Ladies and gentlemen, I have an announcement to make...
At 6:40 pm last evening, my Husband and two daughters boarded a plane for Orlando Florida without me. The three of them have gone to visit my in-laws for... ready...
TWO WHOLE WEEKS!
That's right folks, I am the only person in my house for the next two weeks, and since writing and being a mom are my only jobs, I have two weeks of freedom! A freedom I haven't had since my first daughter was born, two and a half years ago!
Guess what time I woke up this morning?
WHENEVER I WANTED TO!
Guess who I had to make breakfast for?
ME!
Guess who can curse, whenever she wants, as loud as she wants, without having to worry about little ears?
I CAN!
HAHA! :D
But don't worry, great as the break is, I will not be squandering my time. Any writer I know would kill to have two weeks with nothing to do but write, and I promise you all, I will take full advantage of my gift. In fact, I am counting on all you guys to be my accountabili-buddies.
My Goal: To have my WIP finished before my family comes back. At the moment I'm only a few chapters in, so it's an ambitious goal to be sure, but I think I can do it. When I get into a book, I write fast, averaging a chapter or more a day, so if I buckle down and don't let myself get distracted by, you know, picking a TV series to start watching from the beginning, or watching a ton of movies on Netflix that I can't watch with my kids around, etc., I should be good.
Every day I will post my progress. I will be honest, and if I start to suck, it is your job to let me know it and, yell at me, call me names, etc. I will even get one of those WIP progress bar widgets for the blog, (which I normally hate as I think they are incredibly ugly).
Tomorrow will be my first official day--as today I need to focus on cleaning this house--and I will post my start stats then.
"The End", here I come! (But in the meantime, cookies, cleaning, and loud, inappropriate music, hear I come!)
(Disclaimer: The only thing that could possibly derail this plan is if I get edits on one of my two books from one of my Editors, as obviously those will have to come first.)
Lucky you. :) The last time I had 2 weeks with no commitments other than to myself I was the summer I was 15. lol
ReplyDeleteWoo-hoo!! I am GREEN WITH ENVY!!! To be honest though, I think I'd do more reading than writing if I had an entire two weeks to myself ;o) These days, I only get ten minutes here, ten minutes there to read. I would LOVE to spend an entire two weeks reading (and watching those chick-flicks my husband refuses to watch ;-)
ReplyDeleteHave fun and enjoy!
Carol - I know, it feels weird! Good weird though! ;)
ReplyDeleteAngela - Reading is actually on the list! I want to get a good chunk of writing done with week, because there are 5 books out on Tuesday that I can't wait for! So, yeah, Tuesday and Wednesday are probably shot! ;)
ReplyDeleteWow, two weeks! I consider myself lucky to get away for a day or two every couple of years. Have fun.
ReplyDeleteSuzi - I will have fun, as it will probably never happen again! ;) Thanks!
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