It has been a bad week that ended up bottoming out on Thursday. I've been sick, youngest lost her housing (stealing again) and we have no room for her so I'm starting to have really bad nightmares about her being on the street, we had to get the car smogged (the good news: the fixes we were expecting to make aren't going to be nearly as bad as we ( Read more... )

And, yes, today would be one of them ( Read more... )

Didn't write a new chapter this past week. I'm at the point on Mists where I'm caught up to my notes/building draft combo and need to expand it before I can write the next few 0/rough draft chapters. And with Tirs, I've just started a Narrative/Notes draft combo. The rough draft barely has interesting lines; anything before that has nuthin'. lol ( Read more... )

... Whatever her plans, I don't think the time I spent with your mother, or your birth, are an accident."
~ Sedarin, Music of the Mists

Word Counts Yesterday
Total New (incl WB): 1329
Total Words: 1329
Total Pages Revised: 0

starting line:And she was easier to meet with and talk to than Sedarin. Between the two of them, she made faster ( Read more... )

I don't often delete when working on a narrative/rough draft, but for the most recent chapter of Mists, I had to. it just wasn't working and had become a struggle to write. The chapters before this one each took a day, maybe two, to get the rough down. For a rough draft, it usually isn't much harder than that for me. I've got my road map and basics ( Read more... )

...she asked, "When do classes start?"

"Three days."
~ Kara & an instructor, Music of the MistsSo yesterday was pretty good for a first day trying to get back on track. Not many words, but there were some, so I'm pretty content. The house is coming along. Chef is supposed to get more pictures hung so they're out of the way, making it a little ( Read more... )

That's how long I need to stay awake. I didn't take my usual nap yesterday in a desperate attempt to get myself back on track. And I have to be up to make sure my son gets out the door on time since his sister is staying home again. Let me tell you, it's going to be a long night. I'm already struggling to stay awake. I just have to hope that if I ( Read more... )

Quite a busy day ahead, especially since it's Admin day for DII. I'll have to use an online account to get out my emails since I can't use my accounts in Eudora. I also have to hope the connection I'm using holds out-it tends to bubble and roller coaster a lot, esp in the evenings. I try to give the members until mid-afternoon, but I'm not sure ( Read more... )

Music of Mist narrative draft
starting count: 3709
ending count: 3965
gain/loss: +256

Actual (processed) word count: 852
Total for the Day: 4692

Slower going than working on the early drafts of A.C., but I knew A.C. better. At this point, considering the way things have been for me this week, I'm glad to have gotten any progress at ( Read more... )

Music of Mist plot outline
starting count: 3784
ending count: 3709
gain/loss: -75

Actual (processed) word count: 3840 Yea, big difference there in the words. I decided to look at my plotting notes on the plotting form again and realized that the section I was working on is actually for book 2. So, I did work on it, then I cut it ( Read more... )