So I have fixed that abstract yet more, and submitted it, so that is that. In 15 weeks of the writing group I achieved:
1 grant proposal and shadow book prospectus, 1000 words
3 abstracts, 500 words each
Total: 2500 words
Visible: 1 abstract accepted to 1 conference, 1 probably accepted to working papers series here, 1 pending
Invisible: Grant proposal not funded but in shadow book prospectus form it is good
That was not a great deal: 4 pieces of writing for 2500 words. Had it been one piece, I think I could have produced about 5000 words since I would not have had to start and stop four times, and change gears. I was also thinking a lot of the whole project through as I did this writing so I hope I can start getting more done than this during a given semester.
In summer I want to write 1500 words per week or 18,000 words so I think my real goal should be 9,000 words. That would be a manuscript of 36 pages including notes and bibliography. This is a good size, and I hope it takes fewer than 12 weeks.
I will write it and then go to Austin, where I will look at those Anzaldúa archives. This will enable me, allegedly, to finish the first and last chapters of the book and to sketch out the middle, which I will get to work on during the year.
And, wait: when do I start writing? Or, at least looking at the piece I am to work on? Tomorrow, that is right!
Axé.
coldhearted scientist وداد 
I like your plan. And I agree about gear-shifting. I am finding that at least for certain kinds of work, I need both steady work and periods of deep immersion. Brief daily sessions are okay for some things, but they have built some contradictions into the MMP-1 that will have to be disentangled. I think two to three hours a day for 2-4 weeks, after getting the initial research done, would be more efficient and produce a better product. But during this semester I haven’t really had that time consistently—though often I have stolen it—and I have to write things out so I don’t forget them, and then my ideas change as I discover new information. It’s okay. The MMP-1 is going to be one of the best pieces of work I have ever done. But deep submersion in it will make me happier and the work better. I am still working on undoing some bad habits but I am getting stronger. There are certain things on campus that I am, as they say, “so over.” Not my problem, they don’t get my energy; energy goes to my real work.
!Enhorabuena!
@JOC –!gracias!
@DEH — I need empty time during the week to work on things and without it I do not write well. That is the problem with squeezing writing time in amidst so much else. Then there are Contingent Cassandra’s “contexts.” This is true to a certain point — the more time and money you have, the more books you already have behind you, and the fewer problems you have, the better off you may be and the more confident you may feel. But I think the more important thing by far is habits and how you think of yourself, and your relationship to your project.