Here’s today’s progress on the battlefield adventure about a widowed nurse from a Confederate hospital aboard a west-bound train pulled by a Union war engine — now with military intrigue, steampunk Texas rangers, undead political separatists, murderous plots, bushwackers, bandits, sabotage, and epic scenes of mayhem:

Project: Dreadnought
New Words: 1219 (not great)
Present Total Word Count: 26,245 words
Goal: 100,000 words

Things Accomplished in Real Life: Spent over an hour and a half on the phone, hashing out details for the Project Which Remains Secret At This Time; finished up one day-job project; went to Walgreens and QFC, but didn’t get everything I needed, oh well; did some research on Civil War battlefields in the northern Confederate states in order to make sure I wasn’t talking out my ass.

Reason for Stopping: Need to settle in for the night, take a shower, have a nightcap, watch some TV and wind down, etcetera; oh hey, Antiques Roadshow is on …