Once more, a lead-in to the metrics: Tonight, 7:00 p.m. at the University District bookstore, Lisa Mantchev will be reading from her brand new book Eyes Like Stars. Team Seattle will be out in force, and there will be merry-making by all and sundry.
Now. 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: 3366 (not bad)
Present Total Word Count: 127,639 words
Goal: 140,000 words
Things Accomplished in Real Life: Day-job ate the morning; spent lots of time on the phone with my old roommate in London; did some housework; wandered over to Subway for lunch rather than mess up kitchen and have to clean it again; that’s pretty much it.
Things Accomplished in Fiction: Yet more zombie-killing. Snarfed ‘em up with a ten-ton snowplow attached to a train.
Reason for Stopping: Need to change clothes/freshen up before leaving for Lisa’s event.
