The Journal, Monday, 12/19

Hey Folks,

Rolled out right at 3:30, wide awake, then honestly did nothing for almost the first two hours. Babies to take care of and all that, so I got nothing accomplished.

I took care of some small things around the house, then turned my attention to the edit from around 8 until noon. In that time I got 36 pages done, so I increased the bank by one. Now to fiction for the balance of the day.

This will be a really short post as it turns out. I finished my first magic realism story in years. This one won’t go out to donors as I’ve sent it to Mexico for possible publication in a magazine there. If they turn it down, or when I get rights reverted after it’s published, I’ll send it to you then.

Of Interest

Nothing at Dean’s place today (still fighting a cache problem on his website).

Be sure to check Kris Rusch’s site for her Free Ficiton Monday at http://kriswrites.com/2016/12/19/free-fiction-monday-stille-nacht/.

Today’s Writing

See below. Very pleased with this story. And I think Ila might have more to say.

Back tomorrow.

Fiction Words: 2279
Nonfiction Words: 180 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 2459

Writing of “Ila and the Train” (magic realism short short)

Day 1…… 2279 words. Total words to date…… 2279 (done)

Total fiction words for the month……… 21254
Total fiction words for the year………… 700948
Total nonfiction words for the month… 10750
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 268650

Total words for the year (fiction and nonfiction)…… 969598

Edit Totals

Day 1…… 51 pages. Total to date…… 51 (+16 in the bank)
Day 2…… 26 pages. Total to date…… 77 (+7)
Day 3…… 41 pages. Total to date…… 118(+13)
Day 4…… 38 pages. Total to date…… 156 (+16)
Day 5…… 73 pages. Total to date…… 229 (+54)
Day 6…… 40 pages. Total to date…… 269 (+59)
Day 7…… 36 pages. Total to date…… 305 (+60)