Writing Log
"Police Bot" Writing Log
4,436 / 7,000
(63.4%)
Writing work periods completed: 2
Words yesterday: 539
Total words: 4,436
Scheduled non-writing activities: Returning books to the library
Other reasons for length: Slept in late, spent a fair amount of time on non-writing but writing-related stuff.
Overused techno-babble: characteristic tags
Gratuitous word: spectacles
Type of scene: Poor puppydog police robot gets an unplanned software update that totally changes everything.
Challenge(s): Logically explaining what this program is doing on a technical level, 'cause that's what the story plot hinges on, without getting too boring or technical. Not sure I succeeded, but at least I kept it relatively short.
Which line is it anyways?Following the program's instructions, Max gently nudged the spectacles onto his nose and used the back of his paw to shift them to sit more securely in front of his thermal imaging sensor. (Yeah, I gave my anthropomorphic canine police robot spectacles. They're slightly askew, too. If that doesn't make this robot melt your heart, I don't know what will!)
Notes: I really want this one to get published. It's going to be such a good, bittersweet story. Yes, writers have favorites among their children.
Other writingy stuff: Lots!
* penthius freewriting - high-potential dark fantasy children's story, "The Monster Under the Bed"
* Read Absolute Write Newsletter
* Read FFWSmallMarkets and updated Markets List
* Read Writers Digest newsletter
* Verified that Writer's Market were dumbasses and removed the option to add non-listed markets to one's submission tracker, though they say that enough people complained that they're adding it back "in the near future". Better be near, 'cause otherwise I'm going to be canceling my subscription, which I mostly kept because I found the submission tracker really useful even after I built my own, damn spiffy market database (which I do plan on sharing with the world as soon as I figure out a practical delivery method).
* Updated status of "The Unkindness of Ravens" (rejected) and "Periwinkle Eyes" (accepted by Art Times for publication in February 2010) in my manuscript-tracking spreadsheet.
4,436 / 7,000
(63.4%)
Writing work periods completed: 2
Words yesterday: 539
Total words: 4,436
Scheduled non-writing activities: Returning books to the library
Other reasons for length: Slept in late, spent a fair amount of time on non-writing but writing-related stuff.
Overused techno-babble: characteristic tags
Gratuitous word: spectacles
Type of scene: Poor puppydog police robot gets an unplanned software update that totally changes everything.
Challenge(s): Logically explaining what this program is doing on a technical level, 'cause that's what the story plot hinges on, without getting too boring or technical. Not sure I succeeded, but at least I kept it relatively short.
Which line is it anyways?Following the program's instructions, Max gently nudged the spectacles onto his nose and used the back of his paw to shift them to sit more securely in front of his thermal imaging sensor. (Yeah, I gave my anthropomorphic canine police robot spectacles. They're slightly askew, too. If that doesn't make this robot melt your heart, I don't know what will!)
Notes: I really want this one to get published. It's going to be such a good, bittersweet story. Yes, writers have favorites among their children.
Other writingy stuff: Lots!
* penthius freewriting - high-potential dark fantasy children's story, "The Monster Under the Bed"
* Read Absolute Write Newsletter
* Read FFWSmallMarkets and updated Markets List
* Read Writers Digest newsletter
* Verified that Writer's Market were dumbasses and removed the option to add non-listed markets to one's submission tracker, though they say that enough people complained that they're adding it back "in the near future". Better be near, 'cause otherwise I'm going to be canceling my subscription, which I mostly kept because I found the submission tracker really useful even after I built my own, damn spiffy market database (which I do plan on sharing with the world as soon as I figure out a practical delivery method).
* Updated status of "The Unkindness of Ravens" (rejected) and "Periwinkle Eyes" (accepted by Art Times for publication in February 2010) in my manuscript-tracking spreadsheet.