Joely Sue Burkhart

Fess Up Monday

After a fever-free weekend, Middle Monster is FINALLY feeling better! Yay! Her throat is still sore at times, and she does have ear pain off and on, but she’s eating and playing almost back to normal. We had a scary moment last night during dinner when apparently one of the scabs came off. It must have been big enough that she could feel it dangling or scratching in her throat. She got a little panicked about that and didn’t want to eat any more of her dinner. Later, she ended up eating two peanut butter sandwiches without problem, though.

So it’s back to the EDJ for me today. I’m going to be soooo far behind!

As for writing, I continued slowly through this little side project. No, it wasn’t planned. No, I don’t think I’ll be finishing it any time soon. But it was one of those really old stories that I’ve had for a long time, and something I read recently sparked it until it just wouldn’t shut up. So I wrote out 6656 words on it over the past two weeks or so. The fire has died down, and peace is coming back into my mind, just in time for school to start up this week. YAY. The monsters will be going to bed much earlier at night, so I should have more writing time without staying up so late.

My Sven total to date is 30,720 words. Not bad, although I’m a little behind.

I also made a submission of Beautiful Death, and revised the little Maya fantasy story for Drollerie Press, changing it from first person to third. I think it reads a little better now. Hopefully that freebie will go up soon and I’ll post a link to it.

My plans for this week:

1). Unbury myself at the EDJ, which might require some overtime.

2). Return to The Fire Within. My goal is to finish the first draft by 8/31.

How about you?

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7 Responses to “Fess Up Monday”

Christine d'Abo Says:
August 13th, 2007 at 6:34 am
I’m so please to hear MM is doing better. You’ll probably feel the tension lift from your shoulders…only to be replaced with EDJ tension. I hope things aren’t too bad for you when you get back.

My goal this week is to finish the first draft of The Bond That Heals Us and start working on the revisions. I’m so close to being done I can taste it.
Linda Says:
August 13th, 2007 at 9:20 am
That’s good to know.

I’m new here…what is EDJ?

Plans for the week…well, today is Markeroni’s fourth birthday (www.markeroni.com) so I’m going to do some writing for that. I also plan to catch up on some trip reports and look for paying work. And I am quite sure I will spend some time motorcycling and blogging too.
Joely Says:
August 13th, 2007 at 9:26 am
Thanks, Christine! I was really worried there for awhile. Good luck on finishing your first draft! Sven will be so proud!

Welcome, Linda! EDJ = Evil Day Job. Although mine’s not evil at all. Good luck finding some paying work!
Susan Helene Gottfried Says:
August 13th, 2007 at 10:16 am
I’m doing the happy dance for MM and how she’s feeling. Yay! I’ve been lurking and sending you all the good vibes I could.

As for me… I’m still in survival mode. I love being with the kids but #1’s had enough of being babied at the gym; they’re making this second-grader stay in the babysitting room with the infants instead of letting him move to the Youth Lounge because he won’t be seven for another two weeks. He’s miserable. I’m miserable and panicked. We’ve GOT to work something out.
Jess Says:
August 13th, 2007 at 11:02 am
Uhhh… keep on with Tapestry, and I STILL need to do the proper revisions to BM. Work is sucking up my writing time. I’m also just slowing down and being comfy with my cruising speed. I’m sure I’ll make the 60k of the challenge deadline, and I am writing every day (my real goal) but I’m not sure that I’ll finish the draft by my birthday. I’m okay with that because I know I need to go back and weave in scenes that aren’t written yet that I’ve been thinking about lately, so really the first draft won’t be done until I do that and I’m sure that won’t be done before my birthday. Yep.
Amy Ruttan Says:
August 13th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
I’m glad MM is feeling better. Yes, I feel the pressures of the EDJ. I am so swamped it’s sapping all my energy, I hate it. I’m not doing as well as I would like with Sven but I am half way done my goal so I can’t complain.
Joely Says:
August 13th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
Oh, Susan, poor little guy. I hope you’re able to move him to something more challenging and appropriate for his age!

Jess, I’m still waiting to see BM! *hint hint*

I hear you, Amy. Half way is TERRIFIC. Hang in there!

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