J’Accuse! Slacker!

Yes, it’s been forever since I blogged.

The last few weeks have been one of those everything-interrupts periods of time when despite being in a bunch of good habits, I nonetheless failed to get anything done. Was I frustrated because of the programming problem? Sick of red penning? Constantly required to actually pay attention to my children? A little of everything, really.

But–and this is a hard-learned lesson for me–just because you stop doing things perfectly doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try to get back on track. It’s too easy for me to go “Ah, hell, guess I blew that August Project thing, might as well stop working so damn hard at it.” (In my mind, I curse a lot.)

So today’s a back on track day. Just got out of several hours in the office… red penned sixty-seven pages, only sixty-five to go. I need to finish Nine Dead Suns soon because my brain is just desperately crying to work on something new. To write something. And I promised not to do that until I got the next draft finished and out working for me. Probably on the street, swinging one of those arrow-signs around. November is going to see me throw myself at Nanowrimo again, and I can’t stop thinking about what to do for that. I’ve also been getting the urge to dip my toe back into the comic industry too… and now might be a pretty good time to do that.

Tonight I’m going to work harder at getting back to all the regular household routines, too. I’ve been failing to make my bed, and I think it’s been having a negative effect.

So, for those of you who have been bored by the long weeks of silence here, I charge you with this: BUG THE HELL OUT OF ME IF I’M SLACKING OFF! I need a good hard kick in the ass every so often. Apparently, the harder I work, the more often I need one to keep me on track.

Doug

Tomorrow: Yes. There will be a tomorrow. I mean, on the blog. And in real life. Tomorrow will happen everywhere. Promise.