Finally hit the 20,000-word mark a couple nights ago. That would be great, except I should have been pushing 30,000 instead. The last three weeks or so have been difficult. At first, I blamed MineCraft, an addictive little Java game that isn’t really that little. It’s definitely worth checking out, but if you like it enough to play more than a couple minutes, be warned: you will be up late playing.
That definitely made it harder to focus on my writing, but the main reason is that I’ve just been feeling fuzzy and sleep deprived, a combination of getting ready for Boy 2′s first birthday (last week) and something in the air this fall inducing hay-fever-like symptoms. I could have been writing regardless, but with ready-made excuses . . .
So now I’m trying to get my focus back, even though I have actual paying work I need to do. That’s probably the worst of all: instead of either writing or goofing off, now the choice is between two productive activities — work or writing — and goofing off. Goofing off still wins most of the time, but I need to change that.
