Writing A Novel - Oops No Words
This post is really just to keep myself honest and also make sure that I touch this project in some way everyday even if I didn't actively work on the writing.
Without going into all the boring details of my life, I didn't write any of the novel today. I did, however, write a 4000-ish word short story that I'm pretty happy with. It's tonally not worlds away from the novel, and so while I didn't actually work on the novel, I feel like playing in the genre still keeps my head in the game a little bit. That story was written for a Mork Borg jam on itch and so I've published it here. I also polished up another story I wrote earlier in the week and submitted it somewhere. As with every time I've ever submitted fiction to a magazine, I fully expected to get rejected. But that's fine, that's all part of the process. It's nice to feel like I'm making an effort of fiction again.
Tomorrow is Saturday, which means I can probably give myself more than just an hour of writing time. My partner always goes for a run first thing in the morning and then is planning to be out in the early afternoon. So I might try and get three sets of pomodoros done and see how many words I can get down while I have the house to myself.