I’ve been thinking about the coming year, and trying to come up with some good resolutions. It seems like resolutions should be made. Really, it does, doesn’t it? I can think of a lot of things I could or should make resolutions about–things like working on being a better person, being a better husband and […]
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GREAT THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO/FOR ME THIS YEAR
At the day job, I put together a Year End Review of achievements my team had accomplished in 2012. You know the gig–the standard set of before and after metrics that show progress in the murky, complex world of Corporate America, or, since I live in a multi-national, perhaps I should say Corporate Earth. After […]
Read More ...A “Book” a Day
The original plan for the day included a trip to the health club and then a movie, but, between fallout from yesterday’s snow and the fact that Lisa has gotten herself tied into this wonky Excel project, we decided to make it a Stay Home day. This means I sat downstairs, worked on, and finished […]
Read More ...What You Get When You Trust a Cat
So, today, as usual, I expected the cat to wake me up at 6:00. This is what the cat does. It’s my fault, of course. I’ve trained her over the years that breakfast is served at 4:30 AM give or take. So now I can’t sleep particularly late unless I go to a hotel. If […]
Read More ...Novel Dare – Day 30 – It’s Done!
Wakers “finishes” NaNoWriMo at a final tally of 51, 735. I added about a thousand words this evening, but also killed about 500 others. Ultimately the last, say, 2000 words are really a coarse outline of the end of the story. So it’s a stretch to say it’s really “done.” But it’s done enough for […]
Read More ...Novel Dare – Day 30 … 50K!
Morning Update (7:23) – A tad over 2K this morning brings me to well over 51K for the month, which means … I “win!” The story stands at present at 51,493 words, and I’m thinking it really needs about 2K more. My experience with making my own estimates, though, is that this means I’ll need […]
Read More ...Novel Dare – Day 29
Morning Update (5:47 AM) – About 500 words this AM. Yippee. I knew it was going to be a sparse morning because work has made a special call, and I’ll be heading it early for a day-long session. These things are particularly wearing because you have to concentrate all day–unlike a usual office day where […]
Read More ...Novel Dare – Day 28
Morning Update (7:02AM) – Got a cool 2,064 words this morning, or just over 1,000 words an hour of effort. And I’m certain these are some really good words. The story at this point is getting depth that wasn’t totally there in the earliest stages of the work. Not surprising, of course, when you think […]
Read More ...Novel Dare – Day 27
Congrats to young Nick-o for completing his 50K! Morning Update (7:06 am) – Two major scenes of progress this morning, and over 1500 words of true progress. Counting a tiny bit of rewriting, my pace is up to somewhere around 900 words an hour, which is the strongest indicator that I’ve actually got a […]
Read More ...Novel Dare – Day 26
Morning Update (7:32 AM) – Something over 1,200 words this morning, and the work is actually flowing pretty well. I would say that for the past two weeks my work on this book has been a case of “two-steps forward, one step back.” But the past 24 hours things seem to have improved to maybe […]
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