Progress bit by bit is still progress

This week we got our Christmas decor up a step at a time.

Lights last night, tree two days ago and ditto the stockings. I still have to put out the holiday placemats, but that's coming.

Same with the second book. I have had schedule changes to deal with, so I have been getting up early on a more regular basis to write, even if it is less than 30 minutes. A hundred words here, 200 there. Progress is progress. I learned while finishing a master's degree while working full time and being a single parent that you have to take your spare minutes seriously. Fit in work when you can.

So right now, I am at 17,000 words and, although I am not on my original work schedule for the second book (can you tell that my master's was in project management?), I am happy about where it is.

The first book is in the proofing stage. And I have a meeting with my publisher, Jim Dickerson of Sartoris Literary Group, today.

So step by step. And about that Ryan Gosling meme, I don't get writer's block often or for very long. Usually I sit down and within 10 or 15 minutes the words flow and I write for a while. Then I don't want to get up except that by then it is usually nearing 7 a.m. and kids have to go to school and I have to go to the newspaper gig.

I think most of success is just showing up. Even if it is for 30-45 minutes at a time.