June 25, 2009

Posted on | 2 years, 7 months ago, mid-afternoon | 3 Comments

No, I didn’t get any writing work done yesterday (though I kept up my day-job quota; that was all I had the stamina for). People keep sending me articles about how this is the worst allergy season EVAH in Seattle, but then again people were sending me articles on the subject last year, too — so this is only marginally reassuring.

In short, I’ve been sick as a dog off and on for the last few weeks, and this week has been particularly bad. I’ve nearly lost my voice, I’m permanently congested, and I’ve hardly been sleeping thanks to the ensuing drip-caused sore throat. I’m not trawling for digital pity cuddles or anything; I’m just telling you what’s up.

Anyway, the result has been that I’ve been doing a binge cycle of creative work, either doing nothing or burning myself out writing like crazy all afternoon. Yesterday was one of the former. Today was one of the latter.

So 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: 5374 (I’d be happier if yesterday’s count hadn’t been a goose-egg)
Present Total Word Count: 94,611 words
Goal: 120,000 words



Things Accomplished in Real Life: Finished up day-job project and sent it off; exchanged some important writer business emails; did dishes and remade the bed (following a cat barf incident of which we will speak no further); received Boneshaker advance readers’ copies (BOO-YAH).

Other: It looks like the aforementioned Boneshaker is going to be a SciFi Essential selection. Or a SyFy essential selection, which is slightly less cool, but still amounts to some nifty cross-promotion.

Reason for Stopping: I am all typed out, and also I have some errands to run.

Category: misc

Comments

3 Responses to “June 25, 2009”

  1. R. O'Quinn
    June 25th, 2009 @ 5:33 pm

    Erm…I don’t mean to sound stupid, and this probably means I’ve missed part of the story….but….allergy meds?

  2. Cherie
    June 25th, 2009 @ 5:40 pm

    Pick one. Any one. I’ve tried it. I’m on two or three right now.

  3. R. O'Quinn
    June 25th, 2009 @ 5:46 pm

    Damn. I’d have thunk that Flonase would have at least bought you some relief from sinus congestion.

    I’m sorry that modern chemistry offers you no ease. :(

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