In today’s Journal
▪ Update on the challenge
▪ No topic today, but
▪ Daily diary
▪ Of Interest
▪ The numbers
Well, I’ll either wrap up the novel today or I’ll be one (or more) days behind when I go into the next one.
Actually, it’s looking pretty good. I wrote the last major climax yesterday, so we’ll see.
UPDATE: One son (and I think, two) arrived after I was in bed last night. One from Indiana and one from New Mexico. There were two vehicles in the parking area this morning. So chances are very good I won’t finish the novel today.
No biggie. Family comes first.
If I get some alone time later, I’ll advance the novel. If not, I might not get any writing done today beyond this Journal.
UPDATE 2: Finished the novel. It came in at just under 40,000 words.
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No topic today, but if you’d care to come along on a “beat a dead horse” party, read the comments on yesterday’s Journal.
To what I wrote there, I will just add this: I believe in my abilities as a writer and as a storyteller. I say without reservation that I will Never blame a reader for not being able to read and enjoy one of my books, much less “get through” it.
But that’s just me. Seriously, folks, I like to discuss writing as much as the next guy. But feel how you feel, believe how you believe, etc.
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I rolled out late at 4 a.m. then replied (at length) to a comment and wrote the stuff above. Then I started checking the internet for items of interest. Today will be what it will be.
Finally to the novel at 5:45. I wrote around 900 words, then up to the house for a break.
Back to the Hovel at 7:30. The boys aren’t up yet (I heard they had a late night in Tombstone), so I played a little spider solitaire while I eat a breakfast sandwich. After that I wrote a little more, then noticed the boys were up so I headed up to the house to visit.
Finally back to the Hovel at 12:45. As I thought it might, the novel ran to the end today. My intention is to start a new one tomorrow.
Talk with you again then.
Of Interest
See “Quit Trying to Write” at https://killzoneblog.com/2019/03/quit-trying-to-write.html. Wonderful post. Brought up a good memory for me.
See the comments on “Citizens Police Academy” at https://killzoneblog.com/2019/03/citizens-police-academy.html#comments.
Fiction Words: 2627
Nonfiction Words: 380 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 3007
Writing of Blackwell Ops 4: Melanie Sloan (novel)
Day 10… 1235 words. Total words to date…… 26680
Day 11… 3140 words. Total words to date…… 29820
Day 12… 1698 words. Total words to date…… 31518
Day 13… 2514 words. Total words to date…… 34032
Day 14… 3331 words. Total words to date…… 37363
Day 15… 2627 words. Total words to date…… 39990 (done)
Total fiction words for the month……… 14545
Total fiction words for the year………… 173603
Total nonfiction words for the month… 5010
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 56230
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 229833
Calendar Year 2019 Novels to Date………………………… 4
Calendar Year 2019 Novellas to Date…………………… X
Calendar Year 2019 Short Stories to Date……… X
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 41
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 7
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………… 193
Short story collections…………………………………………………… 31
Congrats on finishing the novel on time!
Ten words off from 40000! I’d be too OC to leave it that close and not add the remainder. Nothing to do with the story, just my crazy head.
Ha! Thanks, Gai. It felt good to squeak in under the challenge deadline. And truth be told, once I get it back from my first readers, there’s a good chance it’ll go over the 40,000 mark. In fact, even as I’m writing the next one (in a different series) in the back of my mind I’m thinking of adding one more half-scene (around 500-800 words) that will foreshadow a new spin-off series I have in mind. Stay tuned!