May 14, 2009

Posted on | 2 years, 8 months ago, in the late evening | 4 Comments

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: 3187 (respectable!)
Present Total Word Count: 34,308 words
Goal: 100,000 words



Things Accomplished in Fiction: FINALLY finished the Scene That Wouldn’t End. It rocked. I’m just sayin’.

Things Accomplished in Real Life: Grocery shopping (Trader Joe’s, then Safeway), some cooking, some housework. Day-job stuff. Changed the cat box. The usual.

Reason for Stopping: Scene finally ended, and my goal of 2K/day has been well and truly surpassed (even if it took me until after 8:00 p.m. to do it). Time to settle in with a glass of wine and relax a smidge.

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4 Responses to “May 14, 2009”

  1. Victor Milán
    May 14th, 2009 @ 10:51 pm

    Way to go, Cherie!

    I like your fancy progress graphic. Need to work me out something along those lines.

    No pressure – if I’d averaged 2K a day throughout my career I’d've got some serious writing done – and 3000 words/day will wrap up your draft in 20 more days. Or get you to a 100K draft from a standing start in little more than a month.

    Believe me, I really want to impress those facts on myself.

    Plus, hurry the hell up. I want to read this one. Please?

  2. Cherie
    May 14th, 2009 @ 10:54 pm

    Thanks, dude! And since this one’s due August 1, I feel like the pressure really *is* on.

    BTW – the graphic comes from Writertopia.com

    :)

  3. Paul Kerrigan
    May 15th, 2009 @ 5:11 pm

    Fascinating. Bravo! I hope to continue reading your work as you make further progress. Oh, and nice site design: it suits you (I haven’t been here before).

    I wish I had your talents, but… if I came up with something on my own would you read it?

  4. Cherie
    May 15th, 2009 @ 5:13 pm

    Hi there Paul, and thanks. But if you’ll check my “contact” page, I try to be direct and clear — I’m not allowed to read uncontracted stuff from other people, for legal reasons. But good luck to you.

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