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Yeah, it's been a while since I've done one of these. Stupid schoolwork.

March 11, 2007 Progress Notes

A Touch of Gold

Today's words: 973
Total words: 18,178
Words for the year: Way less than I ought to have
Reason for stopping: I finished the chapter and ran out of steam
Liquid sustenance: Caramel truffle coffee, milk, orange juice, Starbucks vanilla latte
Actual sustenance: Frosted flakes, homemade insta-soup with rice, Starbucks fruit-and-yogurt parfait
Exercise: 20 minute walk to Starbucks, 30 minute uphill walk back. And I have to say, I'm proud of myself for not wimping out halfway there. That hill's a killer.

Today's Darling: I'm not sure I have any darlings from this batch. I blame it on Arlais. I really, really dislike her. Ugh. I'm so happy today's writing is back in Reina's POV, and Longan gets some screen time.
Pyto of the Day: "I'll leave Marek's territory for letter", "Thinks were progressing quite nicely", and "Dovonan" instead of "Donovan", repeatedly.
Today's Surprises: Donovan is less of a wuss than he seems in the outline. Other than that, things went pretty much according to plan. (Which means that I was feeling pretty uninspired, really. Have I mentioned how much I dislike Arlais?)
Music of Eerie Aptness: PHANTOM!

Okay, there's no aptness, but we watched Phantom last night and it was awesome, even if it was the full-screen version.

Mean Things: Donovan's desperate to get in on the action with Marek's territory, but it's only going to cause him grief. Poor Donovan.
Research Roundup: I don't think I researched anything for that bit...
Books in progress: Lord, I've probably got a dozen, at this point. My main read is The Moor, by Laurie R. King

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Finished Chapter 1, at 4,141. Goooood stuff. Reina dreamed of dying a living death, woke up, went to class, found her best friend/roommate's mutilated body, called the police, and is now being taken back to the police station to be questioned.

This is where it gets good. I roleplayed the interogation scene with Kati last night. Gods, that was fun. :D

I roleplayed the 911 call, too. Kati has been an incredible help with this WIP--and I'm only just getting started. *pounces on Kati and hugs her* Thanks so much! You're definitely getting a signed copy when it's published. :D

Got through scene 16 tonight--spent most of the day sewing and watching TV, so it's not bad :) Goal for tomorrow is to get at least halfway through my panne skirt, and outlined through scene 24.

Should be doable. :)

I'm shifting gears. I've spent 22 days not writing on Rin's Story, and wishing I could work on my new idea, and I'm sick of it. So, I'm setting aside Rin's Story for now, and I'm going to work on the new one. It's going to be a bitch to plot, though. *grumble* Mystery. I've never done mystery before. It rather intimidates me. *sigh*

Loooong snippet. :p About 4k. But it's sex! Good stuff! ^_^ Nice raunchy sex-in-the-bathtub sex!

( Like I said, this is sex, so if that sort of stuff bothers you, or you're underage, you really shouldn't read this. )

Current count: 48,011
Written today: about 1.5k
Words left: about 2k

I've noticed something. I write much, much faster when I'm not in chat. Well, at least there's one benefit of being unable to access AIM while I'm "home". ^_^

46,003. 3k written, 500 left for the day, 4k left for the month.

*mimicks the Little Engine That Could* I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.

;)

This one takes place immediately after the last one.

( snippet )

First, Nano.

After studying my NaNo Excel Report Card Spreadsheat Thingie, I realized that I'm about 7k behind where I need to be to make 100k by the end of November. I'm not anticipating getting much written in the next five days. If I get nothing written (the worst extreme. Unlikely, but still, a possibility), I'll have to write more than 5k/day in order to catch up. That ain't gonna happen. And I've been letting my class reading slip, which is NOT what you want to be doing the first quarter of your first year of college...not a good habit to get into.

I've messed around with my Excel Spreadsheet thingie, and I think I'm going to downgrade my goal from 100k to 75k. That's 2.5k/day, and that puts me a little bit ahead of where I need to be. And if I get nothing written between now and the 18th, I'll have to write 3.225k/day in order to catch up. That's still less than my current daily goal for 100k. So it's all good.

And I understand that this may still be more of a time commitment than I can afford to put into NaNo. That's okay, too. I'm not dropping out, and as long as I make 50k by the 30th, I'll be happy. It's more important to me to be able to write and succeed in school, than to write a lot, at the expense of my schoolwork.

I'm bloody paying for college. I'm not going to pay for it just so I can sit on the computer and type 24/7.

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And now, Dallas. As most of you know, I'll be flying to Dallas tomorrow morning, for nonnycat and robertsloan2's handfasting, and returning the evening of Tuesday, the 18th. I'll be bringing my laptop, but I don't think my hotel room has an internet connection, so I may be incommunicado until Tuesday or Thursday.

For those of you not able to attend the handfasting, I'll see you all next week! :)