February 19, 2009

Posted on | 2 years, 11 months ago, in the evening | 1 Comment

Here’s today’s present progress on my book about a kidnapped baby with webbed hands and feet; her 17-year-old half brother who’s determined to rescue her; a creepy island in Puget Sound that’s been quarantined since 1918, and the Mother Hydra cult that has established itself thereupon; now with Bonus! fish people, religious zealots, and a teenage cryptozoology fanatic who really should’ve picked another hobby:

Project: (Tentative title) Far-Fetched
New Words: 1638
Present Total Word Count: 14,235 words
Goal: 65,000 words



Observations: I’m trying to keep the travelogue to a minimum, and so far, so good; it’s only taking the kids a couple of pages to get from the suburbs of Seattle to San Juan Island (from whence they’ll bribe, connive, and force their way out to a distant, virtually unknown [and utterly fictional] island some miles to the west). But I came to the end of the chapter, so I stopped there.

Things Accomplished in Real Life: Performed day-job duties, including phone calls, lots of proofreading, etcetera; made a LOT of food and proceeded to eat it; answered a bunch of emails; that’s about it, really.

Reason for Stopping: I need to clean up the kitchen before the husband comes home, though I won’t be making more food at this time (he’ll swing by before his martial arts class, and is unlikely to eat anything before bopping right back out the door). I just don’t like having a sink full of dirty dishes and a counter smeared with sour cream, that’s all. And anyway, I want to do a little more day-job work for tomorrow; I’m trying to finish something up, but I refuse to let it go back to zee boss before I’ve double-checked it. Yeah, well. I’m neurotic that way.

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One Response to “February 19, 2009”

  1. Amy-Elizabeth
    February 20th, 2009 @ 11:58 am

    Hey Cherie! I just wanted to let you know how much I really like reading these progress posts about your writing. The steampunk Seattle story is really intriguing. It’s really been inspiring me to actually be writing for my local writing group and doing something other than Twitter. Not to mention it makes me want to be bit more creative with my work, even though I just write for myself. I’m also excited to see that you’ll be at Con this year, it should be good times. It’s nice to see that maybe someday, I can be a published writer too. :)

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