31,305. One hundred twenty-five measly words. Blah. Damn, I need a vacation. I’m so tired of running everywhere. Why can’t I just stay home and write? Mr. DAW Submissions Editor, please buy my book. I can’t stand working for a living much longer.
31,180! Whoohoo! And Donte and Selene are out of danger–sort of, and safely back home–sort of. Now I get into the really tough stuff. Eek. My second karate lesson was even more fun than the first. I can’t believe I didn’t do this sooner. But now I’m exhausted. Good night, blog world.
All right, I know it’s not. But hey, I was tired last night! I wrote about 800 words, about par for the course on a busy day. But what a struggle! The words just didn’t want to come! So. The total, before I open it up today, is 29,113. The part on the slaver ship
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But it’s an important less than three hundred words! 28,342 is the total tonight, and now I have them on the move again. And all because Selene tried to paint Donte’s toenails… I’m a genius. I admit it. 😀
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769 words, bringing me to a total of 28,068. Whoohoo! Things are getting more confusing. What I thought would be the climax of the story, is happening way too soon, and doesn’t resolve things like a climax has to. So it’s not the culmination of the collision between my characters and their circumstances–that means I
27,299–not bad at all, considering we didn’t even get home until nearly 8. Hope had her pre-test today, she has three lessons to work on what she missed, before testing for her gold belt next Wednesday. I’m so proud! I also worked out more of what’s going to happen, when the current crisis is over,
And tonight’s total–26,537. Yes, for those of you keeping count, I lost six words. But that’s a good thing. I made my writing more concise, more exact. Sometimes making progress means going backwards.
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