July 1, 2010
Well, not a great way to start the month, but I seem to have survive the day. Ugh. I just want less stress, and every time I think I have it -- something else happens. I need a break from this.
I am not taking part in the July writing challenge. That would just be more stress. But in a few minutes I am going to get back to actual writing. Yay!
And Russ will be here in a week.
July 2, 2010
Oh am I having a hard time getting going this month. I know what I want to do, but it's like everything is hitting a rock and bouncing around before I can get hold of it. I don't just mean writing. Yuck. Life.
I am trying to work on an outline. It's not moving much at all. I need something I can't see. It will come to me, I'm sure.
But right now, just yuck. (Mostly the weather, I suspect.)
July 3, 2010
I am having a horrible time concentrating on anything. I can't seem to get work done -- though that's not true. The outline is going well. I'm even having some fun with it. But I've had a bad bout of annoyed with everything in life, too.
Ugh.
Need a better attitude again!
July 4, 2010
Got some nice shots tonight. The bugs are awful though, and the smoke was so thick you couldn't clearly see from one end of the block to the other. Glad this only happens once a year.
Russ will be home in a few days. He'll only be here for a short while, but it will be nice to see him again.
And yes, I am honestly going to post this time.
July 5, 2010
Getting closer to when Russ will be home. We have things to do and not a lot of time. I really hate that part, but we've managed it for two and a half years so far. What I really dread is the end of year three and the start of my forth winter here alone. They've just been getting harder. And winter is not that far away, you know.
Best not to think about that too much.
I am nearly done with the second Devlin outline. This is going well!
July 6, 2010
Russ comes home on Thursday night (8th). If I can just make it through a couple more days without any major disaster, then all will be well, at least for a few days!
I've been editing the short story class to prepare for next month. I'm pleased with it! I've slowed up a bit on the Devlin 2 Outline, but that's just the problem of pulling all the pieces together in a good order for the end.
Other than that, it's too hot again. Ugh. Supposed to rain tonight and tomorrow, though.
Fireworks
July 7, 2010
I have spent most of the day trying to get things done. Any 'things.' Cleaning things. Writing things. Caught up on other things.
It's going well enough. I'm almost done with the second Devlin outline. It's moving along quite well, really. An entirely new story from the original. I think I'm going to have to do some chapter rearranging later, but right now, it' looks good.
Other than that, not much going on here!
July 8, 2010
Russ will be home in a few hours. I expect that we'll be very busy until Sunday night, and he leaves early on Monday. It should be a nice few days, though we have a ton of things to get done.
But I am going to get away from the house for a little while. That counts!
So, back to work. Get more things done. Looking forward to having some fun!
July 9, 2010
I went to the zoo today! I was there from about 9 am until 5 pm. Then we drove through the De Soto National Wildlife Refuge on the way home!
I am SO TIRED. But I had a great day. The pictures are looking good!
July 10, 2010
I am very sore today, of course. That was a lot of walking for someone who lately hasn't done more than walk next door and back. It was a lovely day, though.
Russ is off with friends and will b home in a couple hours. Then we're heading up to see his brother and wife and their new house up in South Dakota. Tomorrow, if all goes well, we'll head down to Missouri and my favorite wildlife refuge.
I spent about an hour yesterday sitting in the jungle writing. That was all kinds of fun. I think I worked out much of the problems to the second Devlin book.
Wish Russ wasn't going back to New York on Monday, but it's been a nice couple days. Got some important stuff handled, too. He was doing that while I was at the zoo.
Now have to get ready for today. And post this!
July 11, 2010
Russ leaves in about five hours. Sigh. We had a great, and very busy three days together. I wish he could stick around longer. It's going to be back to my dull, quiet empty life soon.
I sure hope this all ends soon and he gets a job back in this area.
Right now, though -- Time to head to bed. Long day.
July 12, 2010
Russ is back in Maine tonight. We talked a bit. I sure hope he gets a chance to come home again soon. I am having trouble getting back to work on anything, though. I spent most of my day jotting down a few notes and sorting through the zoo pictures. I have two more groups of pictures to sort out, and I might have another short writing day tomorrow so that I can get them done. Otherwise, I fear I'll just let them sit for too long.
So that's it for me right now, though. It's been a long day and I am tired.
July 13, 2010
Yeah, I'm having a hard time getting back into the swing of work and home and no one to talk to. I seem to be bouncing all over the place today, but I finally got a few things done. Tomorrow, I'm going back to my list and working through it. That should help.
Tonight, though -- I think I'll just crawl off to bed and call it good!
July 14, 2010
I meant to be in bed hours ago. I am just too tired tonight. Unfortunately, one thing after another going on. I have nearly all my stuff written up, though. Tomorrow it's the newsletter.
I think I'll just crawl off to sleep for a while and start over tomorrow.
July 15, 2010
Trying to get this done early today. I've been working on the DAZ newsletter and tons of other things. Glad to have them all done so that maybe I can sit down and just write for a while. I am having trouble tying up the last of the second outline, but I'll get it done today or tomorrow. Then it's on to the next one. (grin)
Other than that, not much going on at all. I need to get back to work on my stories. Just work out the problem with the end of this outline, and I should be flying again!
July 16, 2010
It's later than I wanted it to be. Almost forgot to write tonight!
I'm working on outline # 3 for the Devlin series. Through chapter 1 and working on 2. It's going okay. I hope that it goes quickly. This should be an easy one to do. The story is sound. I am changing the POV in some of the chapters, though, so that's going to take a bit of work.
But that's the point right? I don't want to retell the same story. If I thought it was perfect, I wouldn't be redoing it now.
So, that will slow me down a bit. Still, I think it's going to be all right. It's interesting to work on, anyway.
July 17, 2010
Very hot, miserable day. AC is good. Blown fuse was bad. Got it fixed and doing okay, though. Every storm has gone straight past us again, though. And the humidity is as high as I've ever seen it. Just not pleasant.
I'm working on the new outline and it's going very well. I'd like it to go faster, but still -- nothing to complain about so far. I'll have quite a few outlines when I'm done with this.
And just found the spot where I want to add something. Back to work!
July 18, 2010
Wrote quite a bit today, on UPI story and outline. Now I'm tired again and ready to sleep for a few hours. Wish I could say that there's more to my life than this, but ... well, I'm boring. LOL
The outline is going well. I'm enjoying it.
I get the feeling this one is going to be longer than I expected, though! Still, fun to do.
And now... sleep!
July 19, 2010
Storms kept me awake until about 9 am. I was glad for the coolness and wish it was going to last! But man am I tired.
I did get my writing done today, though. Now it's time to go do more notes and be ready for tomorrow's work. Only I think won't make it that far. I usually do a few notes in bed. Today -- just want to sleep!
Sounds like a good idea to me!
July 20, 2010
Long day with not nearly enough done again! I don't know how this keeps happening. Ah well. With luck I'll do better tomorrow.
I've reached a spot in the Devlin 3 outline where I have to change things around quite a bit. It's going okay, but slowly. I just need to get the feel for it.
But for now -- bed. It's late. I'm worn out and ready for some rest!
July 21, 2010
I got a considerable amount of work done on the Devlin outline -- but it only proved to show how much more work I need. This one is going to be long! Should be fascinating to write, though. So much more depth in the characters.
Other than that, though, not much to say. Hot day. Storms out there tonight, but mostly missing us again. I would like it to cool down, though!
July 22, 2010
We had a lot of rain last night! It was really interesting to stand out on the porch and listen to it, but you really couldn't see anything. I'm used to our storms being brighter lately!
The outline is going VERY well. Cut a bunch of stuff that was in the original. Added new scenes that explore character a bit better. It's going well!
Other than that -- can't say that anything interesting has happened since the last time I wrote.
Thank God for the weather or I wouldn't have anything to write about!
July 23, 2010
Storms rolling in again tonight, so I'm not sure if I'll get this posted or not. It's been a good day for writing. And the DAZ newsletter is all done already. So all is pretty much well for me.
I am sorting through old stories to make a disc with everything on it. Just one copy instead of multiple stuff. It's fun.
Storm here.
July 24, 2010
The storms last night weren't nearly as bad as they looked like they would be. It did cool off quite a bit though. And I stood out in the wind, which was really nice.
Today, I'm back to work on the outline and sorting stories. It's fun!
Kind of odd things in there, though. But so far, it's been kind of enjoyable, though one of those HUGE projects that is probably going to take months to really do.
Ah well, means I'll always be busy, right?
July 25, 2010
I've had a long hard day. Felt awful through most of it and still can't really get going. I want a little more work done so I don't feel like I wasted the day, though.
Ugh. Well, probably needed the rest.
July 26, 2010
Good news! I finished the outline for the Devlin 3 book!
Bad news -- I have now spent four hours trying to find a full copy of the next novel.
Eek. I know it has to be around. I have probably 3/4s of it in a file and I was plainly copying it over and stopped for some reason. I don't know why.
The good news, though, is that I know what the story was about and I'm obviously rewriting everything anyway, so it doesn't really matter. Just annoying me that I can't find it.
On the other hand, it has finally kicked me into gear on cleaning out some of this junk that's built up. I had to go through two file cabinets and quite a few boxes. The boxes, at least, are going to mostly go. This is silly.
So that's been my night. I'm going to print out what I have of the original tomorrow and go from there. No point in wasting more time. Or making more of a mess!
July 27, 2010
Tired. Gah. Very tired.
I found the missing story -- found a back up file on the computer and there it was. Yay! Lovely things, all those multiple back up files that I have. This was in an odd place. When I changed computers, I had made a copy of the c drive over to my large external hard drive. It was there in the manuscript file.
I now have it printed off and I've started on the new outline based on it. Things are already drastically different. LOL. I probably won't even need that part of the story when I get that far -- but I couldn't stand the idea that I'd lost it.
But, you know, tired.
My office is still a mess. Not quite the pit it was earlier, but still a mess. I've taken advantage of this to throw out tons of stupid stuff. Yay me!
And that's it. Time to get the last of my work done and then off to bed!
July 28, 2010
Two in the morning again. I got work done -- not as much as I would like to, but still, doing okay. My office is a bit less of a pit today, too. things are moving along fine.
Things I had planned to have done for August are getting put back to September, but that's okay. You know, there really isn't a huge hurry. I need to stop stressing over everything. Calm. Slow. Get things done that need to be done and just keep moving ahead.
I can do this.
July 29, 2010
I am just getting the last of the newsletter done and preparing to post it. I got caught up in the wilds of writing this evening, and it all got away from me.
That's okay. it was a lot of fun. I have outlines and stories, and books -- all kinds of things going. It will be fun to have some of them done. From the looks of things, that's not going to take very long at all.
So now, I'm ready to upload this and the newsletter. I have one more little thing to do tonight and then it's off to bed for a few hours. And then back up and pretty much do the same thing tomorrow.
I have an odd life.
Back to work!
July 30, 2010
I'm having a long day and not getting much of anything done. I don't know what's going on with that. I thought this was going to be the day to get so much done.
Ugh.
(And didn't get this posted -- forgot I had even written it!)
July 31, 2010
I finished the editing tonight -- and now I realize that I need to get FM updated. I have some of the work done, so that's good. But I probably should have been a little bit more on top of things.
Still, can't complain too much. Got stuff done. So raccoons in the yard and got pictures. All in all, not bad.
But -- work to do now!