{"id":1204,"date":"2019-09-02T21:33:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T04:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/?p=1204"},"modified":"2019-09-02T21:33:50","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T04:33:50","slug":"a-very-productive-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/?p=1204","title":{"rendered":"A Very Productive Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I haven’t posted anything here for a couple of months, and the last one went really long. Anxiousness drove me to dump everything on my mind into a long screed full of good information that basically no one read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m not doing that this time. In fact, I promise not to talk about politics for at least another three or four posts… unless something monumental happens. My next few planned entries here will be book reviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the last couple of months, I’ve stayed too busy to blog. My schedule consisted of getting up, going to work, coming home or going to a coffee shop to edit, then repeat the next day. I made my life boring in order to make it as productive as I dared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I finished the second draft of Spin City<\/em>. 100,000 words edited twice in a little more than 6 weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That level of productivity left little time for anything else. I didn’t practice my sax. I didn’t play any games. I spent a few nights goofing off in order to maintain my sanity, but otherwise, I kept my head down and pushed forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This weekend, I wrote a query letter and enlisted help from some of my writing friends. A few provided insight into how I could tighten the query up and be more specific about the stakes and plot. Some simply offered emotional support. I needed all of it. Even though I hate writing query letters, I think this is a good one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ve reached September and the summer is winding down. Here is what I wish to accomplish over the next several months:<\/p>\n\n\n\n