August 27th, 2022 – 1,431

~ Sam Shuttleworth

I crashed today, but kinda on purpose. Three day weekend after all and you saw how out of it I was yesterday. I was not putting that on, I could see the screen moving like it was underwater while I typed. Was grim. But I conked out for a good nine hours and spent today resting and playing some of my favourite games I haven’t in a while. Even did some deck building which I haven’t in quite some time, albeit ensuring I wouldn’t spend money doing so.

So, 70K, the big one, the TUS threshold in a way, though that’s more like 72K as that’s where book one sat for a long time. Gotta say it’s strange but gratifying, as while the books aren’t of an ultra quality yet, the ability to get the series to even this point has taken thousands of hours of work. Is a good feeling. It’s not quite sunk in, but I am expecting a lot of stuff is going to start to in about a fortnight’s time. For now, Imma keep resting, enjoying the long weekend, and getting ready for the next steps.

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.