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Writing progress

August 11, 2008February 27, 2009 Mark LadouceurLeave a comment

After a weekend up north with friends, I come back to the work week with about 40 pages of edits and 1,000 new words.

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Transcription complete

April 24, 2008February 27, 2009 Mark LadouceurLeave a comment

I finished transcribing my new 1,000-word short story into electrons yesterday. I'm looking forward to making an editing pass through it soon and sending it out to readers for critique.

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Location, location, location

April 21, 2008February 27, 2009 Mark LadouceurLeave a comment

I spent this past weekend writing at the cottage.  The weather for mid-late April was fantastic; warm and sunny without much wind. So nice in fact that I spent the bulk of my time writing outside near the lake with either a beer or coffee. During breaks I watched the ice breaking up out on… Continue reading Location, location, location →

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Productivity!

April 20, 2008February 27, 2009 Mark LadouceurLeave a comment

I'm back from a weekend up north and very satisfied with what I accomplished. First: I finished my short, short horror story. Now I need to transcribe it into bits and bytes. At least with this length that should be a minor task. Second: I made pages and pages of progress on a longer work… Continue reading Productivity! →

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How I spent my past few weeks.

March 26, 2008April 5, 2014 Mark Ladouceur2 Comments

I've been engaged in a long quest to free a land from the scourge of pixelated evil. It's been hard on my thumbs, and earned many eye rolls from my wife. And I'm still not done. I want to do some writing, but I guess I just haven't wanted it enough to actually put away… Continue reading How I spent my past few weeks. →

Posted in Video games, WritingTagged productivity, trivialities, video games

The year of meh

January 4, 2008April 5, 2014 Mark LadouceurLeave a comment

I'm reading friends' new year/end of the year posts and figure I should do the same, but writing-wise it was an underwhelming year. I read a lot, watched more, and gamed on the PS2. But the words that I did manage to get down never really came together. I have a self-imposed deadline on the first of Feb… Continue reading The year of meh →

Posted in WritingTagged productivity, trivialities, video games

Again, long time no posts

April 23, 2007April 5, 2014 Mark Ladouceur3 Comments

But then I've been doing things around the house and I just feel too tired to think of much that's witty. So on with random updates: I did take advantage of the nice weather this past weekend to dig some drainage ditches in my backyard. With the clay and multitude of rocks this was not… Continue reading Again, long time no posts →

Posted in Life, Miscellanea, WritingTagged productivity, trivialities

Distracted by the shit

January 31, 2007April 5, 2014 Mark LadouceurLeave a comment

So far the only downside of my job is that I want to go to the company lunch room and socialize with my other workers. This isn't really a downside, except that it means I'm not reading or writing at lunch as I have with every other job in the past ten years. I have… Continue reading Distracted by the shit →

Posted in Life, Miscellanea, WritingTagged careerism, productivity, trivialities, web site

More writing

January 11, 2006February 27, 2009 Mark LadouceurLeave a comment

I've managed to do a bit of writing the past two days during my lunch hour. I'm hoping I can make this a habit until the deadlines get too crazy to allow it.

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Year-end Highlights & Lowlights

December 31, 2003February 27, 2009 Mark LadouceurLeave a comment

Looking back over the year it's been an up and down year. On a high note we finally moved out of the hated condo (hated by me) and into a nice house. We had a great trip to London this summer. The last of the Lord of the Rings movie came out and fulfilled my… Continue reading Year-end Highlights & Lowlights →

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