June 29, 2009

Posted on | 2 years, 7 months ago, in the early evening | 1 Comment

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: 3592 (not bad)
Present Total Word Count: 99,844 words
Goal: 120,000 words



Things Accomplished in Real Life: Performed day-job duties; did Monday grocery shopping; did a bunch of dishes; exchanged some important emails. Not much else, I’m afraid.

Other: On Saturday, Caitlin and I went down to the Army Surplus store and yea verily, we did nab a whole bunch of great stuff for future steampunk endeavors.* Then, later that evening, Caitlin and I were joined by Bear, Elaine, Torres, and eventually Ellen too … at the g0thbar, folks. Finally we rendezvoused to the iHop that’s (more or less) across the street, and I ate such food at such an hour that heartburn was pretty much a given. But it was totally worth it.

Other, redux: Yesterday morning I joined Bear again for (yet another go at) the Underground Tour and a jaunt to the aquarium. On our way, we saw a great deal of the PRIDE parade (which was about fifty different kinds of awesome), and lo, we did drink bubble tea and wander around the library and do touristy sort of things for a bit, which was a hoot. Following this, we met up with Mary Kay and did nom upon a very fine Mexican supper.

Other, sum-up: It has been a most excellent weekend, but I am very tired now and working more slowly than usual.

Son of Other: The inimitable Subterranean Press is running a 50% off sale. Details and such right here for your drooling pleasure.

Revenge of Other: My pal Psynde is up to her usual antics again, making gothy bling for Vampire Academy fans and lovers of shiny stuff alike. Behold.

Reason for Stopping: Need to take care of a few things before husband gets home from work. I feel like I should’ve written more today, but I had a hard time getting started; am exhausted from a couple days of non-stop activity, and this morning’s day-job work was a little tricky, so it took me awhile to get through what I wanted to finish. And I don’t sit down for writing work until I’ve finished day-job work.


* Including a set of WWII mountain climber’s goggles (for yours truly), complete with their original case and leather-and-fur eye-pieces. I also got an assortment of buttons, including one from a bombardier corps, a balloon corps, and a flight mechanics corps — not to mention a shiny lapel pin that declares me a “Jungle Expert” yet inexplicably features an image of a conquistador’s ship in full sail.

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One Response to “June 29, 2009”

  1. synde
    June 29th, 2009 @ 7:05 pm

    thanks for the shout out!!!

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