Hey Folks,
Yesterday, after I filed my Journal, I was out in the Hovel messing around. Bought a new shop vac and carried it out there.
After I set it where I wanted it, I thought I’d enjoy a cigar and a few games of Spider. So I sat down at my writing ‘puter, raised the lid and turned on the mouse.
And the first sentence of a short story popped into my head.
So I opened Word, hit Enter a couple times to move down the page, and started writing. I wrote a quick opening (around 250 words), then closed the computer. (grin) I love when that happens.
The fiction I wrote yesterday is included in today’s total.
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Interesting morning around here. About 3:30 I was visiting Facebook when I heard what I thought was my little girl. It was a kind of distressed sound, but not her typical Siamese growl.
So I came unglued from my chair, grabbed my flashlight and dodged around my desk.
In the beam of the flashlight, I thought I saw something preceding her as she ran for the bedroom. Natch, I followed.
Bit had parked herself near a corner and was staring past a small trashcan in the bedroom.
I moved up past her, widened the beam on my light, and shined it straight down.
In the corner behind the trashcan was a bunny. It was hunkered in, naturally, and in that form it was about five inches long and maybe three inches across. And scared half to death.
It had that beautiful, tawny-brown fur, and its long but tiny ears were laid straight back. Making itself as small as possible.
I woke my wife to help me. She found another small trash can and I got a spatula to try to guide the little thing into it.
In the end, I just picked up the baby, nestled it close to my chest (babies like heartbeats) and spoke quietly to it. Then I carried it outside and released it near the fence. After a long moment, it moved through the fence and hopped away.
So it’s already been a good day.
Started taking pics at around 7 and did that until around 9. I enjoy macro photography especially. Posted some stuff on FB and ate breakfast.
Today, and Writing
Rolled out at 3:15, excitement around 3:30, then spent the next few hours easing into the day.
I wrote off and on most of the day in 15 and 20 minute bits, and once as long as an hour. Finished another short story.
Back tomorrow.
Of Interest
See Dean’s “Story Twenty-Nine” at http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/story-twenty-nine/.
Fiction Words: 3551
Nonfiction Words: 440 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 3991
Writing of “Saving Face” (short story)
Day 1…… 3551 words. Total words to date…… 3551 (done)
Total fiction words for the month……… 39038
Total fiction words for the year………… 247594
Total nonfiction words for the month… 17350
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 74690
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 322284
The Daily Journal blog streak………………………………… 522 days
Calendar Year 2017 Novel Goal (15 novels)…………………… 4 novels
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)…………………………………… 24
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)………………………………… 3
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………………… 167