Very tired. I got up very early because I had an awful dream and then couldn't go back to sleep because my tummy was upset. Sigh. But we went to see the vet this afternoon and he thinks Chanti's probably got a mild kidney infection. He gave her some antibiotics and we'll go see him again tomorrow afternoon to see if her fever's down and if she' ( Read more... )

The best thing about being married to somebody who lives with a writer--well, actually, no, not the best thing, but a useful thing--is that being married to someone who lives with a writer means the someone can tell you your bizarre habits and patterns that you're completely unaware of ( Read more... )

End of week writing tally: 86 pages, approximately 21,000 words. 5 and a half chapters written, and I broke a hundred pages on the book. I'm 14 pages short of 20 pages a day, but 16 pages *over* my non-over-achiver goal of 15 pages a day, so I'm really happy with the week's output. And I'm utterly and totally looking forward to not having to ( Read more... )

Couple days ago shadowhwk was writing huge copious amounts (7300 word days, stuff like that) and said god how she wished she knew she could turn that on, since there were a hell of a lot of days where a thousand words was like pulling teeth. And right now I'm sitting here at Nook listening to Bon Jovi and not starting words on HoCH, which is the project du ( Read more... )

In another day, my ytd wordcount will move from pathetic small numbers into starting-to-be-respectable numbers. If I manage to keep this up until next Friday, as the challenge dictates, I'll...be real surprised ( Read more... )

Tomorrow begins my two week 20 page challenge, wherein the goal is to write 20 pages a day, not 20 pages in 2 weeks. :) I'll be keeping tabs on it at toonowrimo, where anyone else participating in the 2 week challenge is also welcome to post ( Read more... )