Journalist – Historian – Speaker
See here for primer on these posts. I did no writing over the weekend. Instead, my son turned 9. Read about it here. I did a few edits on a Hillary Clinton and autism piece. Daily word count: 1378 Chapter word count: 3583Chapter goal: 8500Total word count: 6784Total goal: 70000 Summarized history of deinstitutionalization in …
I did no writing on Saturday. Was I supposed to write on Saturday? I played with the kids, cleaned the house, made food, put away holiday directions, played a show that night. We needed the time together during the day. Also I finished my final edits on a CNN piece about Clinton’s autism plan. And …
See here for primer on these posts. Daily word count: 973 Chapter word count: 2205 Chapter goal: 8500 Total word count: 5406 Total goal: 70000 Did a lot of general “here’s how I’m going to talk about disability” stuff today. Identity first. Social model.
See here for primer on these posts. Daily word count: 1232 Chapter word count: 1232Chapter goal: 8500Total word count: 4433Total goal: 70000 I also wrote a 1000 word essay for CNN earlier. I’m now through the opening section of Chapter 1 and ready to get into the meat.
See here for primer on these posts. Daily wordcount: 372 Chapter wordcount: 3201Chapter goal: 3000Total wordcount: 3201Total goal: 70000 Finished the Intro draft today, did a quick revision and cleanup, and began organizing the first chapter. I keep changing my mind about the opening anecdote, but am leaning towards the death of Quintonio Legrier.
See here for primer on these posts. Daily wordcount: 1792 Chapter wordcount: 2829Chapter goal: 3000 Total wordcount: 2829Total goal: 70000 I just wrote, “PUT SOME KIND OF CONCLUSION TO THE INTRO HERE AND CALL IT DONE FOR NOW” but did not count those words. So I might come back to it later and do that.
I’m writing a book. I spent the fall finishing most of my research (still a few research trips this spring for specific pieces of specific chapters), writing a relevant white paper (more to come on that!), and otherwise prepping for … today. Today my kids went back to school and I started writing. My goal …