Currently working on

Currently Working On:

A probably-YA novel called Married to the Wind that is my thesis at Grad School in Seton Hill's MFA in Popular Writing Program.

The afore-mentioned MFA.

An urban fantasy called Beacon. The first in at least a trilogy, likely the first of a meta-series of other trilogies.

A dystopian science fiction called Ember, first of a trilogy.

A fairytale-type fantasy called Birdsong, being written a chapter at a time on Storiad.

Various book reviews, short stories and articles.

Friday, January 27, 2012

Being Prolific--a quote

Once again, the universe intervenes to make sure I know what I need to know, based on what's on my mind right now (this is as close as I get to spirituality, really, but it totally holds up to real-life experience). A link from Krissy Brady took me to Write To Done, which I actually read, but somehow I missed this. And now I have it, and it's comforting:

"How Much Do You Need to Write?
To write 100 books (75,000 words per book) over the next 30 years, you need to be writing 1,000 words per day (writing 5 days a week, 50 weeks per year). At a brisk but comfortable pace, that’s an hour a day.
If you want to write 100 books in the next 10 years, that’s 3,000 words a day.
Being prolific is closer to possible than you might have believed."

I already write about 1000 words a day, when I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing, and when I get up on time and buckle down (which I have not done that well this week). I can totally do this, you guys! 3000 words is not really that much more, once I get going...

Thank you, universe!
Posted by Samantha Holloway at 10:56 AM
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2 comments:

  1. Sweet! I need to print that out and hang it up to help keep me focused! Thanks for sharing!

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