Carolyn

Okay, I think I may have figured out something that works. Inspired by amand_r and her use of schedules to keep herself on track with everything, I am trying out my own schedule. This was night two and it went well.

From now until the end of November, from 7:30 to 8:30 on weeknights, I write for one hour. Goal is to achieve 1k. Actually this works better:

Weekday schedule:

1:30-2:30 a.m. - talk with Nick. (Not the whole hour, just usually in that time frame)
6:30 a.m. - let dogs out to zoom and do their thing in the backyard, get ready for work
7:30 a.m. - toss dogs in the big crate (their pen) and leave for work
8:ish to 5:00 - work
6:00 - 7:30 - feed dogs, relax, chores, read emails, twitter, dinner
7:30 - 8:30 - write
8:30 - 9:30 - free time, including throwing the ball for Maddox
9:30 - 10:30-11:00 - read a real book
11:00 at the latest - bedtime

Weekend schedule:

6:30-8:00 a.m. - let the dogs out to zoom! make coffee! talk with Nick! emails, twitter, etc.
8:00-10:00 a.m. - house chores, shower
10:00-12:00 a.m. - write, goal of 2000 words
12:00-7:00 - relax! play with Nick! nap! Play with the puppies! errands! and later, Merlin!
7:00 (or really, whenever Nick goes to bed) - to 8:30 - write! 1500 words!
Evening...doing whatever! Cross-stitch, reading, whatever...

Now if I stick with that, I will get my 50k words by the end of November. I really really really want to achieve that this year. I really really do!

OH! COOL: I just got off this site for fairytales. I'm usually not one to seek inspiration from fairytales (though I've enjoyed others' stories inspired by them) but this site was fascinating! So, I am sharing the url for the forum:

http://surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/forum/view/id/1

Pretty nifty stuff on there.