Sleeping on the interstate

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Here’s today’s progress on my fifth Clockwork Century novel – a book about teenage juvenile delinquents, hypothetical ghosts, and gangland mayhem within the walled city of Seattle … now with Bonus! zombie Sasquatch and the return of everyone’s favorite elderly cross-dressing Native American princess:


    Project: Inexplicables
    Deadline: September 15, 2011
    New words written: 1794 (meh)
    Present total word count: 88,359 words




    Things accomplished in real life: Daily run/climb plus yoga; handed in day-job progress report for the week; cleaned entire apartment; went to Walgreens; went to post office.

    Other: It’s a lean word count, but (a). I had a lot of other things on my plate today, and (b). I have to call it a day a little early, as I’m meeting some out-of-towners for drinks/supper in another half hour. I should probably brush my hair or something.

    Relevant Links: Today’s linky goodness is as follows:


      Glass of Fancy blog discovers steampunk – and likes Boneshaker well enough to put it in a little arrangement with Bioshock figures, which tickled me silly.

      New Bloodshot review – Which I accidentally linked yesterday and called a “Boneshaker review” because that’s what happens when I blog too hastily. Alternative Magazine totally dug it. Yes, it’s a UK magazine. Bloodshot either just came out over there…or is about to come out, I’m not sure which. Thus the rash of extra publicity.

      Do you want a Ganymede ARC? Would you like to read it before everybody else? While supporting a good cause? Because I totally threw in one of my ARCs to the Coilhouse fundraising auction. Go check it out!

    Total narrative fiction word count for 2011: 88,359 words

Category: misc

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2 Responses to “Sleeping on the interstate”

  1. Raymond M. Rose
    August 19th, 2011 @ 5:03 pm

    Cherie,

    I love these metrics. You are so honest about your writing that it makes me feel like such a bad writer! I think I wrote maybe 400 words today…. ARGGHHH!!

    Going to stop leaving comments and write!

    Thanks again!

  2. Cherie
    August 20th, 2011 @ 8:53 am

    Ha! Well, 400 words is better than many of my days, when there are no words at all. But with this deadline looming, I can’t afford to do that right now. *sigh*

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