Hey Folks,
Well, the good new is, the intensive will go. We have four hearty souls signed up. There are four slots left. If anyone else wants in and you’re local, email me. (Please don’t fly in, etc. No need. If this goes as well as I expect, I’ll put it on audio later and make it available for sale to the public at something of a discount.)
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I went to bed and read for about an hour last night (Raymond Chandler stuff, of Philip Marlowe fame). Then some moron got his vehicle stuck on the dirt road that leads to the highway.
He revved and revved and revved and revved etc. ad nauseam because, apparently, that’s all he knew to do. When that surprisingly didn’t automatically levitate him out of the mud, he laid on his horn several times.
Someone eventually pulled the guy out, but only after the kid (I assume) wore the rubber off all four tires and stressed his engine trying to throw mud from here to Deming, New Mexico.
This is in the midst of a fairly heavy rain during which we got almost a half-inch in about an hour.
In the midst of the same rain, the city fathers or mothers or whatever of St. David decided it would be the perfect night to set off July 4th fireworks. Yeah. Twenty-four days late, at around 8 p.m. in a driving rain.
Of course, all of that got me out of bed. I was annoyed. So here I am. Finally to bed around 11.
Today, and Writing
Got up a little late this morning. Mona had to drive back to Sierra Vista but I opted to stay here. Did a little of what all guys do when we’re left to our own devices — yard work — then came in to cool off.
Around 11 I started back on the novel. One more major mess to straighten out from a new twist the characters tossed at me while I was on the road.
But I’m also in the area where the novel will end. Probably another 6000 to 8000 words or so.
It dawns on me, this will be either my 26th novel or my 5th novella. Weird.
I worked through the final (so far) big twist. It took a couple of hours, but it worked out much more quickly and smoothly than I expected. That was a relief. Finally I got to write some brand new stuff. (grin)
But not a lot. Eyes gave out.
Back tomorrow.
Of Interest
Nothing today.
Fiction Words: 653
Nonfiction Words: 430 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 1083
Writing of Graham’s Road (tentative title, novel or novella)
Words brought forward…… 1070
Day 1…… 3012 words. Total words to date…… 4082
Day 2…… 2675 words. Total words to date…… 6757
Day 3…… 2181 words. Total words to date…… 8938
Day 4…… 4913 words. Total words to date…… 13851
Day 5…… 2543 words. Total words to date…… 16394
Day 6…… 1207 words. Total words to date…… 17601
Day 7…… 0816 words. Total words to date…… 18417
Day 8…… 0869 words. Total words to date…… 19286
Day 9…… 0503 words. Total words to date…… 19789
Day 10… 0761 words. Total words to date…… 20550
Day 11… 0653 words. Total words to date…… 21203
Total fiction words for the month……… 25021
Total fiction words for the year………… 362978
Total nonfiction words for the month… 11280
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 119110
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 482008
The Daily Journal blog streak……………………………………… 611 days
Calendar Year 2017 Novel Goal (15 novels or novellas)………………… 7 novels or novellas
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 25
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 4
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………………… 179