Whoops! I thought today was Saturday. Not sure why, especially since I’ve read other ROW80 blogs today. You would think it might have clicked in my brain that I needed to post my own update, but I honestly just thought that some of my fellow ROWers were ahead of the game. It wasn’t until Karen McFarland stopped by my blog to check on me and ask where I was, that reality hit me. Doh! Yeah, sometimes it takes a little prodding to get my neurons to fire correctly.
Thanks, Karen!
Without further adieu, let me give you a quick update of my week.
My father-in-law came in to town. This spurred a round of good housecleaning and more family time. But it also meant that I needed to make the most of every opportunity I could get in the writing cave. I was able to write 2500 words on The Unnamed this week. But the rest of my goals kind of fell by the wayside.
I missed posting a blog this week, but I did read posts on other sites. I haven’t commented or promoted others as often as I’d like, and I apologize for that. I will be back to doing both starting tomorrow.
I think I have a good routine down for my social networking, one that won’t interfere with my writing time. I hit Facebook and Twitter first thing in the morning and then again when I’m done for the day. I try to check before I go to bed as well. I’ll admit, I’ve been on Facebook a little more this week as I found out an old friend from back home is in the hospital fighting for her life. There were complications from a C-section and they aren’t sure whether she’s going to pull through. I get my updates through FB since I don’t live in the same state anymore.
I did get a tad bit of exercising in this week. This is in addition to the scrubbing of floors, bathrooms, and kitchen. Don’t be mislead, a really thorough housecleaning done in a deadline of three hours can be an invigorating workout. (That’s how much notice I got that the father-in-law was on the way. Gotta love those spontaneous plans my husband throws at me to keep me on my toes!) I didn’t meet my goal of three times, but some is better than nothing at all.
The highlight of my week was that I created a cover for The Unnamed. I was looking for motivational pictures, you know, something to inspire my visions for this particular WIP. And the more I looked, the more my mind kept seeing book covers. I went with it. And to be honest, it felt really good to do something creative that isn’t in my normal comfort zones. Not to mention, now that I have a cover, I’m completely motivated to finish the WIP.
So all in all, that was my week in a nut shell. Tomorrow is a new day and the beginning of a new week. I’m excited to see what it has in store!
How have things been going on your end? Any unexpected guests or spontaneous plans throw you a curve ball this week?
Wow Jennifer, you had yourself quite a week. I would have to say that you accomplished a lot girl! And yes I do think that cleaning your house in a span of three hours constitutes a form of exercise! LOL! That’s crazy. And you really rocked it on the cover. Saw that earlier. Very nice and what a great way to keep you inspired. Which obviously is working because you wrote while you had company. Pretty darn good. Just sayin’. And silly you. I just knew you were missing, that’s all. I do hope you didn’t feel pressured Jennifer. But all and all I’d say you had a wonderful week. Here’s to a great new week! 🙂
No pressure at all Karen! And thanks for the support and encouragement!
I agree with everything Karen said. cleaning house in 3 hours is aerobic exercise. glad you’ve mastered the social media monster. Im still working on that.
I can tell you, I definitely felt like I had been doing aerobics when I was through cleaning! LOL! Not sure if I’d say I’ve “mastered” the social media monster, but for the stage I’m in right now, its working. Once I’m published and have more books out and writing more books, I’m sure I’ll have to change things up a bit. 🙂
Good luck to you Louise!
There’s nothing like having a visual to go along with writing! I think mixing medias is so great for the creative process!
Good luck this week! I wish I had spent more time cleaning last week, myself!
Heather,
I completely agree. The visual has helped tremendously and seeing it kind of makes it more “real” to me.
Good luck this week to you as well and thanks for stopping by!
Just saw the cover you posted on FB–it looks great! I am sure it must be extra inspiring just to see that 🙂
Thanks Coleen! Its very inspiring – I think I may do that for each of my WIPs to help get me to the finish line. 😀