March 21, 2016 Progress Notes:

The Robot Monuments

Words today: 200.
Words total: 19,000.
Reason for stopping: Bed.

Darling du Jour: N/A

Research Roundup: N/A

Books in progress: Amanda Sun, Heir to the Sky.
Just a very little today -- this was a day mostly eaten by copy writing -- but even with a lot of project work on my plate, there was a ( Read more... )

March 20, 2016 Progress Notes:

The Robot Monuments

Words today: 500.
Words total: 18,800.
Reason for stopping: Bed.

Darling du Jour: "I know." He shakes his head, dislodging the last, light fingernails of those memories. "I know. Really."

Research Roundup: Pliés; whether the plowshare parable is functional in Asia.

Books in progress: Amanda ( Read more... )

March 18, 2016 Progress Notes:

The Robot Monuments

Words today: 100 yesterday, 500 today.
Words total: 18,300.
Reason for stopping: Dinner.

Darling du Jour: N/A.

Research Roundup: N/A.

Books in progress: Amanda Sun, Heir to the Sky.
Whatever intermittent fever thing I've had for the last while, it is still here and it is very hard to get ( Read more... )

March 14, 2016 Progress Notes:

The Robot Monuments

Words today: 100 on Friday night, 600 tonight.
Words total: 17,700.
Reason for stopping: Sleeeep.

Darling du Jour: None of this is real, I think, like a ritual, and then the first gust of wind hits ROBOTNAME and rocks us, twinned, back in our harnesses, and it is. It is absolutely real.

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March 10, 2016 Progress Notes:

The Robot Monuments

Words today: 1,050.
Words total: 17,000.
Reason for stopping: Should start dinner. I'm thinking of trying to freestyle a sausage soup.

Darling du Jour: Uncle Haru's nod from behind the wheel as I closed his passenger door this morning, how Aunt Misato looked at me when she read the statistics ( Read more... )

March 9, 2016 Progress Notes:

The Robot Monuments

Words today: 100 last night, 850 tonight.
Words total: 15,950.
Reason for stopping: Bedtime.

Darling du Jour: Miles and miles of scaffolds and sparks arc through the air, and at their centres, crouched down and still big as the sky, are the robots.

Research Roundup: Local food of Hokkaido; ( Read more... )

March 7, 2016 Progress Notes:

The Robot Monuments

Words today: 100 back on Friday, 300 today.
Words total: 15,000.
Reason for stopping: Still sick and I'm going to fall over now.

Darling du Jour: N/A.

Research Roundup: Crash course on the nuances of Shinto; traditional Japanese breakfasts.

Books in progress: Amanda Sun, Heir to the Sky; Lena ( Read more... )

March 3, 2016 Progress Notes:

The Robot Monuments

Words today: 500.
Words total: 14,600.
Reason for stopping: Really feverish all of a sudden.

Darling du Jour: N/A.

Research Roundup: N/A

Books in progress: Amanda Sun, Heir to the Sky; Lena Coakley, Worlds of Ink and Shadow.
My preferred activity today would have been to eat chocolate and have ( Read more... )

March 2, 2016 Progress Notes:

The Robot Monuments

Words today: 600.
Words total: 14,100.
Reason for stopping: Out to writer bar night this evening, which means it's time to get ready.

Darling du Jour: N/A.

Research Roundup: Inheritance discrimination and the status of illegitimate children in Japan.

Books in progress: Amanda Sun, Heir to the ( Read more... )

February 24, 2016 Progress Notes:

The Robot Monuments

Words today: 400.
Words total: 13,500.
Reason for stopping: Went on and off on this tonight, but now it is time for bed.

Darling du Jour: Cranes and scaffolds sprout from the edge like metal bandages, holding back dirt, rubble, and slime from the chaotic crater floor.

Research Roundup: The ( Read more... )