Good afternoon, squiders. MileHiCon starts in about an hour, and I’m not quite ready, so that tracks.
Sigh.
I did get moderator questions for all my panels (including the one I’m moderating, so obviously someone else is writing them for all the panels, and if it’s the same person for all of them she should ask for some help) so at least that got done without me actually doing it.
I have found all my supplies and/or made and printed new ones. The panels continue to be a bit underprepared for. Ah well. Perhaps we will have time later. Or we’ll wing it, which can go poorly or fine, from past experience.
Now. It’s the 25th, so we have about 20 days of active data on our random number generator experiment. How are we feeling?
Well, in general, I’d say it was a success. I started on my SkillShare class, which I had been avoiding for months, and made progress on all the other goals (though I did not finish any of them). And circumventing the “I have a lot to do, which should I work on right now?” issue definitely improved my overall productivity.
Now, the cons. Well, I made progress on everything, some things were easier to make progress on than others. The submission material goal had time spent on it but no real progress (and someone mentioned I could comp authors and not specific books if I was having a hard time finding a fit which, omg, is so much easier, I’m going to do that), and the short story only got a couple hundred words each time because I had to reorientate myself each time. SkillShare had definite momentum. The drawing goals worked the best, because I could spend more time on each of them when they came up (I can watch my spouse play Assassin’s Creed and draw, for instance, but I cannot watch him play and also write) and because they’re mostly for fun.
So, we’ll definitely finish out the month, but we’ll need to make some changes for November so the submission goal gets done. Maybe cancel other writing goals until it does, or get rid of the drawing goals (which are definitely easier and I will default to if left to my own devices). Maybe just do the submission goals.
I’ve got a week to figure it out.
No Nanowrimo this year, or ever again probably, for obvious reasons. My local group has rebelled, so I may still go to the kickoff next Thursday. The submission materials MUST get done so I also don’t get to switch to anything new, which makes the timing not great.
Ah well.
Wish me luck for this weekend!
