Well, this is it. The second last day of my “vacation” before I return to full-time work and school on Tuesday.
On the one hand, I got a fair amount of writing done. Not as much as I wanted, granted, but I still have two days to work with and I may yet get to finish this novel before my time off is spent.
On the other hand, I really did have a pretty lovely time relaxing and writing. Did a lot of cooking (made some pizza from scratch that I am quite proud of), ate too much (I think I went through 4 packages of crumpets in 10 days… delicious, but definitely overkill), and overall had a nice time.
But, all good things must come to an end, I am told, and this vacation is definitely nearing the final stretch. I think I may get another few thousand words written today before I have to switch gears and finish all my course readings.
Oh, upside: I sold about a dozen books this last week. About half of those were from advertising, the other half seem to be just impulse purchases by folks, but it’s nice to see a somewhat steady stream of book purchases. I could get used to this… of course, I need about ten times that number per week for writing to be a viable full-time job for me, even considering my very humble financial responsibilities. But still a step in the right direction.
Right! Back to the novel… I’ve just laid out the heist our protagonists are going to attempt, and now I get to make everything go wrong! Always fun…