Finished chapter nine today. Handwriting it, that is. Still have to type up these three chapters (7, 8, 9.) I’m disappointed with myself, and how far behind schedule I am. I just didn’t write a lot in August. (To be fair, I did work for the day job almost every weekend in August, and quite […]
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Finally back from MN. Was there for a week visiting family. Finished typing up chapters 5&6, and wrote the first half of chapter 7. I had to figure out the “something brilliant happens here” for chapter 7 before I could start it. My sister-in-law gave me a wonderful kernel of an idea, that blossomed nicely
I didn’t learn to drink coffee until I was in my 30s. Maria, the woman I stayed with in Hungary, introduced me to good coffee. Of course I started out liking a little bit of coffee with my cream and sugar, and I drank it that way for years. When I started worrying about the
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So I didn’t make it to the Clarion West party tonight. Instead, I ended up writing about 1500 words of the first scene of chapter three. I’m pleased with it.
I’ve been having some difficulties with chapter six. Finally I realized this evening that the scene I was about to start writing, for the middle of chapter six, should actually be the end of chapter nine, according to my outline. So this evening I spent a lot of time thinking about the story arc of
I’ve never really done this before, but I thought I’d try a little snippet from what I wrote today. NOT FINAL EDIT — probably too much description at this point. My first draft is always shit.
Since it’s July, and I had the day off (!!!!) I decided that it was time for the Big Clean. Twice a year I move furniture out of each room, then dust, straighten, clean, vacuum, and wash the floors. (Once every month I merely dust, clean, vacuum and swiffer the floors.) It took me about
Didn’t sleep well last night. Up at 5:30 as well. So I bring you pens! First, my really cheap Chinese pen, then a couple of the more expensive pens that I’ve found.
My neighbor passed Friday morning. It was a long time coming. And while it was a good thing — she really wasn’t there any more — it still makes me sad. I’m spending this weekend at a cabin in Long Beach, WA, with some friends. I managed to type up 2000 words yesterday.