May 16, 2008

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I spent most of the day out of the house, because how could I not? It’s beautiful out there. As I’ve learned the hard way, I must take advantage of it while I can, because God knows it won’t last long.

During my morning circuit of the post office, the eyeglasses shop (to get mine tightened up), the drug store, and the pet store … I ran into Psynde — which was delightful, as always. We hung around and chatted for awhile, and then I came home to clean the apartment from top to bottom except for the floors — which I simply couldn’t be bothered with. Even Howard got a thorough tank cleaning to go with his spanky new plants.

Right now, the handy-dandy thermometer mounted above my desk says it’s 77 degrees. All the windows are open, and the cat is whoring herself out to a sunbeam. All things considered, life could be worse.

I’ve posted pictures after the following word count statistics. Click the jump to see Spain the Cat belly-up and toasty, and Howard the Fish checking out his new, freshly scrubbed digs.

But first, here’s today’s 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: 2418 (in a very brief period of time this afternoon, so this is good)
Present Total Word Count: 129,987 words
Goal: 135,000 words by July 1st.





Observations: I know, I know. I keep saying, “Maybe it’ll be just a little bit longer than projected — and yes, I’m about to say that again. But this time, I mean it. I only have a scene and a half left to write, and I honestly think I can make it happen in less than 5000 words. I love this story so much that it almost pains me to finish composing its content. I won’t say it pains me to “finish it” because that’s not what I mean; once it’s a Draft Zero, it’s all trimming, polishing, and fine-tuning from there. It doesn’t remotely mean that anything is “finished.” But Draft Zero does mean that the story has been fully told.

Things Accomplished in Real Life: Everything you see above in the first couple of paragraphs, plus I sat down with Zeke’s parallel storyline and shuffled it into Briar’s narrative. I think I split it up/arranged it/organized it fairly well. Of course, I might re-read this bad boy from start to finish and conclude that I’m crazy.

Reason for Stopping: Husband came home from work. Reached a good stopping place. It’s Friday afternoon and dammit, I deserve a little break.

Total Fiction Words Composed in 2008: 198,553
And now, click the link for pictures of Cat and Feesh.

Spain the Cat enjoys a warm day

Spain the Cat enjoys a warm day

Spain the Cat enjoys a warm day

Howard the Fish checks out a freshly cleaned tank

Howard the Fish checks out a freshly cleaned tank

Spain the Cat enjoys a warm day

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2 Responses to “May 16, 2008”

  1. Cyndy
    May 19th, 2008 @ 8:58 pm

    Spain’s a bit skurry in that last picture!

    Howard seems to be thriving. :)

  2. Cherie
    May 19th, 2008 @ 9:27 pm

    We’ve had Howard for about a year and a half now. I don’t know how long to expect him to live, but he seems pretty happy.

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