The first monthly analysis
of my time, following the example of the earlier weekly stats.
Target was eight stories
submitted for contest and magazines. I achieved four, two to each. Halfway
there, so not a complete loss.
Six books read and
reviewed. A reasonable success, considering I had aimed at one per week. So,
ahead of the game here.
Four blog posts written
and posted. On target for this one.
Five Chapters of the
fantasy edited. Not as much as I would have liked, but a reasonable amount of
work.
Three short stories
written and two of those completed. Not too bad.
This was always likely to
be a difficult month, as will March in all probability. I’m still engaged in
the day job and this is the busiest time of the year for us, as we approach the
end of the tax year and prepare for the next. So, those days in the office have
been trying. But only a few more weeks to go. I finish the part time employment
in March and my last day at the office will be 21st March. It can’t
come soon enough.
I’m relatively satisfied
with my performance, though I would have preferred to have done more of the
fantasy and submitted more stories. I spent a fair amount of time on various
problems outside the writing but associated with it tangentially. I’m in the
process of swapping ISP and that is not going at all smoothly. And my virus
software has been causing me some problems, which have taken up a good deal of
time and emotional energy. But, all in all, I’m happier with the proportions of
my time spent on the various aspects of my writing life. Of course, I would
have preferred to be able to spend more time in actually writing, but that will
improve starting April, when I will become a full time writer. Whooopeee!
So, how did your February go for you? Achievements? Problems? Excuses?
Triumphs? Set-backs? Tell us all about your progress, please.
The pie chart, explained:
'Writing' - initial creation of stories, blog posts, reviews and longer
works.
'Editing' - polishing of all written work to make it suitable for
readers.
'Research' - discovery of info for story content, market research,
contests and blog posts.
'Reading' - books and writing magazines.
'Admin' - story submission, blog posting, marketing, organisation and
general admin tasks.
1 comment:
I'm breathless just thinking about how you manage to analyse all this info to start with, never mind actually fit it in around your home & work life.
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