800+ Words But Getting Nothing Done

I jumped into it this morning and knocked out 800 words, even after getting up an hour late and having to get ready for the JWs to come by. They have been visiting for a few months now, and I love chattering with them about the bible. Not sure I agree with their eschatology [nor will I be breaking my self-imposed isolation, either], but who am I to judge, right? In the end, they didn't come after all - they had some sort of function to go to. I think their like Amway but without the cars, boats and dreams of piles of money [did you notice there I said "dreams"?].

I've noticed that I am barely able to get my routine tasks done in one day. It's not work crowding in, by any means. Actually, I think I just have too many things I'm trying to do each day, so I just get bogged down. Plus, my projects are really quite intensive. I start writing and it takes me a few hours. Then a few more hours to do edits. Then a few more hours to do research and work on outlines for upcoming books to write. Don' t get me wrong, I love it. But by the time I'm done with just that it's already noon, and I haven't touched any of my task list, nor have I read any books that are sitting on my Good Reads shelf.

Not sure how to solve the problem, either. And what's worse: there are even more things that I would like to do that I simply just don't have time for now: like work through my math books, read my the physical books I got from my sister when she moved [there's a whole box of them], etc. I wish Uberman Sleep actually worked [or, at least, worked better for my schedule], then I could have - well only a few more hours, since I only sleep about 5-7 hours now each night. So, maybe 4 more hours. But, man, does Uberman kill you during the first transition. Besides, it definitely doesn't work with my clients.

I started working on the first soundtrack for THE PREPARATION. It's got some really good songs on it - all of the best I've been listening to while doing the edits and possibly when I was writing it, though I wrote the bulk of it in Astoria, so I don't really remember what I was listening to then; a lot of John Mayer, I think. And Five for Fighting. I should probably add them to the soundtrack then. I'll be uploading it to iTunes and also to Youtube and posting both here on the blog when the book is released on Amazon.

I also watched two short interviews on youtube with Amanda Hocking. I have been reading a month of posts on her site each night. She is my moral support in a way. She gives me hope. I mean, if I could sell just a FRACTION of what she does, I would accomplish my goals and be able to live off what I make from books. In the end I'm just a rabbit living in a hole; reminds me of this guy. In fact, lets see a picture of it.

This would literally be paradise for me, though I wouldn't want to hunch down and have to crawl inside. My dream house is just big enough for a single bed [just wide enough and long enough to sleep on], with a small counter/table on the opposite wall for cooking, writing, storage, etc. Above that would be a window length opening of a spectacular view [like a lake or deep forests]. The dwelling would be under ground, ground level would be the bottom of the window. A decent sized door at the foot of the bed to get out. That's it.

You can find Dan at Moonlight Chronicles.