Hey Folks,
Very short post today. Knowing me, I’ll be back with longer stuff tomorrow.
Today, and Writing
Rolled out at 3. Dabbled in what people call “politics” for awhile, but that isn’t an intense enough word.
5:30, I set aside the impulse to chew wheels and spit nails and escaped to the story. Cycling, of course.
Wrote for about a half-hour, then got busy around the yard, then a walk with my wife, then Walmart, then the PO. Finally back at 9:30, updated FB and checked email.
Almost 3 when I got back to the story. Did a TON of cycling. This is an odd duck. I don’t like present tense writing. It sounds like stage direction to me. But this story felt like it lent itself to it, so I tried it. First reader has it now. We’ll see.
Back tomorrow.
Of Interest
Wonderfully interesting comments on Dean’s “The Magic Bakery: Chapter Six” at http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/the-magic-bakery-chapter-six/comments/. It’s almost another entire blog post.
Also see “Story Twenty-five” at http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/story-twenty-five/.
Fiction Words: 1133
Nonfiction Words: 170 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 1303
Writing of How Hard the Ground (short story)
Day 1…… 1807 words. Total words to date…… 1807
Day 2…… 1133 words. Total words to date…… 2940 (done)
Total fiction words for the month……… 33587
Total fiction words for the year………… 242143
Total nonfiction words for the month… 14570
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 71910
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 314053
The Daily Journal blog streak……………………………… 518 days
Calendar Year 2017 Novel Goal (16 novels)… 5 novels
Total novels to date (since Oct 19, 2014)… 27 (includes 3 novellas)