Can you be homesick over a place where you just started calling home? That’s how I feel about Fort Madison, as I both try and close out the school year in south central Iowa and also try and watch out for my boy trying to recover from injury in Des Moines. A lot of the time I don’t know when I’m coming and going. I talked a bit about the situation this weekend, but this past week sort of hit me as far as writing productivity went.
When I say it was a hit on my productivity, it’s not like I wrote nothing – far from it. But with my increasing expectations from myself, anything less than 4,000 words a week is a bit of a downer for me. It wasn’t horrific, but it’s not great either.
Writing statistics for the week ending 9 March 2024:
2,962 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): 4 of 7 days.
Maybe it was the adjustment to writing in hospital rooms doing me in. I’m not sure. I produced some work at least. I’m hoping this week goes better, even though I might have to travel the equivalent of circumnavigating around the state of Iowa during this fortnight. There might be some further changes in my accommodations, but I’ll get into it later. We’ll see how it goes.
That’s it for now. I’ll post the latest newsletter this weekend, and I’ll get into the plans I’ve got coming up. Book Tour 2024 is starting to take shape. Later.