I'm multitasking today. The Road Trip Wednesday question over at YA Highway is this:
Quarterly Check-In: We did one back in March,
so now that we're just past the halfway point of the year, how are you doing on
your goals?
This goes right in with What's Up Wednesday so why not do both?!
What I'm Reading
I'm reading Star Cursed by Jessica Spotswood which has been great so far. I love her world of witches and forbidden magic, although I would like her to pinpoint a year. I always assumed it was mid-1800s, but then something I read earlier in the book made me think it takes place closer to the turn of the century. Anyone know what year it takes place?
What I'm Writing
Here's where YA Highway's question comes in. Goals. Yay. I haven't really set concrete goals for myself this year. My main goal is to do a bit each day. If I'm writing, I aim for a thousand words. If I'm revising, I try to do a few chapters, a couple of hours, whatever I can fit in my day. Unfortunately, I haven't been reaching that 1k a day goal. Last summer, I took a break from writing/revising completely so that I could spend time with the kids. I felt guilty sometimes that I wasn't writing and had to keep reminding myself that my kids should be my priority anyway. This summer, I didn't want to take a complete break from writing, but I still think my kids should come first. They're home with me all day, and they want to do things with me. Of course, this makes it hard for me to fit any writing time in. During the school year, my writing time is usually after lunch until the kids get home from school. Now though, that's the worst possible time of the day to try and write which is why I think I'm getting nothing done. I'm also critiquing two manuscripts, and I've been putting that above working on my own. I've promised myself that as soon as I'm done those, that time will go to my writing. Here's hoping,
What Inspires Me Right Now
What Else I've Been Up To
As you can tell from above, I've been busy with the kids. Today I'm taking them to the beach. Yesterday we had a Just Dance 4 marathon. Tomorrow it's the library and spray park. Hot days seem few and far between here so I try to take full advantage of them.
What have you been up to?
Quarterly Check-In: We did one back in March,
so now that we're just past the halfway point of the year, how are you doing on
your goals?This goes right in with What's Up Wednesday so why not do both?!
What I'm Reading
I'm reading Star Cursed by Jessica Spotswood which has been great so far. I love her world of witches and forbidden magic, although I would like her to pinpoint a year. I always assumed it was mid-1800s, but then something I read earlier in the book made me think it takes place closer to the turn of the century. Anyone know what year it takes place?What I'm WritingHere's where YA Highway's question comes in. Goals. Yay. I haven't really set concrete goals for myself this year. My main goal is to do a bit each day. If I'm writing, I aim for a thousand words. If I'm revising, I try to do a few chapters, a couple of hours, whatever I can fit in my day. Unfortunately, I haven't been reaching that 1k a day goal. Last summer, I took a break from writing/revising completely so that I could spend time with the kids. I felt guilty sometimes that I wasn't writing and had to keep reminding myself that my kids should be my priority anyway. This summer, I didn't want to take a complete break from writing, but I still think my kids should come first. They're home with me all day, and they want to do things with me. Of course, this makes it hard for me to fit any writing time in. During the school year, my writing time is usually after lunch until the kids get home from school. Now though, that's the worst possible time of the day to try and write which is why I think I'm getting nothing done. I'm also critiquing two manuscripts, and I've been putting that above working on my own. I've promised myself that as soon as I'm done those, that time will go to my writing. Here's hoping,
What Inspires Me Right Now
I couldn't think of anything that's inspiring me right now, and then I found this in my file of blog photos:
Enough said.
What Else I've Been Up To
As you can tell from above, I've been busy with the kids. Today I'm taking them to the beach. Yesterday we had a Just Dance 4 marathon. Tomorrow it's the library and spray park. Hot days seem few and far between here so I try to take full advantage of them.
What have you been up to?