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Pomodoro Happy Tomato Zone

Drawing from the Well This week did not go as planned (but when does it ever, am I right?). I had the entire week off last week to move my wife’s office from its old location to a bigger office in the same plaza. It was a big job, but I thought I would have time...

It’s Okay to Suck

Drawing from the Well This week, I had some wins and some losses. Right away, I missed the badge for hitting goal (1,667) every day. That’s okay. For me, that was already essentially out of reach. But I also missed the badge for updating my word count every day...

Uphill Climb

Drawing from the Well We have crossed the rubicon. It’s officially November which means Movember! Okay, truly, November means NaNoWriMo and I am in and I’m going to win. We talked about this recently but the time is here. Although I didn’t finish...

Lower your Standards…and your Anxiety

Drawing from the Well This week I made a lot of progress on Character Profiles, finishing all the characters introduced in Book I and starting those new in Book II. Additionally, I tweaked my plan for NaNoWriMo, but we’ll get into that below. For now, still...

First Principles

Drawing from the Well This week has seen some movement on the character profiles. I finished 3 more profiles, which isn’t much compared to how many I have to do, but it was also a very busy week. I’m putting more focus on it this week and hoping to get...

The Rule of Cool

Drawing from the Well I have meant to get this post out for two days, but life gets in the way sometimes, right? This week, I pivoted. In working on future IP, I realized that I need to know my current characters on a deeper level. So, I dug back into some old...