April 19th, 2022 – 1,301

~ Sam Shuttleworth

Well, that didn’t go according to plan. I barely slept, or, no I got 7 hours but I woke up at 6:28am for, some ungodly reason, and my energy levels never really got a chance. I made it through the day, somehow, but pushing target out felt like bloodletting, and let me tell you it wasn’t a flow. I’m sorry, that might be the grossest metaphor I’ve ever put on my blog. But it reflects how wretched I’m feeling. With that said, I’m going to bed now, and thanking whatever higher power there is that I am at least about a quarter of the way through NHO.

I hate writing trilogies. Not for me. Never again. Done with this. Also space opera does not suit me. Actually, I guess it might, because I know that lack of variety is the real culprit. But I think imma need a break from both to be safe. Also also, I just prefer writing stories set in places I know. Even TBS being London-based felt weird to me. Useful to know.

Published by Sam Shuttleworth

I’m Sam, and I live to write. I spent most of the first 8 years of my adulthood trying to balance writing with a large amount of crap in my personal life, until towards the end of 2018 I threw everything out and started afresh with just my writing. I built the new me around one goal: I have to write at least 1,000 words a day. I called this goal 1K, and it changed my life. So long as I write a thousand words a day, the day is a success, and atop that I've managed over time to build the life I wanted all those years. My greatest flaws as a writer is I still use too many adjectives, adverbs, connectives as openers, accidental passive voice and I don't force my work down people's throats enough on pain of extreme and unusual torture. My greatest strength is I know my greatest flaws and I'm working on them.