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Focusing

Jan10
Birds at Moody Gardens, Galveston Island

Do you ever have problems with focusing on things because there are too many other distractions? When I was learning photography, and will always be learning how to do better, I could be so OFF on my focus. Back of monkey, beautiful. All the strands of fur were in perfect focus. The face? A virtual blur. Not good. I took these 7 years ago, and miraculously, some turned out really well. lol

I’ve found with focusing on word count, knowing I can do better, I’ve been managing 2,000 per day on each of two books. I turned in my novella, but got Night of the Billionaire Wolf proofing to do, so I’m up to chapter 6 on that. And I was exercising while I was proofing, and I finished up a bear I needed to do. I started watching a French series about a thief in the woods, I guess a grim Robin Hood while I was working on the bear. And I made it to the 5th tower level in Tower of Time. So I’m able to get lots of stuff done AND get more writing done… and even have time to play, just with a little focus.

Yesterday, I was trying to get a better handle on weeding. It’s way out of hand and I can’t ever get ahead of it. So I put down some weed killer. I don’t like using it because I have so many beneficial critters out there I don’t want it to affect and I’m afraid it will kill plants I don’t want to kill. The yard guys put some down on my flowering dianthus. And yep, it killed it. It seemed like when I’ve tried this before, it really didn’t help eliminate the weeds, so we shall see. I just need some help at it, maybe until I can get it under control. Laughing.

Off to work! Have a great day focusing on what you want to do for work and play!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
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Only the Shadow Knows

Feb21

evil squirrel has got my food (640x611)The evil squirrel has got my food.~~Sparrow

Mine! All mine!!!~~Juvenile squirrel

Focusing was a challenge. I was trying to focus on the bird, which I did, but sometimes it would focus on the squirrel, and sometimes on the house behind the bird. So I was well pleased when the “evil” squirrel looked like a hulking shadow, ears, tails and all as he’s sitting on top of the feeder, and the bird is hoping he’ll leave soon so he can get a beak or two of seed.

I’m nearly done on rereading/editing Loving the Silver Wolf one last time. I always print out pages as I’m working, so I can get away from the monitor and edit the ongoing book. But at the end, I find changing the View to Read really helps me to catch more mistakes. Somehow, not sure how, I had a chapter out of order. And I had a sentence that indicated the heroine knew about something she shouldn’t know about yet. In movie lingo this would be Blurpers. 🙂

But I’m also finding all the loose ends, and either fixing it on the page I’m working on, or jotting down notes so I can be sure to add something in that will explain what had happened later. I love this point in the manuscript because the book is done. It just needs a little bit of smoothing. 🙂

Okay, off to work on the book and then after that, I’ve got to work on the long synopsis for Billionaire in Wolf’s Clothing due on Monday. And then I have to edit A Very Jaguar Christmas. And then, I’m off to work on The Viking’s Highland Lass!!!!

Have a super great Sunday!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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