Yesterday was my 85th consecutive blog post, which is kind of amazing. A few years ago, I started keeping this blog on a weekly, then a monthly basis to answer my mother’s two questions: “How is the writing going?” and “Are you done yet?” As it turned out, those were not burning questions for her….
Category: Blog Streak Challenge
Week in Review: Year of the Short Story and the 5K Donut Challenge
I love the turn of the year and the opportunity to set goals for the upcoming year. Each December Steve and I review our budget, make a budget for the following year, and set our 1 year, five year, and ten year goals. I’m not going to talk about all my goals here because some…
Week in Review: St. Jude Marathon and NaNoWriMo
This week both NaNoWriMo and the St. Jude Marathon happened, both are the culmination of a great deal of work. I’m pleased to say that my adorable husband had a great race. He’s trained for a year and I couldn’t be prouder. Here he is coming into the finish: My own NaNoWriMo adventure is less…
Week in Review: Thanksgiving and Progress
This week we decided to forgo Thanksgiving and just write and eat healthfully. In retrospect, that was a mistake. Holidays are important for our mental health. Next year we will do Thanksgiving. I hit 60 days of healthy eating today. Weightloss slowed but it’s not hard to keep eating healthfully this way. Like writing, health…
Week in Review: Lost In Stories
Locket Load is a new short story I am working on. The main character is a dedicated agronomist who rebels against petty rules on a distant planet. She wants to stay home and create a better world, but she may not be able to. While hiking, I found myself musing about her problems. Through the…
Week in Review: Canvassing, NaNoWriMo, Games, and Becoming a Badass
I worked my heart out canvassing and my candidates still lost. I’m sad about that but I don’t regret doing it for a moment. I will be writing a Canvassing For Newbies blog post soon. Look for it and share it with your friends if you think it will be useful. While I mostly adhered…
Week in Review
This week in review. I’m finally feeling a bit better physically. I hope this will improve my productivity. NaNoWriMo started this week and I got a bit of a slow start. This weekend and Election Day will also put a damper on my word counts because I am a volunteer for one of the campaigns. In…
Setting My Course For a New Challenge
I broke my blog streak and this sent me into a spiral of sadness before my writing friends pulled me out of it. What I needed to do, they said, is start a new challenge, but make it weekly rather than daily. That sounds good to me, so this is my new challenge. Every Friday…