Words is the nineteen day theme

My theme for the nineteen days between sunset July 12 and sunset July 31 is words. I am focusing on completing at least two short stories and a novel. In addition, I will make at least one entry in this blog every day. My daily word count goal is 2,500 to 5,000 words. That is a lot of words, however, I will have an extra focus for this nineteen day.

My edition of the writing.com Fantasy newsletter is due by 8:59 AM Pacific Time on Monday, July 21. I still have a few reviews to do, so that I can include some stories in under the Editor's Picks. I also have to complete the writng of the newsletter, but I have the theme. In fact, I have a good start on that newsletter.

I decided to focus on a theme because I had trouble the last nineteen days achieving the writing goals. Part of the problem was worry, I let worry interfere with achieving my goals. Another problem is the game Free Cell. I played it too much. Now Free Cell is my reward for achieving or exceeding my daily writing goals. If I achieve the goals, then I can play Free Cell, but if I do not achieve the word count and writing goals, I cannot play the game.

I am going to have to hustle to achieve the goals today, because I got a late start. This time it had nothing to do with Free Cell. Because I stayed up late downloading an upgrade to my firewall (I really have to get DSL) I woke up late this morning and did not get any online time. Then when I got home from work, I took a nap. After I woke up from the nap I had to go pick up my Senior Citizen Food Allotment.