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: 1641 (removed some content; but still, net gain.)
Present Total Word Count: 96,252 words
Goal: 120,000 words

Things Accomplished in Real Life: Performed day-job duties; cleaned house except the floors; accidentally overfed the fish then freaked out and cleaned half the tank to keep her from gorging herself; that’s pretty much it.

Other: *pbbbt*

Reason for Stopping: I’m hungry, and it’s Friday. Maybe I’ll get more done later tonight. Tomorrow I probably won’t get much work accomplished, and likely not Sunday either. But you never know. I might surprise myself over the weekend.