Guess who’s back, back again

Holy shit, where has the time gone? I meant to take a break for a few weeks and… it turned into a few months. Whoops.

So what’s been happening? I moved into an apartment with my boyfriend(!!!), I graduated from TSTC with my AAS in Cyber Security, we got a husky puppy (his name is Atticus and he’s gorgeous), I got my Network+ certification, still haven’t found another job yet, and my mental health has been slowly circling the drain. I’m seeing a therapist and my primary doc has put me on Prozac, which I’ve been on for just over 3 weeks. It’s been… a lot.

But part of my healing is gonna involve me getting back to writing. So here we are. Goals, y’all!

GOAL 1) TAP 2 (ACTUAL TITLE PENDING)

  • My clear target is: Finish sequel to The Atheist’s Prayer
  • My reachable deadline is: December 31, 2021
  • My working days are: Fri-Sun (maybe Tues?)
  • My method of measuring progress: Word count
  • My end goal: Finish the damn thing (preferably 50,000 words)
  • My daily goal, and number of available days: Write 500 words, 3 days a week. So 1500 words a week. At least.
  • My leverage — WHY I need to do this: To further my name as an author and hopefully sell more books. I’m also losing my ever-loving mind right now and I need to get back to writing regularly because it’s one of the few things that keeps me sane and functioning as a relatively normal human being.

And since I actually have been writing here and there in the interim, here’s my progress so far.

Goal 1) TAP 2

  • My Goal: 500 WPD, 1500 WPW
  • Where I planned to be: 27,000 words
  • Where I am: 27,239 words
  • On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:
My extended absence notwithstanding, I’ve made some good progress. After I hit the midpoint, I took some time to map out a good chunk of the rest of “act two”, or at least lay out the skeleton (which if you’ve been with me for a while, you’ll know this is my modus operandi at this point). For some reason, looking at the hefty wordcount I have left to go is far more daunting than looking at the estimated number of scenes left… which is obviously a much smaller number. Go figure. -eyeroll-