Idiot's Log

So library day did happen yesterday, and I managed to get almost 5k words in, which is phenomenal. I started the day still about 8k behind my par line, though which… was not great. I did not harbor any illusions that I would be able to clock the 8k today, but I wanted to make an honest attempt to bridge the gap. Which again, was 2.7 days worth of a gap.

I have also been struggling to find a good balance of drafting versus editing time, so knowing that I am behind on both the word count and posting goal I set for myself is. It is stressful. You know what isn't stressful? Prepping all the materials for Retro Writing May, a new event I started with my friend Tash, and am having a blast typing up a full expository post for every single one of the event prompts.

Which is what I was working on today. I started the day on the write-up for prompt number 14, and ended it on prompt 19. In the middle I fused a bit on various other documents, and then hid under a rock from the finished, but unedited chapter of Snare that I was supposed to post today.

So that's fun.


Regardless, I managed 2,658 words today, bringing our total for the month to 32,951 and our total for the year to 117,206. Is that a lot of words? Yes.

Yeah, that's a lot of fucking words. However, I am still a little bit behind schedule. I am. Staying calm, and working on bridging that gap as best that I can.

Do we think I can make it to ten days ahead of schedule come vacation?