Okay. I’ll start by saying, I’ve pretty much failed horribly with all but one of my goals since the last update. I have an idea of what the issue is, so let’s just go over that first. Email. Oh my word, the emails are doing me in. I’ve become a subscription whore, and the constant updates are bombarding me. I wake up each day with anywhere between 30-50 emails, and they just keep coming throughout the day. I barely keep up with them. And keeping up with my other obligations have just fallen to the wayside.
So today is a catch up day. I have a couple of obligations I’ve failed to meet over the last two days. I’m such a loser and owe some apologizes. Then I’m going to start unsubscribing to pretty much EVERYTHING. I’m going to try my best not to subscribe for the rest of February. I truly want to finish Chasing Shadows this month and will have a hard time doing it if I know emails are lurking. So that’s that. Now to the progress I’ve made over the last 7 days.
- February:
- Finish the first draft of Stray Cat
- In order to accomplish my goal of finishing Stray Cat (working title, by the way… I’m leaning towards “Chasing Shadows”), I need to write 1k words a day. I started this update at 25,610. Now I’m at 27,436 words. I’d decreased the my obligation to 500 words/day last week. I only hit that goal once and in fact didn’t write at all one day. With my unsubscribe goal for today, I hope to do better this week.
- Write the Sex scene for Control Freak: Regina’s Story. Didn’t do again this week.
- Do the first round of edits on Unprotected. I worked on this a little.
- Finish the first draft of Stray Cat
- March: TBD
- Might work on Trinity’s Awakening
- Might edit Alley Cat
- Bonus Goal: Work on New Adult novel
- Maintaining 100+ words a day over at Word Count Union. This is on top of any other goals I have. I’m really liking it. I figured at 100 words a day, I’ll finish this novel this year. Still going strong! Last check-in I was at 25,768. As of today, I’m at 26,842. I’m really feeling great about this piece. It’ll end up being a novella, so I might find myself editing it about the same time I get to my first round of edits for Chasing Shadows. Plus, it’s a lot cleaner draft.
- Maintaining 100+ words a day over at Word Count Union. This is on top of any other goals I have. I’m really liking it. I figured at 100 words a day, I’ll finish this novel this year. Still going strong! Last check-in I was at 25,768. As of today, I’m at 26,842. I’m really feeling great about this piece. It’ll end up being a novella, so I might find myself editing it about the same time I get to my first round of edits for Chasing Shadows. Plus, it’s a lot cleaner draft.
So, utter failure this week. But I have a plan to do better this week, starting with unsubscribing from pretty much everything. Gotta slow down those emails, cause I have a hard time concentrating knowing I’m backed up.
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Reena Jacobs is just your typical writer who loves to see her words in print. As an avid reader, she’s known to hoard books and begs her husband regularly for “just one more purchase.” Her home life is filled with days chasing her preschooler and nights harassing her husband. Between it all, she squeezes in time for writing and growling at the dog. You can find Reena on Ramblings of an Amateur Writer, Amazon, Goodreads, Barnes & Nobles, and Smashwords.
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