NaNoWriMo 2020: Day Twenty-Two

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 Peter Germany Books, Horror, Horror Writer, Life, Nanowrimo, Writing Horror, Horror Anthology, Horror Book, Horror Writer, Horror Writers, I Should Be Writing, Indie Writer, Indie Writers, NaNo, NaNo Kent, Nanowrimo, NaNoWriMo 2020, Writer, Writer Life, Writers, Writers Community, Writers Journal, Writers Life, Writing, Writing Community, Writing Comunity, Writing Journal, Writing Life, Writing Routine

Good morning folks, how are we all doing on this brisk autumn morning?

I was going to blog last night, and write but I fell asleep. So I got a mighty 295 words written and I am now below the projected total I should be at. I was thinking about how to hit my words on days when I had an afternoon/evening shift as I was overlaying each morning due to poor sleep the night before. But now I’ve actually looked at my rota’s for the next two weeks I’ve got all morning shifts (they could change but we’ll see), so I should be able to get home, grab a bit of lunch and then get cracking.

Today I am aiming for a nice 2k day, maybe more if I can get my arse into gear. Then continue the 2k a day through the rest of the week. I need 1900 a day to hit target, so I really need to pull my finger out and get those words down. I can do this. I just need to be disciplined and sit in the chair and write until the target is hit. I keep telling myself I want to be more professional with this, to treat it like a career. So, I need to properly put the time in and not have the TV on in the background.

So, my arse is in the chair. I’ve got bits and pieces around the house to do as well, but I’m going to work that into my targets for the day. Write a 1000 words, go take the rubbish out.

Today’s featured piece of my published work is Pumpkin Attack in the Beneath The Leaves anthology that was written to celebrate the birth of the one and only Em Dehaney. When I got invited to submit I knew what I wanted to write about these antagonists but I knew I couldn’t just write a story from their point of view. I wanted to go a route I haven’t gone before and that’s where the protagonists came into it. Writing about teenagers I found tough, especially a teenage girl, because I’m not a teenage girl but I thought about someone who is finding their confidence and overcoming shyness, while still keeping to what they were comfortable with. I also wanted to write something about a parent who was themselves growing as a person, while still being who they are. So it was very tough, and a lot of the depth of the story I wasn’t really planning and it evolved as I was writing it.

Right, thats enough procrastination! Armand, if your reading this please yell at me because I’ve fallen behind when I’ve had no real reason to have done.

Rock on, folks! 😀

Good Morning 3rd of November 2020

November 3, 2020 Peter Germany Editing, Horror, Horror Writer, Nanowrimo, Writing Horror Writer, Horror Writers, Indie Film, Indie Writer, Indie Writers, Leah Solmaz, NaNo, NaNo Kent, Nanowrimo, NaNoWriMo 2020, Writer, Writer Life, Writers, Writers Community, Writers Journal, Writers Life, Writing, Writing Community, Writing Comunity, Writing Journal, Writing Life, Writing Routine

Good morning, folks! I hope we’re all well today? I am not even close to being awake yet, but I’ve got an hour before I host an online NaNo write-in, so plenty of time for tea and something to eat, which should have me ready and firing for two hours of writing.

I’m also planning on editing today as well as maybe a little work on Penal Earth. Something I’ve tried at times is to get my head around is treating writing like a job. I think I’m beginning to understand it more now and with doing less hours I’ve got to learn to maximise my time and get the work down. I’m thinking about setting myself hours to write, ie: five hours a week, and depending on my day job hours I’ll increase or decrease it. When I say five hours I don’t mean sitting on my bed writing while watching a movie or something, I mean at my desk and working without anything to drag my attention away, with the exception of music. Today is a good example, I’ve got something on at about 1pm so I’ll be wrapping up for the day about then. Then a couple of hours chilling out before Stefan from Stefan’s Daily Gaming comes over for, you guessed it, gaming. Due to the lockdown we’re getting in England from Thursday we had to move this forward a couple of days and thankfully we can game and maintain social distancing.

Last week I was interviewed by the fantastic Leah Solmaz over at at site, and I’ve recently watched the pilot for her series Theosight. I’ve put the pilot below because not only is Leah very cool but this was very good. It’s intriguing, funny, and has heart to it. The characters were portrayed greatly and it was nice seeing a protagonist acting like I think most of us would if this happened to us, and I’m a sucker for this type of humour as well. There’s not been much that has made me laugh aloud like this did. So please check it out, they’re trying to get attention on it for financing a series and all the views on YouTube will help, if you dig it then share it on social media. It all helps and if the rest of the rest of the people involved are as nice, creative, and passionate as Leah Solmaz then it’s going to be something very special.

Right folks, it’s time for me to be getting some breakfast. I hope everyone has a good day!

Good Evening, 2nd August 2020

August 2, 2020August 2, 2020 Peter Germany Books, Editing, Horror, Horror Writer, Life, Writing Indie Writers, Writer, Writers, Writers Angst, Writers Community, Writers Journal, Writers Life, Writing, Writing Community, Writing Comunity, Writing Journal, Writing Life, Writing Routine, WritingLife

Good evening folks! How’s everyone doing tonight?

It won’t be a long post tonight. I haven’t edited but I did write 104 words on the drabble story, yes that’s 4 words over the 100 max it’s meant to be and there’s elements to the story I want to add, but that’s what editing is for.

This week I’m going to be looking at setting myself some targets. Something a little more short term as opposed to the next eighteen months that I’ve been thinking about the last few days.

I do have a lot going on in my personal life that I’m not going to go into detail here. Those things are driving my writing though, more than it’s ever been driven before. Yes, I need to focus again. But I’m getting there. This coming week I’m going to look at the time I have and what time I can give to writing and try and make the most of that time.

The anthologies I’ve been published in 🙂

28/7/2020

July 28, 2020 Peter Germany Books, Editing, Writing C L Raven, Indie Writers, Sleep, Writer, Writer Life, Writers, Writers Community, Writers Journal, Writers Life, Writing, Writing Community, Writing Comunity, Writing Journal, Writing Life, Writing Routine, Writing Space, WritingLife

Gooooooood evening, folks! I’ve slowly edited two chapters over the last few hours. Concentration is still something I’m struggling with. I’ve got busy week coming up but I’ve two clear days next week and I’m going to try and get rolling nice and early those days and get a mornings worth of work done each day.

Today’s edits weren’t bad. Some of it is just bog standard stuff where I’m tightening sentences up. I think the story is okay at the moment but this project is one that I’m going to go hard on in the next few months and make sure it’s as clean as I can get it.

With CL Raven. This is one of my favourite pictures. These two ladies have become great friends and supporters of me and my work.

I’m going to try and change a few things when it comes to sleep. I need more of it, after months of getting very little it’s time I did something to change it. So I’m going to make sure I’m done with writing by 9pm, and TV off by ten. Then read for half an hour and then head down. Especially on a work night. I love my day job and want to make sure I’m on top of my game with it.

I’m wrapping it up for the night. Time to chill out a little before bed.

Have a good one folks!

Swings and Roundabouts

December 7, 2015 Peter Germany Writing Word counts, Writing Routine

Yesterday I was aiming for about 1500 words and ended up doing almost 4200, today I think I’ll be writing closer to the 200 word mark. Mainly because I’m off to do a little Christmas shopping tonight and that involves a bit of a drive there and back. I’m going with my brother so I may be able to type a few words during the journey but I’m not counting on it. So the only real time I’ll get to write today will probably be during my lunch break while at work.

This to me is kind of how I’m coming to expect my writing routine to be, that’s to say not much of one. I keep thinking I’ve got to write X amount of words a day, or write for this many hours, or a dozen different ways to write that I’ve heard writers talk about, but something I’ve heard all these writers say is that the way they write is just that, how they write. What’s best for them might not be best for me, and what doesn’t work for them might work for me.

So if I’m going to be only writing a few hundred words one day, then over a thousand the next day then that’s what I’m doing. At this moment in time that’s my writing routine and I’m honestly not going to think too much about it. I’m just going to keep writing and adjust to suit as time goes by.

The only thing I’m really trying to do at the moment is write something at least six days a week.

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