Apparently I ate my Wheaties this morning or something, because I had 3K written by noon and finished the day with 5200 words. Furthermore, thanks to that one chapter mostly requiring revision rather than writing, the book, which was at 67K last night, is now at 76K. I will not finish it by Friday, which was when I hoped to have it done, but there’s some hope I might get it done by next week. Then I went out into the…well, not sunshine, really, but at least daylight, and finished…
at a quarter to ten
At a quarter to ten, to ten, today, at a quarter to ten today, the dragon will come at the beat of the drum at a quarter to ten today. I had every intention of going back to sleep this morning, but a couple of scene ideas dropped into my head, and I decided I’d better get up and write them before I lost them, since they were of significant use in developing the last third of this book. So by 10 after 8 I had 750 fresh new words…
bitty wee accomplishments
I got the cover copy feedback sent. I got the chapter written. I did not get the kettle cleaned, but I COULD STILL DO IT. Ted, in the meantime, has been Mr. Accomplishful and cleaned the upstairs of the house nigh unto unrecognizability, and has tidied up the back patio into a place people might want to spend time on. Now we need a barbeque and some chairs comfortable enough to sit on out there, which is always a problem: I find chairs comfy enough to sit on are rarely…
must remember
I absolutely must remember to send SPIRIT DANCES cover copy feedback to my editor today. I also need to write a chapter and clean the electric kettle, but I must do the copy feedback. *looks determined* ytd wordcount: 131,600
sunshine!
It’s gloriously beautiful out. I finished writing a chapter this afternoon, then put myself into a pair of shorts and a hat, made some lemonade, poured on the sunscreen, and went outside to read for most of an hour before I 1. finished the book and 2. reached critical melting point temperatures. I’m quite pink now. I’m hoping it’s pure heat-based pink, not sunburn–the sunblock is SPF 50, so I *shouldn’t* be burnt–but my, that was nice. I’m all sleepy and content now. And the whole week is supposed to…