The Journal, Tuesday, February 6

Hey Folks,

Mostly today I’m posting this Journal to pass alone the “Of Interest” section below.

We got home on Sunday around one p.m. It was good to settle in without scenery flashing past the car windows. Of course, there were little chores to do, mostly unpacking, etc.

On Monday, I was up early and actually wrote a little on the current WIP, but not enough to really talk about. Just a little cycling, during which I added only a couple hundred words.

My wife headed back to her job, and I suppose I could have spent a lot more time with the story. Instead I spent the balance of the day taking care of household chores and getting reqacquainted with my little cat girl.

I’d explained before we left that we’d have to be gone for a few days. I speak to her as if she were a little six year old human, and she seems to understand. But she was still a little annoyed for an hour or so.

Still, every time I sat down at my desk, she would jump up and walk between me and the computer, raising her little head for a kiss on her way by. Sweet girl.

Once the chores were done, I was all but worn out, so I sat down and started another Jack Higgins novel. Wow. What a writer that guy is.

Probably, today will be another day of rest. I’m playing it by ear. One day soon I’ll sit down and start writing again, and things will flow as they did before. But for now, no rush.

See you in a day or two.

Of Interest

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Fiction Words: XXXX
Nonfiction Words: 300 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 300

Writing of The Age Exchange (novel, working title)

Brought forward…… 6985
Day 1…… 1285 words. Total words to date…… 8270
Day 2…… XXXX words. Total words to date…… XXXXX

Total fiction words for the month……… 1285
Total fiction words for the year………… 39441
Total nonfiction words for the month… 650
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 8670
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 48111

Calendar Year 2018 Novels to Date………………………… 1
Calenday Year 2018 Novellas to Date…………………… 0
Calendar Year 2018 Short Stories to Date……… 0
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 28
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 4
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………………… 182