Word count -- Discount Armageddon.
Current stats:
Words: 5,750.
Total words: 5,750.
Reason for stopping: I finished chapter two.
Music: the soundtrack to Weird Romance.
Lilly: standing guard by my chair.
I basically reset the word counter, because I had to rip up and re-do everything after I realized that I had started this book from the wrong point of view. Lots and lots and lots of work. On the other hand? The book is awesome now. First draft awesome, which means it's all going to change, and in six months I'll look back on this post and be all 'what were you smoking?' at myself, but still, I can see that it is awesome, and that it has the potential to rock my tiny world.
Every chapter begins with a little quote from one of the members of the extended family -- and it's very, very extended; I have four generations totally mapped, with options on generations five and six -- to sort of give you an idea of what sort of upbringing our dear Very is the product of. I love the book, but these quotes may be my favorite part. Well, those, and the mice.
So the first two chapters are now out for review, and I'm going to return to somewhat more pressing pursuits, like processing edits for Late Eclipses of the Sun and Lycanthropy and Other Personal Issues and The Mourning Edition and dear gods, I am clearly an android. But I'm a happy android. I have introduced people to Verity.
All good things will come from here.
Words: 5,750.
Total words: 5,750.
Reason for stopping: I finished chapter two.
Music: the soundtrack to Weird Romance.
Lilly: standing guard by my chair.
I basically reset the word counter, because I had to rip up and re-do everything after I realized that I had started this book from the wrong point of view. Lots and lots and lots of work. On the other hand? The book is awesome now. First draft awesome, which means it's all going to change, and in six months I'll look back on this post and be all 'what were you smoking?' at myself, but still, I can see that it is awesome, and that it has the potential to rock my tiny world.
Every chapter begins with a little quote from one of the members of the extended family -- and it's very, very extended; I have four generations totally mapped, with options on generations five and six -- to sort of give you an idea of what sort of upbringing our dear Very is the product of. I love the book, but these quotes may be my favorite part. Well, those, and the mice.
So the first two chapters are now out for review, and I'm going to return to somewhat more pressing pursuits, like processing edits for Late Eclipses of the Sun and Lycanthropy and Other Personal Issues and The Mourning Edition and dear gods, I am clearly an android. But I'm a happy android. I have introduced people to Verity.
All good things will come from here.