THE DAY
It wasn’t much of one, writing-wise. Basically, it was a day for life maintenance: doctor appt., then a swim because I was down there already, then errands, and then the big decision of whether I ought to go to do a touch more research or go back up the mountain and try to get some words in.
Decided to go back. Daughter called almost immediately and we had about a half hour’s talk. (She’s better, poor thing.) Pretty tired when I hit the house, though, and after the call, I managed a page and then sprawled on the floor for a nap. Yeah, I never use a couch or bed; I’m afraid that if I get too comfortable, I’ll sleep a really long time. A 15-20 minute cat nap is all I really need–although Timmy kept biting and pawing at my hair: Wake up! Finally dozed off and then woke about 20 minutes later because the husband came home early to meet a workman about thus and such. (Thank heavens, he hasn’t balked at this, but I pretty much said that, with this move, I was simply not going to do everything around the house anymore.)
Then he finally left, and I went to work. Managed about 1000 words, with a lot of editing and weaving, too. Not bad. Not terrific, but not bad.
I’m making progress. I just keep telling myself that. I’m making progress. This book will get done. I know how it ends. I know what book comes next. This will get done, and all the nipping and tucking and blood-letting going on now is necessary.
But, boy, sometimes I wonder why I do this.
WRITING OUT LOUD
Dark Side of the Moon
Day 1: 4326 Day 11: 2500 Day 21: 1800 Day 31: 745
Day 2: 2085 Day 12: 500 Day 22: 0 Day 32: 0
Day 3: 3011 Day 13: 1000 Day 23: 2700 Day 33: 4000
Day 4: 2652. Day 14: 3700 Day 24: 3500 Day 34: 2800
Day 5: 3210 Day 15: 5630 Day 25: 1500 Day 35: 4500
Day 6: 3450 Day 16: 1060 Day 26: 0 Day 36: 4800
Day 7: 0 Day 17: 130 Day 27: 0 Day 37: 0
Day 8: 2756 Day 18: 0 Day 28: 380 Day 38: 450
Day 9: 4580 Day 19: 3000 Day 29: 390 Day 39: 1000
Day 10: 2670 Day 20: 2600 Day 30: 380 Day 40: 2500
Day 41: 2600 Day 51: 1000 Day 63: 4800
*Day 42: 830 Day 52: 1600 Day 64: 3300
Day 43: 3600 Day 53: 2600 Day 65: 2500
Day 44: 5000 Day 54: 3600 Day 66: 1200 (edit)
Day 45: 2600 Day 55: 3200 Day 67: 1000 (edit)
Day 46: 3000 Day 56: 4000 Day 68: 3000 (edit)
Day 47: 2800 Day 57: 1200 Day 69: 1000 (edit)
Day 48: 2500 Day 58-60: 0
Day 49: 1000 Day 61: 3500
Day 50: 4600 Day 62: 3000
Blog Post: 500
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What I’m Watching:
Nothing. Swam.
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What I’m Reading:
Same as before. My, this is taking a long time. OTOH, here’s a funny one: I found this potentially AWESOME resource. The article I read was dated 2012 and included an epilogue, which led me to assume that the book was pretty close to being done. But nothing appeared. Finally got in touch with the author today–an academic–and she’s still writing the bloody thing! I’m sorry, but that’s ridiculous. If you already have the epilogue, where’s the book? She was also EXTREMELY unhelpful in terms of pointing me to other resources. Sure, I understand it’s not her job, but here’s the thing: she was all set to pimp me if I had some personal interest/investment/knowledge/history of the time she’s interested in. As soon as I turned out not to be helpful, then it was like . . . who are you?
Typical.
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What I’m Listening to:
Same; Rocket Boys.
And, seriously: Trump? Trump? What is this: the vote of the angry whites?
