Archive for June, 2003
Not a bad writing day so far. 1044 and counting on chapter eleven. Dishes are done, laundry's put away, slept the usual not enough hours, caught a decent nap, it's hotter than a fry pan outside, and I go to work in five hours for an all nighter. (I also have the next three days [...]
Only 606 words today. Worked a ten hour shift last night and didn't get home until midnight. As my body insists it's time to get up at 8am, I had little sleep. Tried to take a nap but could only doze a little. *sigh*
Time for all good little writers on Forward Motion to belly up to the bar and join the next Dare! I’m a bit less ambitious this time around. I’ve only signed up for two. New Material / Master Level in which I add eight new chapters of 1000 words minimum and Novel Rewrite / Journeyman [...]
1090 today. Also had to break chapter nine into two parts. By the time I finished, it was over 4k long! YIKES! So, while I was almost finished with chapter nine when I started this morning, I'm not almost finished with chapter ten instead. LOL! Jenna's discovered that fear is a great motivator for her [...]
Instead I spent time researching languages online. I don’t want to use English or any truly recognizable language for the Sanguire. So I’ve kinda mixed Greek, Ancient Greek, and Maori together. LOL! Weird, huh? I think it’ll work. Not that I plan on using a lot of language, as I did in Tiopa Ki Lakota. [...]
Nada. Nichts. Nein. Nil. Which is not to say there was a crisis today as previously reported a week and a half ago! No. This was intentional! My first day off after seven days of work and I had some big plans. First off, I took my wife to a little Asian place I pass [...]
Jenna and Valmont are at a club called Tribulations. It has a healthy mix of Sanguire and Humans. Jenna hasn't been in the company of both races in such numbers and she's noting the differences between them. She has a unique perspective in that she wasn't raised Sanguire but Human, her parents dying when she [...]
Back on track! Here's hoping it remains so! Tomorrow's also my seventh day in a row at work. Blech. I'm beat.
Valmont and Jenna are on the road, preparing for her first hunting trip. They’re discussing how the various emotional responses in Humans cause different flavors in the blood. “What’s your bias?” His grin was mocking. “I prefer fear. Something I picked up from your predecessor.” When she did not respond, Valmont glanced at Jenna to [...]
On to Chapter Nine! This last chapter reintroduces Jenna's street friend, Gin, from the first book. It's been six months since Jenna disappeared from the streets. She hasn't had any contact with anyone and is really homesick for her previous life and her best friend. So, she invites Gin to visit her. The scene is [...]
2k in 2 days. Whew! No daily crisis to interrupt. I wonder if this is only going to happen on my days off? LOL! Work is . . . work. Just finished reading Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card for the umpteenth time. Starting on the sequel, Speaker for the Dead today. Listening to Queen [...]
Only 600 words today. But that's cuz I have to go to work in about twenty minutes. Cuts into my writing time (first thing in the morning after email and coffee.) I'll be back on the same ol' same ol' tomorrow.
Total of 1455 words! WOO HOO! Spent the afternoon finishing this scene of Valmont ruminating (read 'brooding') about the whole situation with Jenna. When he put his mind to it, Valmont could easily remember the bright days of his youth. Nahib had fostered Valmont after his Turning; both he and Bertrada had shown him the [...]
I broke 1k today! WOO HOO! I wonder if it had anything to do with the fact that my wife was off running errands and unable to be a magnet for trouble today? LOL! Got some chores done and am off to Coffee People. Maybe I can get another five hundred in!
. . . to write something in the journal today . . . er . . . yesterday. Whoops! Just home from work. Not too bad a night. Hope to get out early tomorrow night just cuz I’m scheduled for a three day weekend. It’s always good to get out early before one of those. [...]
