Hey Folks,
Out to the Hovel early but I didn’t turn to the novel right away.
Instead I wrote a nonfiction piece that probably most of you will never see. Maybe more background for my next WIP, I don’t know.
Then I worked on the current novel. After I had about 1600 words done, I headed out to check the PO at about 11, then back home.
I boiled some eggs a couple days ago, and I had the bright idea that I’d make some deviled eggs as a surprise for my wife. So I decided to do that.
The two lady cats came in and sat behind me at the kitchen counter. When I do those things with a spoon and bowls, they automatically assume I’m making tuna salad. And they demand their toll.
I disappointed them, but I couldn’t handle it.
After I finished the deviled eggs, I pulled out a pack of tuna and began mixing up a batch of tuna salad.
Both ladies appeared again as if by magic.
I fed them and looked around to give some to the chihuahua too, but he was nowhere to be found, natch.
Of course, he came in sniffing the floor just after the ladies finished eating and disappeared.
I’d already mixed the remaining tuna with non-dog-edible other stuff, so I gave him a couple of peanut butter treats.
Then I received yet another email from a guy I created a website for over two years ago. There are things I can’t make him understand. I finally contacted his web host and submitted a support ticket to get them to help him. If that doesn’t work, I’ll just have to wash my hands of the whole matter.
I thought about going back to work, but frankly I’m too annoyed.
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Tomorrow I have a day of doctor appointments. I hope to get some writing done in the morning. If I do, I’ll post an edition of the journal. If not, I won’t.
Either way, I’ll talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “There Are No Secrets” at https://www.deanwesleysmith.com/there-are-no-secrets/.
See “Tough Love” at https://killzoneblog.com/2018/03/tough-love.html albeit with a grain of salt. You might find some good stuff there that you need.
Fiction Words: 1648
Nonfiction Words: 1430 (380, Journal) (1050, Essay)
So total words for the day: 3078
Writing of Stern Talbot, PI—The Early Years: The Case of the Sliced-Up Secretary
Day 1…… 3207 words. Total words to date…… 3207
Day 2…… 3079 words. Total words to date…… 6286
Day 3…… 3870 words. Total words to date…… 10156
Day 4…… 2481 words. Total words to date…… 12637
Day 5…… 3164 words. Total words to date…… 15801
Day 6…… 3140 words. Total words to date…… 18941
Day 7…… 1145 words. Total words to date…… 20086
Day 8…… 1656 words. Total words to date…… 21742
Day 9…… 2544 words. Total words to date…… 24286
Day 10… 1648 words. Total words to date…… 25934
Writing of Novel 1, New Thriller Series
Day 1…… 1339 words. Total words to date…… 1339
Total fiction words for the month……… 47736
Total fiction words for the year………… 99041
Total nonfiction words for the month… 9690
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 29020
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 136081
Calendar Year 2018 Novels to Date………………………… 2
Calenday Year 2018 Novellas to Date…………………… 0
Calendar Year 2018 Short Stories to Date……… 0
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 29
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 4
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………………… 182