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... )

Here I am, finally posting my goals for the week. Honestly, no idea what was up at all yesterday. I was motivated to write for maybe 5 minutes, got distracted with other things, and just never got the motivation back. Overall, the week was pretty meh, though I did lose weight. I struggled with writing and editing mostly. As usual, the first round ( Read more... )

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

Phoenix Rising b.d./rough draft
starting count: 70,950
ending count: 72,011
gain/loss: +1061
Actual (processed) word count: 2315

Total New Words (Day/Week): 2839 / 4943
World Building Words (Day/Week): 524 / 1589
Total for the Day: 2839
Total for the Week: 8009

starting line:Bryanae took control of the next meeting from the ( Read more... )

Phoenix Rising b.d.
starting count: 69,804
ending count: 70,443
gain/loss: +639
Actual (processed) word count: 1064

Total New Words (Day/Week): 1467 / 8464
World Building Words (Day/Week): 403 / 2155
Total for the Day: 1467
Total for the Week: 8464

starting line:Early the next morning, Elahi met with Lyrais and Coren to ( Read more... )

Phoenix Rising b.d.
starting count: 69,766
ending count: 69,803
gain/loss: +37
Actual (processed) word count: 1081

Total New Words (Day/Week): 1881 / 6997
World Building Words (Day/Week): 486 / 1752
Total for the Day: 1881
Total for the Week: 6997

starting line:Since the shrine didn't have enough room for every servant, or ( Read more... )

Phoenix Rising b.d.
starting count: 68,905
ending count: 69,766
gain/loss: +861
Actual (processed) word count: 1269

Total New Words (Day/Week): 1628 / 5116
World Building Words (Day/Week): 359 / 1266
Total for the Day: 1628
Total for the Week: 5116

starting line:The atmosphere in the House was solemn when Elahi arrived, the ( Read more... )

Phoenix Rising b.d.
starting count: 68,202
ending count: 68,905
gain/loss: +703
Actual (processed) word count: 1367

Total New Words (Day/Week): 1725 / 3488
World Building Words (Day/Week): 358 / 907
Total for the Day: 1725
Total for the Week: 3488

starting line:
The next council meeting didn't go much better.

ending line: ( Read more... )

Phoenix Rising b.d.
starting count: 67,882
ending count: 68,202
gain/loss: +320
Actual (processed) word count: 1214

Total New Words (Day/Week): 1763 / 1763
Total for the Day: 1763
Total for the Week: 1763

starting line:
Once away from the council chamber, Elahi asked quietly, "Do you think I'm the spy?"

ending line:One of the ( Read more... )

Phoenix Rising b.d.
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ending count: 67,882
gain/loss: +752
Actual (processed) word count: 1804

Total New Words (Day/Week): 2322 / 5205
Total for the Day: 2322
Total for the Week: 5205

starting line:
Elahi felt both relief and unease when Bryanae finally called for a council meeting a few days later.

ending ( Read more... )