In Shadows

What an annoyance!  I opened up Broken Trails today only to discover the two scenes I’d edited weren’t saved properly.  I think they might have gone into the back up file, which I overrode with the current version of my project file upon opening.  * head palm *
Ah, well. I’d made the mistake last time […]

Last week left a lot to be desired, let me tell you.  Work was weird with two crazy ladies on separate days to be evicted. My schedule was wonky due to a training meeting at the buttcrack of dawn.  All in all, this arthritic old woman has spent most of her time resting on her […]

I’ve finished entering the plot of Broken Trails into Scrivener, and have realized I’m not as close to completion as I’d hoped.  Instead of a couple more scenes to write, I’ve now got seven… and an additional four that can be swapped to Scotch’s POV rather than Lainey’s in order to even it out a […]

Spent today plugging Broken Trails into Scrivener, and can already see a problem.  While I wanted a lot of the focus to be on Lainey’s POV (she’s the vehicle through which the reader learns about the Iditarod,) I’ve completely skipped the majority of the race from Scotch’s POV.  Rather than expand the novel even farther […]

Happy Birthday, Raven!!! WOOT!
Cold’s still dragging me down.  Still not able to concentrate worth a damn.  Instead, I used today’s work time to transfer documents and research into Scrivener projects.  Wrapped up all the short stories, Slow Movin’ series, and fodder/character sketches.  Also built the technical tables for my future Freya’s Tears space adventure, and […]

Oi, what a week!  You know what’s worse than a garage band staying in your hotel?  THIRTY garage bands staying in your hotel!  UGH!  It was a freakin’ ZOO!
What with exhaustion, Poison Night, a six day stretch of Hel, and a mountain of unfinished chores, I haven’t actually written anything on Broken Trails.  I’ll work […]

Last Thursday I had a ton of errands, and the Safety Committee meeting at work, so didn’t get anything done.  Then Thursday night was poison night, so nothing on Friday.
Had a bit of a late start today. I must have been tired, cuz I slept in an hour and a half, so not as much […]

Whew!  What a strange few days.  Work’s been kicking my butt with all sorts of unexpected things.  Then on Sunday, I’m kicking it at home in my pajamas.  Get a call at 3pm.  It’s my boss.  Where am I?  Home…  “Guess you read the schedule wrong then.”
YEEKS! I was dressed and out the door in […]

Another 6470 words edited on Broken Trail.  Lainey’s almost at the finish line.  Changes here include Scotch’s Iditarod placement — she doesn’t come in third at all, it seems…  At this point, I need to write at least two more scenes for certain, both from Scotch’s POV on the trail.  I wanted to spend most […]

6748 more words of Broken Trails edited.  It won’t be much longer before Lainey’s in Nome, at this rate.
Being a complete World of Warcraft geek these days, I’ve been watching a web series called ‘The Guild.’  Hilarious!  Anybody who RPGs will get a lot of the jokes, and those who predominantly play online will love […]

Whoa!  A whopping 8276 words edited this time round on Broken Trail. WOOT!
Watched Children of Men last night.  Loved the way it was filmed.  Michael Caine’s character was a hoot!  The scene with the soldiers and the baby made me cry.  This is the second time I’ve read/seen something with this sort of premise — […]

No posting yesterday because I didn’t do any writing to note.  A friend I RPG with on a Star Trek ship moved here from California last summer.  We finally made arrangements to get together.  He now understands the Awe and Power of the Shrine, Powell’s.  (”And this,” waving to one half of a huge room, […]

Happy October, everyone!
Three more chapters of Broken Trail edited. 6483 words. No significant changes to be had. I may read through those chapters on Saturday before the next round just to be sure I couldn’t have shoved some angst in there somewhere.
I finished the last of Tanya Huff’s Blood Books last night.  While I’d brought […]

Three chapters of Broken Trail completed for a total of 6601 words edited.  Now that the majority of the technical race details have been passed over, I was able to throw in a few thoughts and angst.  Lainey’s decided if she can finish the Iditarod, she can do anything — to include admitting her alcoholism […]

Finished Broken Trails, Chapter Twenty-Nine. I backtracked to chapter twenty-seven to start, scanning over it.  From here on out, the novel’s mostly about the mechanics of the race — it’ll be difficult to toss in the foreshadowing of Lainey’s emotional issues.  I’ll probably have to read it from start to finish one more time, just […]