Hey Folks,
I hope we all have a thoughtful day of concern for the horrendous events themselves, the lives lost, and the lives forever affected on both 9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012.
***
I had planned to hit the sack early last night, rise early this morning, and give myself plenty of time to write a few chapters.
Well, any plan is only as good as its execution. I stayed up an hour later than I expected, then experienced one of those on-again off-again awkward nights of sleep and rolled out late at 4.
So I did my usual thing of going to the Internet first to wake up. The priority today is the doc appointment. I’ll add to the novel, but probably not as much as I’d like. Not complaining, just reporting.
And I will post this Journal entry, probably this morning before we leave for Tucson.
***
I opened my writing ‘puter at the makeshift desk outside the east window of my office. I did that for two reasons.
One, my little girl jumped the gate on the fence three separate times while I was looking at the Internet. That despite the fact there were coyotes singing nearby. But I signed on to keep her safe, and I’ll do that even when it annoys her.
And two, I didn’t want to waste time going to the Hovel.
I wrote an opening for Chapter 9 (I write an opening for every chapter or major scene to ground the reader) and took off from there. Once it was flowing well, I came here to write this brief bit.
***
It’s only 7 a.m. and we have to leave at 9, so I decided to settle for one chapter so I can relax my way into the rest of the day. Around 1000 words in a little under an hour.
The novel is writing itself, flowing nicely, so I’ll eat breakfast, then post this and get ready to head out.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “Just Words… I Can Write More” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/just-words-i-can-write-more/. An important concept to remember.
See “First Page Critique: Can Your Language Be Too Blue?” at https://killzoneblog.com/2018/09/first-page-critique-can-yourlanguage-be-too-blue.html. I don’t often share these first-page critiques, but this one is done well and is thought provoking and informative.
Fiction Words: 1090
Nonfiction Words: 370 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 1460
Writing of Nick 3 (novel, tentative title)
Day 1…… 3422 words. Total words to date…… 3422
Day 2…… 2664 words. Total words to date…… 6086
Day 3…… 3190 words. Total words to date…… 9276
Day 4…… XXXX words. Total words to date…… 10366
Total fiction words for the month……… 10666
Total fiction words for the year………… 325397
Total nonfiction words for the month… 7080
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 124896
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 450043
Calendar Year 2018 Novels to Date………………………… 7
Calenday Year 2018 Novellas to Date…………………… 2
Calendar Year 2018 Short Stories to Date……… 11
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 33
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 6
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………………… 193