The Journal, Thursday, 12/29

Hey Folks,

Rolled out a little before 3. I checked email and played on Facebook for about a half-hour, during which I was able to rouse considerable ire with a personal request of the person currently occupying the White House.

Then, coffee in hand, cigar clenched firmly between teeth, I started working on the edit. I finished it around 8:45, then ran a final spell check in the track-changes version. Then I save it with another file name, incorporated all the changes and deleted all the comments, and sent both copies to the client. Woohoo!

I know I won’t have anymore edits coming for awhile, so it’s back to the writing and full steam ahead.

For now, my grandson and I are headed to the store as soon as he gets back from his walk. As for the rest of today, who knows.

Well, about a half-hour after we got back from the store and got things put away, I caught a chill and started shivering like a wild dog passing razorblades.

I’m sure it’s nothing but a result of doing roughly 110 mph for the past week or so in a 10 mph body. (grin) So I’m off for the rest of the day.

Of Interest

At Dean’s place, What’s the Point? A Deadly Saying (http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/whats-the-point-a-deadly-saying/).

The comments on Failure Must Be An Option (http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/failure-must-be-an-option/#comments) are must-read excellent.

ALSO see his New Coast Workshops Announced (http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/new-coast-workshops-announced/). If you’re interested, read the full descriptions under the Coast Workshops tab on his website. MAN I wish I could do the SF workshop in April! But other commitments at the moment.

Check out Kris Rusch’s Business Musings: The First (?) 2017 Process Blog (http://kriswrites.com/2016/12/28/business-musings-the-first-2017-process-blog/).

Today’s Writing

Nothing today. Back tomorrow.

Fiction Words: XXXX
Nonfiction Words: 280 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 280

Writing of “”

Day 1…… XXXX words. Total words to date…… XXXXX

Total fiction words for the month……… 21254
Total fiction words for the year………… 700948
Total nonfiction words for the month… 15190
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 273090

Total words for the year (fiction and nonfiction)…… 974038

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)
Day 8…… 00 pages. Total to date…… 305 (+25)
Day 9…… 38 pages. Total to date…… 343 (+28)
Day 10… 37 pages. Total to date…… 380 (+30)
Day 11… 00 pages. Total to date…… 380 (-5)
Day 12… 87 pages. Total to date…… 467 (+47)
Day 13… 00 pages. Total to date…… 467 (+12)
Day 14… 60 pages. Total to date…… 527 (+37)
Day 15… 71 pages. Total to date…… 598 (+73)
Day 16… 69 pages. Total to date…… 667 (+107)
Day 17… 47 pages. Total to date…… 714 (Done!)