June 8, 2009

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Had a busy weekend, wherein I did not get a single bit of writing done. But I have a very good series of excuses — ranging from “I went yardsale-hopping with Caitlin, Psynde, Ellen, and Suezie” to “I went out to Redmond and visited with authors and other cool folks,” and “I dragged the husband back out to the boonies on a hunt for old trains.”

So you see, I have my excuse bases covered.

I also came back from the weekend with many pictures of the aforementioned old trains in varying states of repair, and a large parrot-shaped wicker umbrella stand, the awesomeness of which is frankly not to be believed.

But anyway. Here’s today’s progress on the alternate-history 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, bushwhackers, bandits, sabotage, and epic scenes of mayhem:

Project: Dreadnought
New Words: 4119 (BOOYAH)
Present Total Word Count: 69,262 words
Goal: 120,000 words



Things Accomplished in Fiction: The train is raided, but the raid is cut inexplicably short and little damage is done; Mercy is outted as a Union war widow, which works out rather well for her (for the time being); a very sweet shot-up Yankee boy gets patched up; the Texian Horatio Korman refrains from making trouble for Mercy, though they know each other’s secrets.

Things Accomplished in Real Life: Went to Trader Joe’s hungry; came home with oodles of snack food; sat around and ate; cleaned house a little bit; did lots of day-job reading; sent off Boneshaker proof changes (yesterday).

Reason for Stopping: I’m starting a new project (a very short project, but one with an imminent deadline) and I need to actually get it underway today if it’s going to be finished in time. Will provide details as they are relevant.

Category: misc

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