There’s a time in every project when you say, “Now this is done. Now this child is ready to go into the world. I could keep working, refining, improving, but the returns would be minimal. It is time to let go.”
I started drafting Pretenders of Kronau in November of 2006. I finished in December 2007. [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘progress’
January 17, 2010
Calling It
December 31, 2009
Progress Report: On Not Writing
On Friday, December 18th, I wrote 1000 words. It was the first writing-related thing (aside from attending the workshop) that I did in December, and it may well be all I do. Which made me think that I should write a bit about not writing.
Every published author will tell you that the secret is to [...]
November 9, 2009
Progress Report: Nov 2 – 8
NaNoWriMo 2009 has fully begun, and I’ve managed to keep up on my words, but only just barely. Both my fiancee and I suffered from colds and (likely) sinus infections in the last week. My cat, also, is very sick. And we had house guests for the second weekend in a row.
I’m pleased that I’ve been [...]
October 19, 2009
Progress Report: Oct 12-18
Not much to report this week. Once again, all my progress was made on the weekend. However, I managed to churn out three, heavily-revised scenes on Sunday, bringing me up to 60 of 70 scenes (or 87%) of Pretenders of Kronau revised. I sent the last few scenes to some of my regular readers to [...]
October 13, 2009
Progress Report: Oct 5 – 11
This has been a disappointing week. On the good side, I wrote 1,800 words on Pretenders of Kronau. These words represent two completely new scenes that expand and improve on a section in the last third of the book that was pretty week. I managed also to revise one scene and take substantial notes to [...]
October 6, 2009
Progress Report: Sept 28 – Oct 4
Work grows busier as we enter the fourth quarter. From now into first quarter is typically the busiest season at my job, as we have all the year-end activities of performance management, budgeting, and business planning. On top of this, I’m hiring a replacement for one of my direct reports and will be involved in [...]
September 28, 2009
Progress Report: Sept 21-27
The latest progress:
I edited 13 scenes in Pretenders of Kronau, which means I am now 65% finished with revisions. Over halfway there!
I also recieved and made final edits on “Monster in the Mountains” which should see publication this week.
All of this work was done over the weekend, which suggests a shocking lack of discipline during [...]
September 21, 2009
Progress Report: Sept 14-20
Made some good progress the week of September 14th:
Went through editorial comments for “Monster in the Mountains”, made revisions, and sent it back to my editors. I await their final markups and, of course, seeing it published.
Edited 6 scenes in Pretenders of Kronau; now at 44%.
Jessica’s class is taking up more of her time, so we [...]
September 14, 2009
Progress Report – Sept 7-13
Each week I plan to post a report on my progress for the week. Here it is for the week of September 7th:
Revised eight scenes in Pretenders of Kronau. Tthat’s about 12%, bringing my total up to 36%.
Set up this blog, Work in Progress
Wrote the “About” and “Bibliography” sections for Work in Progress.
Received edits on “Monster [...]
