Get Ready For Six Weeks Of Gut Punch Writing!

Ohhhhh not you! YOU don't have to step into the ring! I'm the one down in the locker room putting my trunks on. And who might my opponent be? Glad you asked! Why, it's Dallan MacDonald of course, the hero of the Time Master's Book Series. And why am I climbing into the ring with him? Because it's time for Time Master's Book Two; The Prophecy, to be fully tackled. Ok, this means a check list! I love check lists, don't you?
1. Chocolate, lots of it.
2. Finish up any loose ends, interview questions I need to answer, interviews I need to send out.
3. Finish any editing of manuscripts I have in my possession.
4. Clean the whole house really, really well, as by the time I emerge from the office six weeks down the road, it might be looking worse for wear.
5. Get more chocolate. Do you find one kind of chocolate works better while writing than others?
6. Set aside an hour a day six days a week to exercise. Keeps the brain sharp you know. Well, not to mention it works off all that chocolate.
7. Blog in a fog but still blog. Gee, blog rhymes with frog. Maybe if I blog it will produce a frog, which in turn you plant a smackaroo on those little froggy lips and .... ohhhhhh but I digress!
8. Let people know you are settling in to write and that if they disturb you they will lose a limb.
9. Pay the bills! Set the alarm to pay the bills again. Repeat as needed!
10. Let people know that if they do not hear from me after the six weeks are up that they really ought to come looking. Errrr, just in case ....
11. Buy even more chocolate. Did you know Costco has a seven pound cake called Death By Chocolate?
12. Put paper in the printer dingle berry! And don't forget to hit SAVE often!
There I think that about does it. So what preparations do you make before you begin a major writing project?