Tag Archives: deadline

Thunderstruck – Once More Into The Drafting Breach

Posted on February 12, 2015 by J. S. Collyer

It feels great to say that I have now been given a deadline (one of those wonderful, terrible, productivity-fuelling, dread-summoning, fire-under-the-pants things that we love and hate!) for my third novel (See my Orbit Series page for already released & upcoming … Continue reading →

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Greetings, Catching up, Shiny News

Posted on September 15, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

Greetings folks of the WordPress realm! What do you mean, ‘Who’s that?’ It’s me! *waves* I know, I’m sorry. I have been AWOL. This is simply because ‘busy’ doesn’t begin to cover it. Being productive and proactive I have found … Continue reading →

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August is done. Now for the rest of the year…

Posted on September 1, 2013 by J. S. Collyer

So August is done and with help of K. C. Dyer’s achievement-generating hashtag game #ProjectAugust, I am now two-thirds of the way through my draft of my project-with-a-deadline (currently at 108,000 words, baby!) and have reached the second of the two … Continue reading →

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#ProjectAugust Update

Posted on August 10, 2013 by J. S. Collyer

Earlier in the week I put up post about my intention to join in with #ProjectAugust (brainchild of K. C. Dyer) which, in short, is a way to get something significant achieved in the month of August. Most participants seem … Continue reading →

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Just in case you hadn’t noticed…

Posted on August 8, 2013 by J. S. Collyer

Just to clarify, as I still have the page labelled as my ‘current project’, The Road Elsewhere is currently on hold whilst I seize an opportunity that has raised with another project. I still have high hopes for TRE (who knows, … Continue reading →

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Got a goal? Join me for #ProjectAugust!

Posted on August 5, 2013 by J. S. Collyer

Accountability and deadlines can have a wonderous effect on productivity. Not everyone works well under pressure, it’s true, but I have found having something I *have* to work towards has made me shed all excuses and just knuckle down. I … Continue reading →

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2000

Posted on June 20, 2013 by J. S. Collyer

Tonight’s revelation: 2,000 words is not that much. I mean, it is. Sort of. On my average writing night I used to produce between 1000-1500 words a night. That was only once a week, after work and I still felt … Continue reading →

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Holy Real-Life-Deadline, Batman!

Posted on June 18, 2013 by J. S. Collyer

I can’t go into any real detail at this point but I can say I have been given what amounts to my first real deadline. And boy does it feel real. Red-circle-on-the-calendar, cancelling-all-plans real. I had deadlines at university, of … Continue reading →