April 25, 2008

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New progress on the west coast steampunk Victoriana book with zombies, air ships, toxic gas clouds, mad scientists, dead folk heroes, secret criminal societies, and Bonus! extended deleted scenes from the Civil War:

Project: The Boneshaker
New Words: 6478 — but that’s for 2 days.
Present Total Word Count: 99,495 words
Goal: 130,000 words by July 1st.





Things Accomplished in Fiction: Continued Zeke’s adventures under the city; revised Seattle history in a mockable way; possibly ditched the guide of dubious intent; somehow managed to leave frying pan and land in fire, where there are zombies.

Other Observations: Zeke’s side adventures are up over 16,000 words now, and I expect his running POV to wind up around 20,000-23,000 words. But that’s just a guess. I’m trying to break it into four segments of about 6000 words each, which will be strategically interlaced with his mother’s narrative. I hope it’s enough. I hope it’s not too much. I’m winging it, here.

Things Accomplished in Real Life: Cleaned house almost entirely — including dishes, bathroom, vacuuming, etc.; played tag with cat; washed hair and contemplated a new color for it.

Reason for Stopping: (1). I need to clean Howard the Fish’s tank, and (2). I have reading to do. I owe PW a pair of reviews on the 29th, and I’m not finished with either book yet. I’m going to try to read the whole of the larger one this afternoon before Aric comes home; and I’ll read the smaller one tomorrow.

Total Fiction Words Composed in 2008: 168,070

Category: misc

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