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CATHY'S WEEKLY R.A.P— July 24, 2023

RECKONING—I said I was going to prioritize writing about the Wonderbook first, and I did. You can read it here: https://hibou.substack.com/p/a-writerly-rorschach. And I said I would do a draft of the Tenacity Tales for July and I did! I also said I would do a rough draft of chapter 28, turn to writing on the computer and increase my hours.

ANALYSIS–I caught up on other writing projects but even though I said that was the priority I felt a bit guilty for not working on the novel. So guilty I wrote a post about it here: https://hibou.substack.com/p/guilty-i-feel. Ultimately I decided that the guilt--though annoying given all that I did--had more to do with an internal compass telling me that the novel is the priority and that the other things need to be dealt with in smaller chunks as I can around the book.

PLAN–(7/24 - 7/30)- I have manuscript mart and the muse this weekend, so a huge chunk of my week is spoken for. Still, I'm going to try to extend my morning writing hours and push to do a typed rough draft of chapter 28. Would also like to read the Omnibus, but I'm trying to read a novel for the manuscript mart, so that's unlikely.

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Jenna Blum's avatar

I said I intended to do some writing this past week and that was my goal. I went to a writing retreat in Colorado… In a Nunnery! It was beyond amazing. All I had to do was get up, talk with my college roommate, go to yoga, have food that had been prepared, walk in a labyrinth, look at the deer on the grounds and listen to the bells, and… Miraculously that freed me up to write. I think there is just way too much noise and clutter in my everyday home life, and I don't have a good routine for writing at home.

I wrote a synopsis for my new book and I'm actually really excited about it. Now to find the routine…

I don't know what my goal for this week is yet. I am being very gentle with myself until September 5, which is my starting gun date for actually writing. I think I will take down the outlines of other books around my study and put up things that support this one.

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