How the hell am I going to do this?

Confession: There's a sucker born every minute. At 7:20pm on April 29th, 1978, that sucker was me.

Reading:

• "L. DeBard and Aliette: A Love Story," by Lauren Groff
  
• The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton
  

Writing:

• "Ferian Fetlock Hitches a Ride" - 1,455 words (Estimated completion 14%)
• "Ferian Fetlock Catches a Cold" - Outline 100%
  

Revising:

• "The Revenant"
• "Cora and the Sea" - Third draft 50%

Okay, so if I'm going to do this, I need a plan. The problem with October is that I'm gone on a business trip for at least three or four days of it. Since I'm making up the rules, I may just declare those free days and postpone the end until November 4th or so. That would be fair, no?

So, how much can I write per day? This blog alone has accounted for 16,000+ words in July and 22,000+ in August. Discounting the status stuff that I copy every day, that's still a good 20,000 words I can do without even trying. I guess if I tried, I could crank out twice that, or 2.5 times that. And Bob's your uncle, I've done it.

Now the next question is how? Instead of writing about writing in this blog, for the month of October, I'm going to do my writing right here in this window. And I'll keep track of what I write every day and put the tally for everyone to see.

I even already have my story idea. It's been floating in the back of my head for years, but only emerged as a real story idea a week or so ago. I know how it starts and enough following scenes to get me going. I won't worry about writing it chronologically.

And--here's the thing--if I get stuck, I switch to something else. The important thing is that I keep writing. Every day.

Who knows? Maybe it'll become a habit, and I'll do NaNoWriMo after all.

Publication Status:

• Submitted: 5
  
• Accepted: 1
• Rejected: 2
• Pending: 2