Archive for January, 2005
Regardless of my scheduling mess up. Ah, well. 2138 words today, Lainey’s on her first rest break at Yentna Station checkpoint. Showing the tedious things required for a rest break here. Fairly easy going on this leg of the rest. Next chapter she ends up at Finger Lake. And then I have some fun with [...]
I’ve just discovered that I made an error when I originally calculated Lainey’s checkpoints and times in and out. I confused Yentna and Skwentna checkpoints. She’s at Yentna . . . 34 miles away from where I had her time in and 6 hour break. *grumble* The checkpoint I described was Yentna. But thirty-four miles? [...]
Good thing I checked my schedule last night . . . imagine my surprise to realize I work graveyard tonight! Stayed up until 4am in preparation, got some writing and chores done today, and caught a quick nap. Now I’m off to get ready for work. It looks like it might only be a half [...]
Got a grand in just over an hour. Finished chapter twenty-five which is now off to the beta readers. Whew. I’m glad I finally got to the race itself! Maybe the rest of the book will ‘race’ as a result! LOL!
Over 27 grand in 27 days. Haven’t done that in a long while. Had a bit of a hiccup to start today’s writing. You know the type – staring at a blank page, knowing where to start, but not knowing how to start it. Finally got going and whipped out 1013 words in an hour. [...]
Didn’t know if I’d get anything done today! Yesterday, I got sidetracked with research, so wrote nothing. The few days before the Iditarod starts are packed with writing opportunites . . . did I want to start with the vet check on Wednesday? The mandatory musher’s meeting on Thursday? How about the banquet on Thursday [...]
But haven’t started this morning’s words. It’ll be one thousand today since I have work this afternoon. I just wanted to thank Kim for her assistance with the Iditarod novel. She’s a former Alaskan, transplanted elsewhere this year, and in twenty-four hours she’s given me so much information on the Alaskan lifestyle . . . [...]
Chapter 23 done. And finally, finally I’m in March and the beginning of the Iditarod! YAY! All back story is complete, all romance set up, all training issues discussed.
Through my day off goal. 1087 words down, at least a grand to go. I took a break in between to grab a not so healthy lunch at McDonald’s and pick up some gifts for my lady love’s early birthday presents. (It won’t do her any good if I buy long underwear in May.) Got [...]
Finished out the chapter with Lainey in the wilderness on a long training run. Gives some idea of what mushers go through on the trail. Gives some insight on Lainey’s character and focuses a bit on her alcoholism. 1379 words today. Now on to work. Blech.
1005 words today. Originally planned to show the first and second qualifying races, but have since changed my mind. The story’s starting to drag a bit, and I still haven’t reached the Iditarod. I don’t want to go overboard on describing the smaller races Lainey is required to run when I’ve still got the big [...]
1031 words today and chapter twenty-one finished. Rookie musher meeting is in the bag, I’ve introduced another rookie for Lainey to deal with on the trail, and prepped for an overnight training expedition* with Scotch in the next chapter. Off to work! *Git yer minds outta the gutter!
It’s been brought to my attention that it’s been quite some time since I’ve trotted this idea out. Some don’t know what I’m talking about and others want to know why I’m thinking about it now. A friend of mine went to Dragon Con a couple of years ago. A group from a New Zealand [...]
But it was expected. I’m scheduled for work at an abysmally early hour today. When I get home, I think I’ll try to punch through 500 words on world building for Orphan Maker. It’s been on my mind for a week now, but I know if I attempt to get started on it in my [...]
Doubt I’ll get more than 1k done today. Office Depot is delivering my new desk today! I’ve never had a new one all to myself, so I’m probably a bit too excited over a piece of furniture. In any case, this means rearranging my corner of the living room and unloading the desk and bookshelf [...]
