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February 2008

Feb
27
2008

Word Count Today

Today was a pretty productive day. Word count before I retire for the evening: 81,812 words.
I just finished writing a half-decent action sequence. I love writing scenes that get my heart pounding and really wind me up. ^_^ Unfortunately, it’s hard to stop when you get going like that, but tomorrow I’m journeying up [...]

Feb
27
2008

Slogging through

So, in my writing today I had to actually stop and think about a scene before I could write it. Usually I just fly by the seat of my pants, but I found myself staring stupidly at part 4, looking for a way to get myself where I wanted to go. After breakfast, a cup [...]

Feb
26
2008

Word Count Today

Total words, as of this moment, including only first drafts of all parts, currently equals 79,052 words.
This total does not reflect my recent reworking of Part 1 (as I’ve only fixed about half of it) LOL.
I will try to update daily as I write.

Feb
26
2008

Greetings and Salutations

Hello and welcome to my blog. Here is where I will be recording my progress through my novel.
Begun in November 2007 for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), what started out as a frantic 50,000 word challenge has taken on a life of its own. My current word count is well over 75,000 words, to be [...]