Today was a fiction writing day, or rather reading day.\u00a0 I’ve reached the 25% mark on the book and so I reread the thing to see if it was any good.\u00a0 Surprisingly, I thought it was very good.\u00a0 I would read it!\u00a0 Of course 25% is just a beginning so there’s plenty of stuff to figure out and more characters to introduce but the story is defined and the feel of the book has been established.\u00a0 And the ending is coming into sharper focus.\u00a0 I think I’ve decided to end this first book with a definitive bang.\u00a0 It means I will have upped the ante in a really big way but I think it’s the way to go.<\/p>\n
I figured 25% was the correct point to make sure the book wasn’t terrible.\u00a0 But it also tells me I’ll have to pick up the pace.\u00a0 In fact one of my friends said I need to declare a finish date and stick to that.\u00a0 That seemed harsh to me which means it’s probably true.\u00a0 I just checked the start date of the document and I’ve been working on this thing for six months!\u00a0 So I need to pick up the pace for sure.\u00a0 My goal is to finish the first draft by June 30th.\u00a0 That only three months but I feel I have to push myself.\u00a0 That’s about 6,000 words a week which is a good amount but not impossible.\u00a0 But what it does require is at least two days a week devoted just to writing.\u00a0 So discipline will need to be instilled.\u00a0 Unfortunately that is my weak suit.\u00a0 Well growth is painful.<\/p>\n
Other than that today, it’s been a pretty nice day here and we went for a walk in the woods.\u00a0 Camera Girl found a dead mouse near the front porch and told me how bad she felt seeing it.\u00a0 I reminded her that she’s terrified of mice and that the mouse’s family is out there eating her bird seeds that fall to the ground below her feeders and living in my tool shed.\u00a0 This made her shudder and she walked away greatly conflicted.\u00a0 Women suffer from emotional thinking which speaks well of their sentiments but serve them poorly when it comes to taking practical steps to deal with the world.\u00a0 If I didn’t put my foot down we’d have racoons, opossums, foxes and deer lvivng on the porch and the animal food bill would break me.<\/p>\n
I haven’t seen any interesting news today.\u00a0 Just the same blah, blah, blah.\u00a0 I’m sure Biden will say many stupid and incoherent things in Europe this week and Putin will be blamed for almost everything since original sin reached humanity but I haven’t detected anything new going on.\u00a0 When I see something good I’ll put something out.\u00a0 Till then enjoy the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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