wordcount & thinks to do, not v. exciting

Wordcount and thinks to do list, not v. exciting for the morning. I did bring my daffodils upstairs so I could admire them instead of leaving them downstairs so Zilli could eat them. :) thinks to do: 1. change kitty litter 2. laundry 3. vacuum 4. read more Iya 5. walk ytd wordcount: 131,500 miles to Rivendell: 402.5

v. exciting. v. scary.

Well, that was inevitably less awful than anticipated. I re-read my revision letter (I almost typed rejection letter, there. Habit!) and not only was it not bad, which I was able to at least grasp when I read it on Monday, but it was also considerably less bad than I had even imagined it was. See what I mean? A couple of days of wound-licking and everything is better. Dumb brain. :) But, see, I had to re-read it, because I had a noontime phone call with Matrice, which had…

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here, and stuff

Got 1200 brand shiny new words written on ch 11. I’m currently writing a phone conversation in which I’m only recording the protagonist’s side of the conversation. I suspect this should change, as it’s to be followed by a phone conversation in which we hear both sides of the conversation. Oh well. Broke 130K for the year today. Aiming for 150 by the end of the month although with revisions and more revisions and all, I don’t know. I’m sort of hoping I’ll be able to work on HoS in…

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