Days Two through Four of Camp Nano

 Day 2

Starting today even rougher. I got out of bed late, but coffee is ready. Today’s coffee is a mix of peppermint and regular brews. I added more peppermint flavor and also put in some dairy free sweetened condensed milk. Made Kodiac waffle mix with some peppermint flavoring. The chocolate flavor is mild, so I use the coffee flavoring to add to it. Made it a bit thin this time, so got more technically. And it’s sitting gingerly on my stomach.

I had a good morning edit wise. I got through a complete chapter, along with half of the second chapter planned. Putting this challenge is making me move faster and make easier decisions on the edits for the draft than I expected. Even when I’m not feeling up to doing it, once I get started, it just is easy and relaxing to do.

 Day 3

Today is not going so well. I got the rest of the day to get more done, but I'm not hopeful. It's looking like today needs to be a grocery day. I'm still waiting for my pay check to come in. I made the last of my vegan eggs and did not set off the alarm for the hashbrowns. This is mainly because I opened the front door as soon as I started it. It's been raining. I did another coffee with peppermint but it was the last of my coffee. 

I finished the second chapter, which puts me to my first goal for edits of a new flavor of coffee. What is the coffee flavor? A bottle that has been sitting in a hidden spot: s'mores. I've been looking forward to what I consider a flavor of summer.

 
Day 4

I fell asleep as soon as I got home from groceries the day before. I'm throwing this together as soon as I get up and am about to leave for work since I woke up late. No more words and my coffee will have to be postponed until I get home from work.

I have a small bug and it is draining me right now. So, I may not get any words at all in or any edits. I just want to nap. 

Edits: Two chapters

Starting words: 80396

Ending words: 80405

First Day and Already Surprised

 

Today is already starting off. Woke up later than I planned. The upside is that I learned how quickly at least one edit of a chapter can go. I’m really trying to make as much of the morning be for edits, but I also want to pace myself. It’s raining outside and I am dealing with both sinuses running and a weather headache starting. So, I’ve got music that gets me dancing now. It’s a much better thing to have, along with a fresh pot of coffee that I am adding Torani Sugar Free Brown Sugar and Cinnamon syrup to. The sweetness of the brown sugar flavor lightens the bite of the coffee while the cinnamon in the sugar adds to the little bit that I put in the coffee itself to brew.

I ended up the day getting sick though, which affected my evening work. I didn’t get as far as I expected for the evening, but I did get some words down for a side project.

Edit: One chapter and added 22 words.

Starting word count: 80375

Ending word count: 80396

 

Day 1 Playlist 27 minutes one playthrough:

Lose my Mind (feat. Josh Franceschi)- James Arthur

Gods and Gold- Aesthetic Perfection

My Alcoholic Friends- The Dresden Dolls

Bodies- Drowning Pool

Cinnamon Girl- [dunkelbunt]

Down with the Sickness- Disturbed

Zeit- Rammstein

Welcome to the Camp Setup

 

It’s the start to another Camp month. This is the journey that is a surprise to all. First, some simple rules.

1. Editing will be done daily. Either it will be done during lunch time in the day job or else early in the morning to give time to mull more over what was edited.

2. Daily posts will be done in the evening to discuss what I need to do about what went on during the day that revolves around the writing process.

3. Spotify playlist for the day needs to be set up for the blog.

As you can tell, I reopened my Spotify premium account. I have issues with what ads they choose for me, so I pay for the subscription. It gives peace of mind. So, I will still make the playlist with YouTube links, but I will also have a Spotify added to future blogs.

I’ve been getting my writing together by filling out notebooks with my series notes and reminders of where the first book is going. The fun part is that I am running low on laser printer black ink. Everyone seems to like to make things in black, so printing them out uses a lot of black. My color cartridge is still pretty full. So, I need to make due. But, being ready for Camp is important.

I also set up my daily rewards and have the rewards that I’m setting for some small goals that I have. For the daily rewards, it ends up being a sour piece of candy along with a werther’s caramel. I have both the caramel coffee and the caramel apple ones. I’ve found that having a sweet every end of day helps me out because then I know that I will be able to focus more and get further along than I would have otherwise.

Today’s playlist:

Let’s GetRocked- Def Leppard

Children- Robert Miles

Psychosocial- Slipknot

Quote- Evans Blue