I’ll make this quick.

As I am hurtling toward the new school year (whatever that looks like – the only thing I think I can be assured of is that it will not go as planned and that’s all I’ll say here), I always feel like I wasted time that I could have been using writing.

I look at the projects that are on tap for me and think about how much I have left undone.

However, I think a little longer and think back to the times when I went without writing anything for months and years at a time. I feel grateful that I have set myself up in a way that is intended to keep me writing consistently if not at a Stephen King-level pace. And, I’m grateful of the stuff I have accomplished. I’m writing and revising at a better pace from year to year. That’s a good thing.

That’s going to be it for now. On tap for this week, at least one Lord of the Rings read review and maybe a Writer’s Biography piece.

Here’s the stats. Not too much change statistically from last week. Take care, everyone.

+5,242 words written.
Days writing: 5 of 7.
Days revising/planning: 2 of 7 for  60 total minutes.
Daily Writing Goals Met (500+ words or 30 minutes of planning/revisions): 5 of 7 days.

Hi everyone, glad to be back. This will be pretty quick, because I was posting a few things for once this week.

I had a new Writer’s Biography post yesterday – it was good to do another one of those. I’ve got two more of those in draft form that I hope to get done in the next couple weeks.

Also, I continue to make progress on my video reviews of Lord of the Rings – just did another one yesterday. That has been fun and I am going to continue that until I finish the book. It might also lend itself to some reread videos as well.

School is coming up rapidly. I will have two in-service days this week, a whole week of in-service the following week, and then we will be apparently starting in-school learning. It will be interesting to meet a whole new group of colleagues and students. Counting the districts that I substituted in, this will be the sixth district I have taught in during my still-short educational career. That has been a mix of events out of my control (budget cuts) and in my control (my desire to move where my wife moves and support her career). I’m looking forward to the new experience.

Here’s the stats, as always. This was an improvement over last week’s, and that is always good. Writers keep writing, and everyone else keep safe.

+5,259 words written.
Days writing: 4 of 7.
Days revising/planning: 2 of 7 for 60 total minutes.
Daily Writing Goals Met (500+ words or 30 minutes of planning/revisions): 6 of 7 days.

So, after a few days of fussing with chairs, layouts, books, electronic equipment, etc…. I think I have my home office pretty much the way I want it. At least, I have it set up in a way that it’s functional and that I can get stuff done in it after the recent move.

I’ll likely keep this entry brief.

Anyway, getting used to the new community, although I do like the new house very much. As I might or might not have mentioned, moving to a new town where you don’t know a lot of people helps with social distancing, although I think I’ll get to know more people through my new work, etc. What next school year will look like is anyone’s guess.

The move has inspired some new Writer’s Biography entries, which I haven’t done a new one in nearly a year. I want to get those out soon.

Also should have a new video entry about my Lord of the Rings read. I’m hoping to upgrade to a better camera in that instance…

So, here’s the data for the writing last week. It’s not the best week, but it’s an improvement over last week. Things picked up at the end of it when I finally had everything set with my home office. (The most important part of that office? A good chair.) Anyway, here it is. Keep safe, everyone.

+4,620 words written.
Days writing: 4 of 7.
Days revising/planning: 1 of 7 for 30 total minutes.
Daily Writing Goals Met (500+ words or 30 minutes of planning/revisions): 3 of 7 days.