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WiP + what I read in November
(1) WiP:
Total words: 51 397
Words in current chapter (STILL 10): 1095
Out-of-sequence words that may come into the story later, I hope: 12 859 (exciting things are happening in that file, but HOW DO WE GET THERE??)
Words in "deleted scenes" file: 6501
(2) What I read in November:
Naomi Novik, Blood of Tyrants
Stacy Horn, Imperfect Harmony: ( Read more... ) -
WiP
Total words: 48 741
Words out of order: 10 924
Words in current chapter (still 10): 395 :(
Words in "deleted scenes" file: 6 353 -
WiP
Total words: 47 324
Words in current chapter (10): 24
Words that may or may not come into the story later: 9 928 (nearly all this week's new words fall into this category, alas)
Words in "deleted scenes" file: 6 283 -
11/11
"Everyone Sang" (11 November 1918 ( Read more... ) -
WiP
Total words: 45 995
Words in chapter just finished (9, now with title!): 5 531*
Out-of-sequence words &c.: 8 622
Words in "deleted scenes" file: 6 283
Time to go see what the folks in London are up to.
*Wait, how did that chapter get so long?! -
What I read in October
Um ... not much.
Hugh Howey, Wool
Naomi Novik, Crucible of Gold
I had another go at reading The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack, and didn't finish it again. Possibly it's just not meant to be. -
An epiphany other people have probably had before me
Did a concert this weekend in honour of Alice Parker at the University of Toronto. Was squashed in amongst ~250 other people on a set of risers meant for maybe 80 people, singing "Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal," whose first verse goes like this ( Read more... ) -
WiP
Total words: 41 424
Words in current chapter (9, still untitled, dagnabbit): 1417
Words for later in the book: 8175
Words in "deleted scenes" file: 6087
MUST. WRITE. FASTER. -
WiP
Total word count: 40 002
Words in current chapter (9): 414 (can't think of title. again. why were chapter titles so easy in last book and so impossible in this one?)
Out-of-sequence / future words: 7819
Words in "deleted scenes" file: 6087 -
WiP
Total words: 38 944
Words in current chapter (still 8): 2 314
Out-of-sequence words: 7 541
Words in "deleted scenes" file: 6 087
In the end we skipped right over Hadrian's Wall. Oh well.