Another short one.
All I can say about last week is that it wasn’t as bad as my worst week of the month. And this past month was bad. I mean, bad, nowhere near what I’m expecting of myself.
Here they are:
Writing statistics for the week ending 28 February 2026:
Words: 2,973
Days writing: 5 of 7.
Days revising or planning: 1 of 7 for 120 minutes.
Daily Writing Goals Met (500+ words or 30 minutes of planning/revisions): 5 of 7 days.
Writing statistics for February 2026:
Words: 12,089
Revise/planning: 270 minutes.
DWGM: 64%
Whelp, nearly 10,000 words less than last month. And I missed my daily goals more than one out of every three days. In short: total absolute rubbish. I have been fighting against my old friend of procrastination, that hangs out and temps me into distraction.
I’m also in a situation where I realize I’m in something of a … I won’t say rut, but I’m feeling like I’m doing a lot of background setting and not enough tension and dread for what should be a sci-fi environmental horror project. This I’ve given the working title of The Land, The River, and The Waste, (I am so superstitious about revealing a real title until I am closer to publishing), set in a little Mississippi River town in Iowa. I’m getting the feeling of more sightseeing and not enough horror. I always loved how Stephen King would slowly turn up the temperature of his stories ever so slowly until you found yourself as a reader in the maelstrom of chaos he’d create.
So: more chaos, less sightseeing. Plus, I have Spring Break this month so I should have a bit more time to write this month, I believe. Back to the 20,000-word mark, hopefully.
Have a good week everyone, and all you writers keep writing.
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