Progress and Productivity

Posted on | 2 months, 3 weeks ago, in the early evening | 2 Comments

Today I sat down and wrote over 5000 words on a short story I’d been noodling on for a week, thereby completing it. Total count: about 6200 words. Hot damn, I say. It was the first new material I’d composed (apart from editorial repairs on Inexplicables) in months.

It was tough getting started after such a long dry spell, but once I sat down and forced the matter…everything just fell out – like I’d whacked a pinata. A very slow pinata. One which took about six hours to empty. Regardless, I am pleased.

Not much else to report today. Received some more UK editions of Four and Twenty Blackbirds in the mail, as well as a fat stack of bookplates for the same – which I promised to sign and ship back to England sooner rather than later. So I guess I know what I’m doing while I watch TV tonight.

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2 Responses to “Progress and Productivity”

  1. Frank West
    February 23rd, 2012 @ 8:20 pm

    Hello, Ms. Priest. I picked up a copy of Boneshaker (having, I must confess, never previously encountered your work) and am completely entranced! I’ve already recommended it to one of my composition classes (I teach junior college English)and various friends. It’s a pleasure to read your work, and I just wanted to say thank you and to wish you continued success.

  2. Cherie
    February 24th, 2012 @ 4:31 pm

    Why thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoy the reading, and I’m always happy to have teachers coming around. (Used to be one myself.) Thanks again, for stopping by and for speaking up :)

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