Woof. I uh… maybe fell off the map there for awhile. I’m sorry y’all. Work started on August 12th and I’m just now coming up for air. My new job (high school librarian) has been taking ALL of my bandwidth. I’ve barely been reading. I’ve watched a lot of television which we all know is unusual behavior for me, because it’s all my brain can really handle.
But, I dealt with the submissions stuff today and have edits for The Audient Void to work on. I’ve been reading/listening to audiobooks and the day-to-day of work is starting to even out. Hopefully that means I’ll begin working on my writing again soon.
August Goals
- Polish Exodus: Descent
- Continue short story submissions
- Read one short story a week
- Finish Whales rough draft
- Keep reading!
How’d I do?
- Polish Exodus: Descent
- Nope. Not even a little bit.
- Continue short story submissions
- Yes. Admittedly, it’s mostly been waiting, but even at my lowest, I didn’t let submissions stagnate.
- Read one short story a week
- Definitely not.
- Finish Whales rough draft
- Close! I think 1k more and it’ll be done. It’s just a really hard, emotional 1k. Also, renamed The Lament of Kivu Lacus.
- Keep reading!
- No. I didn’t finish a single title in August. That’s really disheartening.
Monthly Word Count: 1,234
So yeah. Writing-wise, August was a low point for sure. It was a blur, and I don’t have much to say other than I’m ready to move on. It’s a little late in the month to set goals, but I’m not going to let that stop me!
September Goals
- Finish The Lament of Kivu Lacus
- Continue short story submissions
- Keep reading!
I need to keep things simple for the rest of the month and keep my goals SUPER small. A thousand-ish words, continue submissions, and keep reading. That’s it. That’s all I need to do to feel good come October first. I can do that.
Right now I’m reading Our Dark Duet, as well as listening to Saint’s Blood. I need to read some more short stories and get back on track for my reading goal. I am REALLY behind, let me tell you. Hopefully soon I’ll have a book review for you guys.
Until then, Blogland.
BZ
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