February 5, 2010
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Here are the recent stats on the Clockwork Century story, “Far-Fetched” — about an apprentice airship engineer named Huojin and his adventures aboard the Naamah Darling, now with Bonus! mayhem in the Shanghai Tunnels of Portland:
Project: “Far-Fetched”
Deadline: February 20, 2010
New Words Written: 2359 (not bad)
Present Total Word Count: 8449
Things Accomplished in Fiction: Finished Draft Zero. It’s a little long, and will probably get cut by about a thousand words; and I’m not 100% sold on my ending, but I can set this aside for a few days and come back to it later with fresher eyes. So to speak. Point is, Draft Zero: Accomplished.
Things Accomplished in Real Life: Oh, Christ. Well, let’s see. Day-job work; spent part of the morning in the passport office at the main post office branch downtown, applying for my very first passport ever yes I’m a slacker leave me alone, I know; came home and grabbed Caitlin for lunch over in the University district; signed books (including new orders) at the University Book Store; came home and managed/processed/printed/mailed some contracts on an anthology reprint; performed revisions on my contribution to another anthology and sent the results off to the editor. I think that’s pretty much it. Today has been the week’s lint trap, where all the little errands that never happened finally came to be addressed.
Other: After making fun of Caitlin for her declared intention to take a nap, I came home after eating a burrito the size of a small dog and slept for 2-1/2 hours on the couch. Comeuppance. I can has it. Tomorrow, there will be brunch and shopping for a few things downtown with the Cap Hill Crew. Due to the sheer volume of crap I got out of the way today, I’m feeling pretty good about this end-of-week leisure reward.
Total Official Word Count of 2010: 20,586 words
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