Sunday Summary: A Good Week

I had all my initial goals for the week done by Wednesday morning. Then, I got through a round of bonus goals + 1(I did yet another scene for Nowhere to Run). And that was with taking Monday off from writing.

Saturday we had a family reunion in Ohio(just over the border at Pymatuning, so not a really far trip. Last year’s was in Altoona, still in the same state, but a longer drive). On the way there, we stopped at the spillway, part of the Pymatuning Reservoir, so the kids could see the ducks walking on the fish. 

Then, we went on to the campground where the reunion was being held. We ate lots of food, got a picture of everyone, then went swimming. Of course, once the girl gets in the water, it doesn’t matter how long she’s in there, we have to negotiate to get her back out eventually. Hit the playground for a little bit, then went over to one of the cabins the family rented. They did a game for the kids of searching for coins in sawdust. We finally left, stopped at Burger King for dinner, then got groceries and finally came home. In the midst of all that, I finished reading another book for the week. 🙂

This has been a busy month, so far. I’m ready for it to settle down, but next month won’t be much better. Which reminds me, I really need to send out the invite for the girl’s 11th birthday party, since there’s less than a month until that. Gah! How did that happen?

Color Code:

Goal Met

Progress Made

Set Aside

Not Done

Plotting: 

• Primary: Heart to Heart – finish Story Toolkit
  • This Week: Romance Arc, Subplot
• Secondary: Heart to Heart – Outline Act 1, List rest of scenes
• Tertiary: Nowhere to Run – Outline Act 2
• Stretch: Neil & Lin(Rileys #2) – Brainstorm

Writing:

• Primary: Nowhere to Run – Draft through Chapter 14/~25000 words – 11063/25000 words
  • This Week: Write 4 scenes – Finished 5/4 scenes
• Secondary: Side Projects – 5000 words – 3329/5000 words
  • This Week:
    • Arresting Callum – 250 words – 555/250 words
    • Hawk – 250 words – 473/250 words
    • Jacob & Matthew – 250 words – 550/250 words
• Tertiary: Jonas & Isaac – 15 pages – 7.25/15 pages
  • This Week: 3 pages – 4.25/3 pages
• Stretch: By the Gun – 4 Chapters – 2/4 chapters
  • This Week: Chapter 2– Finished 2/2 scenes, Started Chapter 3: finished scene 1/4

Editing:

• Primary: Short Story Collection
  • This Week: Bree & Jenny – 1 scene – 2 scenes
• Secondary: Stained Blood – Beta Edits(as I get chapters back)
• Tertiary: Flames of Renewal – Proofread(once I get it back from proofreader)
• Stretch: Law of Choice – CP edits(if I get it back this month)

Publish:

• Flames of Renewal

Reading:

• Read: 20 books – 18/20 books
  • Heart Seeker(Juliana Haygert) – Started this Sunday morning. Finished it Sunday evening.
  • Winter’s Heat(Cristin Harber) – Started this Sunday evening. Finished it Sunday night.
  • Unraveled(Lindsay Buroker) – Started this Monday morning. Finished it Thursday afternoon.
  • Red Hot Christmas(Debbie McGowan) – Started this Tuesday morning. Finished it Tuesday evening.
  • The Soldier’s Scoundrel(Cat Sebastian) – Started this Wednesday morning. Finished it Wednesday night.
  • One Wild Finn(R.G. Alexander) – Started this Thursday morning. Finished it Thursday afternoon.
  • Star Survivor(Veronica Scott) – Started this Thursday afternoon. Finished it Friday afternoon.
  • Can’t Take My Eyes Off You(Kait Nolan) – Started this Friday afternoon. Finished it Saturday evening.
• Listen: 5 books – 9/5
  • Yours Forever(Farrah Rochon) – Started this Monday morning. Finished it Monday afternoon.
  • Animal Magnetism(Jill Shalvis) – Started this Tuesday morning. Finished it Wednesday morning.
  • Animal Attraction(Jill Shalvis) – Started this Wednesday afternoon. Finished it Friday afternoon

Social Media:

• Post 5 Regular Blog Posts – 10/21 posts
  • This Week:
    • Writing Wednesday
    • Fiction Friday
    • Stream of Consciousness Saturday
    • Weekend Writing Warriors
    • Sunday Summary
• Post to Patreon 3 times – 1/3
  • This Week: What I’m Working On