel: Today’s word count was a measly 138 words, most of which I think will end up being deleted. I tried to start a new chapter but then realised that while my chapter plan outlined some broad-brush developments, I hadn’t actually decided on any scenes. I thought about [...]

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