So. This morning I'm battling an enormous case of post-submission depression. Of the "OMG, I'm sure that sucks and there's nothing I can do about it now" variety ( Read more... )

I'm done.


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Well, I'm sitting decent at 16K.  Only 9K in the next three days, then Monday for revisions and the synopsis.  So far, beta response approves of my working title.

We almost have a novella in two weeks!

Today's snippet du jour:

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I wanted Transformers music this morning while I write, so I put the iPod on Artist>Steve Jablonksy and pushed play.

A minute ago, I stopped typing and thought "Now, why am I hearing the Gears of War 2 theme?" Which I hear every time Mark loads the game onto his Xbox ( Read more... )

So far today, I've written about 2,250 words. I still need to write 1750 more tonight ( Read more... )

Nothing like a brisk walk around the site, out in the breeze and the sun, to wake one up from the mid-afternoon, post-lunch lethargy.

Plus, I didn't waste the time - the novella now has at least a working title, if something better doesn't occur to me between now and Monday: VeritasWhew. I was dreading the whole title thing almost as much as ( Read more... )

So, possibly writing 30,000 words plus a synopsis in two weeks' time was a tad ambitious. I mean, I've done it before, when the 30K was part of a book ( Read more... )

~ Have canceled roleplay night tonight, in favor of more words on the novella ( Read more... )

Um, right. Progress meter.

Yesterday's words totaled a little over 2K.


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I already have 1000 words in the can today, so I'm hopeful of reaching my 3K goal for the day. I've finally reached the point where my two protagonists meet, yay!

I dreamt about the novella last night. In my dream, I had the perfect title for it. I can almost remember it, too. It was two words...damn ( Read more... )