Knee needs to get a life.
OTOH, wouldn’t we all love to have a memory like this?
THE DAY
It wasn’t a bad writing day at all, and ended with having a terrific chance to sit down, have coffee with a friend, hear what she had to say about the book. Her responses were a) go for it/it’s exciting and b) forget about going chapter by chapter if you know the end.
She’s right. I think. We’ll see.
I’m a little behind my deadline but not by much. I figure, okay, give this until the end of the week, then put it aside and start writing the short story I need to get done; let this percolate and then look at it again. Really, if I wrote this as if I were writing a synopsis for my agent instead of stitching in the last fifteen or so chapters, I’d be done already because I know the arcs. So that’s what I’ll do–and hope for the best.
Otherwise, uneventful. Knee giving me conniptions. It would really be nice to be younger.
WRITING OUT LOUD
UNTITLED HORROR/SF BOOK
(Previously had 1500 in outline)
Day 1: 2400 (outline) Day 11: 500 Day 22: 1000
Day 2: 2400 (outline) Day 12: 1600 Day 23: 2300
Day 3: 2000 (outline) Day 13: 1860 Day 24: 1270
Day 4: 2000 (outline) Day 14: 1800 Day 25/26:0
Day 5: 0 (Nu, I was busy) Day 15: 1750 Day 27: 3550
Day 6: 2400 Day 16: 1400 (dang) Day 28: 1500
Day 7: 1500 Day 17: 1690 Day 29: 1500
Day 8: 0 (but a lot of Day 18: ?250?
plotting and reading done)Day 19: 0
Day 9: 1500 Day 20: 2200
Day 10: 1600 Day 21: 2300
Blog Post: 300
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What I’m Watching:
Finished Season 3 of The Americans, and they totally hooked me. I ponied up the cash for Season 4. Stupid, maybe, but what the heck. I want to know what happens next, and that’s the mark of good story-telling.
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What I’m Reading:
A Dream in Polar Fog.
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What I’m Listening to:
Finished Body Snatchers. Damned fine book, actually, once you get past some of the dated aspects. Very well constructed.
