Progress Report: June 03-09, 2018

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Last week, I got moving on the words, but I also had to line up an edit for this week’s release. You won’t have seen a lot of me on the net. Of course, this week was the week, I had two shocking night’s sleep, a bout of depression, and then came down with the flu. I dealt with the source of the depression, but it still ate one day to deal, and then made the next two slow going. When I’m down, I’ve discovered that the only way up is by finding a way forward, otherwise it all piles up on me… and being sick doesn’t help. I’d shaken most of that, if not the flu, by the end of the week.
On the writing front, I got to over half way on the next novel in the Mack ‘n’ Me ‘n’ Odyssey series and two thirds of the way through the first Long Hair rewrite. As you can see by the blanks below, I have a busy week ahead. I have to get Mack ‘n’ Me: Arach out the door, and set The Depredides Dance up for pre-order. I’d also like to finish Mack ‘n’ Me: The Transporter’s Favour, although that one is more likely to take until the 20th. Still, it can’t hurt to try, right?
Anyway, this is what was done, this week:

Progress: June 03-09, 2018

  • New words produced: 30,854
  • Outlines and Notes: 3,430
  • Words compiled: 0
  • Works completed: 0
  • Works edited: 2 (Mack ‘n’ Me: Arach, The Depredides Dance)
  • Covers created: 0
  • Works formatted: 0
  • Works published: 0
  • Works released: 0
  • Works submitted: 0
  • Competitions Entered: 0
  • Bloggery: 313
  • Hours at Desk—June 3-9: 51 hours 34 minutes
  • Hours at Desk—June 1-2: 26 hours 21 minutes
  • Hours at Desk—May 27-June 2: 73 hours 14minutes
  • May Hours at Desk: 302 hours 6 minutes
  • April Hours at Desk: 167 hours 41 minutes
  • March Hours at Desk: 201 hours 43 minutes
  • February Hours at Desk: 183 hours 50 minutes
  • January Hours at Desk: 180 hours 3 minutes
 


Location: Canberra ACT 2601, Australia

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