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Goal Achieved: Looking Ahead

I’ve reached 500,00 words worth of revised and published projects… and now the real work begins. I have published my last completed novel and short story, and have only two more pre-written chapter books to go. At the beginning of this year, I thought I would have trouble publishing and writing 500,000 words. This tally does not include words produced for blogs, and it’s not about to. Somehow, in the last six months, I reached that goal. Now, I’m going to try to get to 750,000 words by the end of the year… and I’m not sure I can. The maths says I should writing 2,500 words, minimum to reach this goal, but I know I have already 120,000 words, which means I can probably drop that target to a minimum of 1,500 a work day. I also need to try and get a little more sleep, and to make sure I exercise regularly. If I don’t, the words don’t flow well, or only trash will come out. I can’t afford for either to happen—and I can’t afford to get sick again. Guess only time will tell. ...