• Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    Chapter Five: Writing a Novel in Five Days While Traveling

    WRITING A NOVEL IN FIVE DAYS WHILE TRAVELING… CHAPTER FIVE… Third day of writing on the novel and it turned out to be one of the types of days I was worried about having when doing the planning. The vacation part of the day and a bunch of business completely overwhelmed the writing hours. And there was a lot of business stuff. So I ended up with 3,800 words, but still it was a really fun day, which is the main reason I am traveling here. So maybe there will need to be an adjustment on this nonfiction book. I’ll talk about that below.. Detailing Out the Day… I made it out of bed…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    Chapter Four: Writing a Novel in Five Days While Traveling

    WRITING A NOVEL IN FIVE DAYS WHILE TRAVELING… CHAPTER FOUR… Second day of writing on the novel and it was difficult, as I expected. For a couple of reasons I’ll talk about below. But it still happened and I got just over 7,600 words done. So day two was a success. Not as planned, but as expected. Detailing out the Day I made it out of bed by noon and by 1 p.m. I had showered, gotten dressed, and was headed for lunch with the guys in the buffet. I was exhausted and my shoulders felt like rocks. Writing this many words (over nine thousand yesterday plus e-mails) is a physical sport to not…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    Chapter Three: Writing a Novel in Five Days While Traveling

    WRITING A NOVEL IN FIVE DAYS WHILE TRAVELING… CHAPTER THREE… First day of writing on the novel. Here we go.  And as planned, it didn’t happen exactly as planned by a long ways. But it still happened and I got just over 8,000 words done. So day one success. Not as planned, but remember I said flexible was the key on this and today I was flexible. Detailing out the Day I made it out of bed by noon and by 1 p.m. I had showered, gotten dressed, had a bunch of water and a power bar and was sitting down at the computer to first get my e-mail, then write. It…

  • On Writing,  publishing

    Chapter Two: Writing a Novel in Five Days While Traveling

    WRITING A NOVEL IN FIVE DAYS WHILE TRAVELING… CHAPTER TWO… Third day of traveling and I will be starting the novel tomorrow. So doing these introduction and preparation chapters first for the nonfiction book as I go along. A sort of writing travel book. Sort of. Travel Today… I have my computer set up just fine where it will sit for the next five days. And today was a much easier drive than the previous two days by a long ways. I left Fresno, CA around 11 a.m. and was in this suite in Las Vegas before 6 p.m. I went out for dinner by 7 p.m., then a long walk to…

  • On Writing,  publishing

    Introduction: How To Write a Novel In Five Days While Traveling

    WRITING A NOVEL IN FIVE DAYS WHILE TRAVELING… INTRODUCTION… Yup. A crazy idea. Especially considering I have not once been successful at writing while traveling. How’s that for a negative start? So I figured it was about time to teach myself how to do this and as I figure it out I might as well write this nonfiction book as well as the novel. Win… win… If I pull it off. Otherwise, it will be an entertaining failure for you all to watch right out here in public. And what’s really silly is that I will be doing all my normal e-mail, normal workshop stuff, and still doing the CFO job…