I read at a much slower pace than usual in February, mostly because I started reading The Power   by Naomi Alderman, which I really disliked, but then I got too far in to abandon it. And being too far in to abandon it, did I then race through to the end to try to get it over with? No I did not. I just stopped reading in general because I didn't want to keep reading The Power, and again, I felt too far in to give up, and I can't read two books at once any more because YAY MENOPAUSE BRAIN. So...

Welcome to the first of my weekly "Writing Week" posts. I'm going to try to do these each week in case they help inspire other writers. I track my daily output on my Google calendar. Each day I aim to write at least 100 words on my novel (I write those by hand in my Master Notebook ) and to transcribe that work into Scrivener where it waits for the big edits that will come when this draft of the book is complete. According to Google, here's what this week looked like: Sunday Feb 22 2pm --...

My writing practice is not just about putting words on the page. In order for me to be a creative person, I have discovered that my daily writing practice has to involve the following things: Writing my morning pages Writing a minimum of 100 words on my current project Reading at least 25 pages of a novel Going for a walk One of those things is not like the other -- or is it? My morning pages help me organize my brain, and shake the dust out. My writing minimum ensures I make forward progress...