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New writing goal will be met… and smashed

Posted on 07/03/2021 by Reay

I continue to work on my novel when time allows, my own dumb distractions can get effectively put aside (I’m a writer, so will put my ability to procrasti...

books/work in progress/writing

At a creative crossroads

Posted on 02/02/2021 by Reay

I’m continuing to toil away at what will be my first novel, but have once again run into the “What exactly am I doing here?” stage. Meaning, i...

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Volume of work begets creativity

Posted on 25/11/2020 by Reay

I realized ages ago that I come up with the bulk of my creative ideas while working on other material. Not as much sitting and staring out the window (though th...

work in progress/writing

Whooooa, I’m half way there/ Whoooo-OA!…

Posted on 22/11/2020 by Reay

I’m happy to announce that on my current, most dedicated attempt to write a novel, I’ve now passed the half-way point of what is seemingly considere...

work in progress/writing

This is your captain speaking: We’re at 31,000 and climbing.

Posted on 27/10/2020 by Reay

Yesterday I broke the 31,000 word mark on my novel WIP. It’s not a ton, of course. It’s not even at the half-way point of the 80,000 words that conv...

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A new high and the dangers of merging ideas

Posted on 21/10/2020 by Reay

I wrote just over 2500 words today. And that’s as of this writing, so there’s a chance (albeit slim) that I’ll be adding more, depending on ho...

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Progress is good

Posted on 20/10/2020 by Reay

… by which I mean that progress is a good thing as well as that I’m making good progress. In this particular case, on the planned novel. I had anoth...

tech/whatnot/work in progress/writing

The rare times the universe talks to me, I listen

Posted on 08/10/2020 by Reay

I’m not a big believer in capital-s Signs. By which I’m not speaking of Shyamalan’s okay 2002 offering, but rather signs from, if you will, th...

work in progress/writing

My novel’s first draft is crap, and that’s okay

Posted on 05/10/2020 by Reay

As I mentioned in my last post, the first draft of my first novel is going well. Meaning, as far as progression of the word count. As for the quality?That’...

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A new personal best and solid other thing

Posted on 02/10/2020 by Reay

I hit a couple of notable benchmarks today. This isn’t to be confused with hitting the magic number I mentioned recently. That’s a whole other thing...

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