This week has been all about hunting. For the past few weeks, I’ve been taking Dean Wesley Smith’s online workshop on writing Productivity, and a lot of that is about hunting down more time to spend on the writing, and hunting down ways to silence the inner editor so we can get more words out of the time we do spend. Only time will tell how successful a hunt this is. It’s helping so far, but this is one of those I expect to be ongoing.
And, after closing on the apartment building a couple weeks ago, we’re now looking for a student rental house in the town where our daughter goes to college, to rent to her and three friends. We drove out there to look at a few today, and took Isis, rather than leave her crated all day.
On the way out, we stopped at some farmland/wooded property a family member owns, where my husband likes to go deer hunting. He wanted to see if the deer blind he left there last year was still there. To our surprise, it was. So that was a successful hunting trip.
For the house hunting, we did find one we really liked, as did all four of the soon-to-be tenants. It’s still early in the game to tell whether that was a successful hunting trip. A couple of the houses were vacant, so Isis got to tour them with us. For the others, she stayed outside or in the truck with someone. She was popular when we went uptown and got a bite to eat at one of the restaurants that had a patio, and by the time we left, she was totally tuckered out! On the way home, we stopped by my brother’s place, and he and DH checked out something on our truck. Isis managed to find enough energy to try to help:
What I read this week: I started a new book that I’m really enjoying, but am less than halfway through it, so I’m going to wait until next week to discuss.
ROW80 Update: My goals for this week’s writing were to write 5 days out of 7, which I did. I forgot to mention it in my goals, but I also wanted to write 1500 words or finish a scene. I did not finish the scene, but I did write 2,000 words, so that one is also a win. Going to stick with those same goals for this week.
What about you–have you gone hunting for anything recently? Was it successful? How are you doing on whatever goals you might have this week? Please share–I’d love to hear from you!
Jennette Marie Powell writes stories about ordinary people in ordinary places, who do extraordinary things and learn that those ordinary places are anything but. In her Saturn Society novels, unwilling time travelers do what they must to make things right... and change more than they expect. You can find her books at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, Kobo, iTunes, and more.
That’s excellent news about your goals – it feels good to achieve so much. It sounds like fun hunting for somewhere new, and I can totally appreciate hunting for time…it’s all I ever seem to do lately! Good luck with this week’s goals, I hope to catch up with you soon 🙂
I love the idea of a class on writing productivity. I’m always looking for ways to make the most of my writing time and improve my time-management skills.
I haven’t gone hunting for anything more exciting than a good pair of jeans recently (pro: found a decent pair of jeans after a lot of hunting; con: they’re still waiting to be hemmed). Sounds like you had a few good adventures this week. Yay!
Oooo – huntin’ wabbit?
Sounds like a fun excursion. I hope all of the housing works out and whatever needs fixin on the truck gets fixed and Isis gets a nap.
I haven’t really been hunting recently, except for information on the web. Nothing terribly exciting to write about here.
Patricia Rickrode
w/a Jansen Schmidt
I’ve been hunting for direction as to where to expend my energies. I have enough light for the step in front of me…and that’s enough. I look forward to seeing where the path leads.
I love the simplicity of your ROW80 goals. Kudos! (I include “everything but the kitchen sink” on my list…thus the tagline for my blog, Steph’s Nickel’s Eclectic Interests. :D)
I wish you success on your hunting trips. TTFN
Melissa, I can relate to hunting for time! Doing some of that myself lately. Good luck with yours!
Denise, Dean’s class is great! I can relate on the jeans, too – I am 5’0″ and have to hem everything I buy. But with jeans I just get lazy and roll them up LOL.
Patricia, thanks! Isis slept quite a bit after we got home. 🙂
Steph, I am usually looking for energy instead! Good luck figuring out where best to spend yours!
This week I was hunting for my motivation to blog. When I get in a fiction writing groove I just don’t like to get out of it, and blogging always takes me out of that head space! I think I’m just afraid I won’t get my groove back, but I guess I always do. 🙂
Happy writing this week!
You are one busy woman Jennette. Glad you found something that make everyone happy. That’s not easy to do. Isis is getting big! But such a cutie! 🙂
Coleen, I know exactly what you’re talking about! And I’m glad you do find that motivation, because I always enjoy your posts. 🙂
Karen, thanks! I can’t believe how big Isis has grown, either.