Progress Post

Did I finally manage to hit my 10,000 word-a-week goal? Or did Real Life Family Events (RLFEs) and/or Real Life Work Events (RLWEs) strike again? I planned to evaluate the performance of two ads last week — how’d they do? And how about the characters — are they still on speaking terms with me? Let’s […]

I’ve noticed a trend that might throw off my estimated page length for The Sword of Sirius Book 1: Firebreak — but that might turn out to be a good thing. I received the beta reader’s feedback from Evolution’s Hand Book 5: Split Infinities. Is that good or bad from the perspective of the book’s […]

How much does Real Life Work Events (RLWEs) affect my writing? More than I realized, it seems! I almost included a serious blunder in my latest chapter of The Sword of Sirius Book 1: Firebreak. Did I catch the problem before I wrote the chapter? Do I have new marketing plans for Evolution’s Hand Book […]

I enjoyed using ProWritingAid again. It helped quite a lot, but not in the way you might expect — or I might hope! Also, something unexpected happened when I tried to write one of the new chapters this week. It’s something good, but again, it was unexpected. Maybe I need to broaden my set of […]

I learned it a hard lesson this week, and it was all in support of the idea that measuring the right things is important. Though I have to say it’s a rather hard lesson to learn. Before we talk about that, let’s look at the week’s infographic! Progress Report 2023 Week 45 By the Numbers […]