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Just Finished Reading…

Posted in Now Reading by DavidRM on the March 10th, 2010

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein.
 
-David
 

Just Finished Reading…

Posted in Now Reading by DavidRM on the March 5th, 2010

Insatiable by Marne Davis Kellogg.
 
-David
 

Now Reading…

Posted in Now Reading by DavidRM on the February 25th, 2010

You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto by Jaron Lanier.
 
-David
 

Now Reading…

Posted in Now Reading by DavidRM on the February 24th, 2010

The New Elite: Inside the Minds of the Truly Wealthy by Jim Taylor, Doug Harrison, and Stephen Kraus.
 
I’m going to buy my own copy of A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn, so I can finish it on my own schedule (there are too many holds on my library copy, and I can’t renew it).
 
-David
 

Now Reading…

Posted in Now Reading by DavidRM on the February 16th, 2010

A People’s History of the United States: 1492-Present by Howard Zinn.
 
-David
 

Just Finished Reading…

Posted in Now Reading by DavidRM on the February 11th, 2010

A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage.
 
-David
 

Just Finished Reading…

Posted in Now Reading by DavidRM on the February 4th, 2010

Rejection, Romance & Royalties: The Wacky World of a Working Writer by Laura Resnick.
 
-David
 

Writing Progress Report

Posted in Now Writing by DavidRM on the February 1st, 2010
 
Writing progress report for the week starting Monday, January 25, 2010.
 

Writing Project
Words
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Total
 

Marketing/Submission
Monday
Tuesday
Horse Girl publisher query letter 1-paragraph synopsis, draft ridiculous + 2
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Horse Girl publisher query letter 1-paragraph synopsis, draft ridiculous + 3
Saturday
Sunday
 
Yup. That’s all I did last week. Makes you wonder. Or makes me wonder, anyway.
 
-David
 

Just Finished Reading…

Posted in Now Reading by DavidRM on the January 25th, 2010

The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss.
 
-David
 

Writing Progress Report

Posted in Now Writing by DavidRM on the January 24th, 2010
 
Writing progress report for the week starting Monday, January 18, 2010.
 

Writing Project
Words
Monday
Short story (probably gonna be a novel chapter), unfinished
1016
Tuesday
Short story (probably gonna be a novel chapter in Demon Donut Candy), finished
1063
Wednesday
Demon Donut Candy outline
Thursday
Demon Donut Candy outline
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Total
 

Marketing/Submission
Monday
Horse Girl publisher list, pass two (unfinished), went through more markets, found another 1st-round submission
Tuesday
Horse Girl publishser list, pass two (finished)
Wednesday
Horse Girl publisher query letter, first draft
Thursday
Horse Girl publisher query letter 1-paragraph synopsis, drafts 2-ridiculous
Friday
Horse Girl publisher query letter 1-paragraph synopsis, draft ridiculous + 1
Saturday
Sunday
 
It’s enough to make me wonder when I’ll really start writing in 2010.
 
-David
 
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