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ROW80 Update 2/11/15

February 11, 2015 by Lauralynn Elliott

I’m sick again. This is the second time this year. I wish all this stuff going around would stop! I hope it’s not the flu. Anyway, I’ve been fairly productive the last two days. I have a word quota of 12,500 per month, which is 150,000 for the year. I think that’s pretty reasonable for someone with a full time job. I’m behind for February, partly because I was working on proofreading a couple of things. But my daily quota is fairly low, so I think I can catch up. I was a little over my January quota, so I think I’m mostly on track for the year. Having that yearly word count goal will make me have to be working on something almost all the time. I need to do that to be productive. The more books I publish a year, the better off I am, financially. I SO want to write full time.

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5 Responses

on February 12, 2015 at 1:29 pm | Reply Ruth Ann Nordin

Sorry to hear you’re sick. 😦 I hope you get better soon.

I notice with my word count goals, they fluctuate from month to month. Some months are easier than others. So I can see catching one one month and falling a bit behind in another. As long as the total for the year ends up being on track, then all is good.
- on February 12, 2015 at 1:44 pm | Reply Lauralynn Elliott
  
  Thanks, I hope I don’t get as sick as I did last month!
  
  Some people have much higher yearly goals than 150,000, but I think that’s reasonable for me. I’m going to try to catch up for February, but if I don’t, I’ll make it up in March. I’m still working on the mystery.
  - on February 12, 2015 at 3:02 pm | Reply Ruth Ann Nordin
    
    One thing that sets February off is how short it is. It makes it harder to reach writing goals.
    
    Working full-time and being able to write 150,000 words is good, in my opinion.
on February 13, 2015 at 4:34 pm | Reply Cindy

Good for you!

I would love to have that goal, but my goals focus on equal parts writing and theatre. I love both too much to give either up, but I making better work of writing, editing, and submitting.

It’s about balance. You find what you want to do and you go for it! Every person is different and I love to see what my writing friends are up to. Huzzah to you!! 🙂
- on February 13, 2015 at 7:15 pm | Reply Lauralynn Elliott
  
  We all have to find our own balance. I have to divide my time between writing and my full time job. But we should set some reasonable goals for ourselves so we have something to shoot for.