Last year, I took an in depth look into my writing habits (see Looking back on past writing goals and tweaking them for the future) and, without repeating myself, I think my tweaks were good. I passed 400,000 words for the year late on 12/30 which was later than I’d hoped to but still pretty good. Though I struggled to meet it this year, I’m going to keep the 500,000 word goal for next year for two reasons:

1. I really was only 100k off from meeting it this year which is close enough to make me want to shoot for it again
2. Adding 100k to what I actually wrote this year seems a good amount to keep pushing myself
3. Even if I don’t hit it, it will push me to write more while trying to reach it like it did this year
4. There’s a random extra bonus day this year because of the leap year! Continue Reading »

It’s been almost a month since my last works in progress update! I can’t believe September is almost over, you guys. This is insanity.

I thought to schedule posts for while I was away in FL for eBay On Location but then while I was back home but really busy catching up? Nothing. Sorry about that!

I’m almost embarrassed to give you this word count update. This month has flew by and I haven’t had a lot of time to write. Let’s do the potato right up front to get it over with. Continue Reading »

Guys… I’ve missed you! I feel like the proper blog posts are me giving a lecture and these kind of blog posts are just sitting down for a nice chat. I feel like I haven’t had a moment of calm in weeks though my brother did visit and few weeks ago and it was very nice to get to spend some time with him.

So, where am I with my various projects? Well, to start with, I’m taking a class on Playwrighting this summer. It’s *much* more work then I anticipated. Every week there is homework (which is often the kind of writing that, while short, is very difficult and takes a while), a reading and then you have to join in the discussion of the reading AND read and critique the work of 2 to 3 other people. This is every single week. From July through Sept. Not to mention that I had to hand in my own 20 page play submission twice over the course of the class (my second submission was last week so that, at least, is finished). Writing and editing like a madwoman amidst all the other things I have to do.  Continue Reading »