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The Weekly To Do List

I would have done better on last week’s list if ‘things’ hadn’t popped up to distract me.

No, not THAT thing, you pervs.

So I didn’t do 10,000 words on A Demon Is Forever. Only got 7,000 done. But page proofs on Surviving Demon Island arrived so had to halt writing to start proofing. Bleh. Been spending a few days reading through my book again.

The really cool thing is I got lost in my story again! Yes, very dorky of me, but I can’t help it. I grumbled and groaned about having to read that damn book yet again, and what happens? I fall in love with it all over again. I guess that’s better than reading it and thinking, “Oh God this book sucks rocks.” So yeah…I like this book. That’s a very good sign. :giggle:

Anyway, onto this week’s to do list:

1. Finish Page Proofs on Surviving Demon Island and send back to Bantam

2. 5,000 Words on A Demon Is Forever (I have to work at the office with Charlie 2 days this week. Still haven’t finished page proofs. No way will I get 10,000 words this week – sigh).

3. Get some info to Publicist

4. Send in Contest info

5. Write Newsletter

6. Do a critique on a chapter for a friend

7. Finish up an interview and send it in.

8. Type in copyedits on Surviving Demon Island and create ARC

9. Start working on workshop presentation for local RWA group presentation for Sept

I don’t like the looks of this list

:herby:

Edited: But I’m making progress!!!

I have a really great husband

Who this morning listened patiently while I vented and whined about stress, deadlines, fears, my book plot and my dissatisfaction with it, my inability to focus, blah blah blah.

He’s a really great guy. Not only did he listen…he actually offered suggestions. He helped me.

A lot of my stress is my own doing (isn’t it always our own doing?:chair:), but when it builds for me, it builds in a big, big way and then I can’t focus.

Bleh.

Fortunately, I have someone I can talk to about this.

Charlie’s not one to baby me. When I need to be :whip: and told to shut the hell up, quit whining and get my ass back to work, he’s the right guy to do it. He doesn’t suffer whiners. Which is a very good thing. But he also knows when I’m hanging on by a thread and knows when I need some :heart: instead. Today was one of those days.

Oh and since last week he whined that I got new pants and posted a pic of them, but he got new pants and I didn’t post HIS pic …here’s his new pants:

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