ROW80: Creating a habit
This has been another great week, despite losing a day to a migraine that started Wednesday night and took me out for all of Thursday. I managed only 66 words on Thursday, but I was proud of even getting those down considering how bad I felt! I finally had to shut the laptop because it was just too painful to look at anything bright, even with the backlight turned all the way down on my screen.
I haven’t had the 2K days I enjoyed last week, but I have plugged along steadily and exceeded my daily planned goal by at least a little bit every day but Thursday. It hasn’t always been easy, as I’ve been tired and have a bunch of good new books to read, but I’m still super excited about this project and really enjoying myself while writing it.
This constant push to meet a daily goal has really helped me in re-creating my writing habits. They have been in woeful disrepair for too long, and it feels so good to finally get in the groove again. I’ve written over 6K since Monday and hopefully today I will have a little more time to write and get myself to the 20K mark on my draft! I’m about 2K ahead of where I should be in my planned goal despite losing a day this week, so that feels really great. I’ve added a word count meter to my sidebar to keep myself motivated.
I had two more awesome things happen this week–I found out that I don’t have to strip wallpaper in our house after all! I got one wall almost done, but we were talking with our contractor about retexturing the drywall underneath, and he said that it’d be better and easier to just prime and retexture right over the existing paper! One less step is fine by me. I can’t wait to get to the painting…I have all our colors picked out, except for my studio. I’m still waffling on that one.
The BEST thing about the week happened on Saturday, though…my husband and I scored badges to San Diego Comic Con in July! Tickets went on sale early in the morning and we parked in front of my laptop with our fingers crossed. We were over 10,000th in line when we got into the online ticket waiting room, but we managed to grab two 4-day passes right before they sold out. It’s our first time to go and we’ve both wanted to for a long time, so it will be a fun vacation. I even managed to score us the last room at a hilariously themed but awesome B&B right across from Balboa Park and the San Diego Zoo for our stay. It’s totally affordable, has great amenities, is in a great location, and should get us away from the daily crazy. We’re beyond thrilled to finally visit Geek Mecca.
Finally, my goals for this coming week:
- Keep up the pace on Drawn Together! I am so proud of my current progress and I can’t afford to lose any steam if I’m going to make my goal date and get this thing polished for submission.
- Write a few more non-ROW80 blogs.
- Work on the site for my romance-related alter ego.
How has your week been, ROW80-ers? Are you meeting your goals? Have any lofty new ones for the week ahead? Click here to check out how everyone else is doing.
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Great job on your goals this week! Sorry to hear about that pesky migraine – brutal – but I’m most impressed you still wrote! Talk about dedication
And WOOT WOOT on scoring badges to Comic Con. Hope you have a blast!!
Wishing you another successful week – and no migraines!
~Marie
I understand about those migraines. You just don’t feel like doing anything when the pain gets bad. But it sounds like you’ve done great the rest of the week.
Yay for getting to go to Comic Con! What a fun time you’ll have.
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Ugh!! I hate migraines and can relate to being out of commission for an entire day due to their evil presence in my body.
Sounds like you are holding everything together quite nicely and have a blast in San Diego!! Glad everything worked out for you to get your trip together..
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Thanks Marie! Yeah, the migraines are no fun, but unfortunately I just have to deal with them sometimes. I’m always grateful when they’re over. I don’t need anything standing in the way of my word count!
Have a great week!
So true, Lauralynn. Even though I wanted to keep moving and work and write through the pain, it just wasn’t in the cards. We have to know when to be kind to ourselves, right?
I can’t wait for Comic-Con…it’ll be a fun vacation and a really unique experience, I think. Have a great week!
Migraines ARE evil…I hate how they just take over our bodies and make us bow to their bidding. I’m sorry you have to deal with them too. I’m so glad our trip is working out too, I’d have had a very disappointed husband on my hands in addition to my own disappointment.
Have a great week Darlene!
I get migraines too and feel your pain. Great job on the daily writing goals. Wishing you a great week ahead!
Barbara, I’m waiting for the cure-all to migraines. They’re so miserable, I’m sorry you suffer from them too. Thanks for your encouragement.
Have a great week!
Migraines are the worst – used to get them when I was younger but thankfully haven’t had one in almost twenty years. Big kudos to you for powering through to get those 66 words – that is the mark of a true writer.
Congrats on getting the Comic Con tickets and the B&B sounds like a perfect counter to the insanity. I’m sure you and your husband will have a fantastic time – enjoy Geek Mecca.
Have a great coming week and all the best for meeting those writing goals, Jessica
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I never got migraines before a couple of years ago. They have lessened significantly since then–I only seem to get them when the weather is all wonky, and it is frequently wonky in Texas!
Thanks so much…I am beyond excited about SDCC. I think we’ll have a great time, and it should be a great opportunity to see some favorite authors speak about the writing craft to boot.
Have a great week Gene!
Awesome on getting into a habit! That’s so important when we have a big task like writing a book. ROW80 has helped me a lot in that regard too.
And UGH about the migraine! Unfortunately I can relate all too well to that one, too. Glad you’re feeling better now!
Hope you enjoy ComicCon this summer – my daughter would loooooove to go, but seeing as she’s 16, doesn’t have a job, and we live in Ohio, she’s going to have to wait a few years on that one.
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Thanks Jennette! I am a creature of habit and anything that helps me get into the groove is a good thing.
Migraines are just bumps in the road, right?
We are so excited about Comic-Con…my husband has wanted to go since he was in high school, and I’ve wanted to go for quite some time (not that long though) so it’s a big deal for us. We’re also looking forward to spending time in beautiful San Diego…I’ve never been there. Hope you and your daughter get to go sometime. I will report back on how crazy it is!
Glad to hear you’re doing so well. Sorry about the migraine. Those things are nasty.
I’ve been thinking about doing some painting as well. Because our walls are plaster, getting off old paper is a nightmare. I’ve considered using textured, paintable wallpaper, but you’ve given me another idea to consider. My thanks.
Anyhoo, all the best on this week’s goals.
TTFN
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Thanks Steph! I hope that the wall painting goes well for you. I didn’t know we could just retexture right over the old paper, and that’s such a relief. Almost every room in the house has two layers of the stuff!
We have an 80+ year old house. They painted over the dining room walls – after trying unsuccessfully to get off who knows how many layers of wallpaper. As night falls, my husband says, “Look, there’s Africa and…” Yep, the shadows make definite shapes. Each room needs repainting and many need prep before painting, but that’s okay. It will come in time.
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When you are out here for SDCC, we are going to have to lunch! (I may or may not be at the con with some of my clients – it’s as yet determined. I’ll at least be there to socialize with them – and hopefully, you!)
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Oh my gosh, Heidi, I would LOVE that!! Feel free to email me at jessicafritsche at gmail dot com so we can discuss…I am so pumped about going and this is one more thing that will make the trip awesome.