tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:140718 Life in a Northern Town Sholio 2010-10-17T04:03:57Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:140718:288223 2010-10-17T04:00:18Z 2010-10-17T04:03:57Z public 72 ... I'm done!<br /><br />At 65,000 words, that's one (1) rough draft of an original YA fantasy novel. *lays down pen*<br /><br />(Well, okay, I write on the computer mostly, but laying down the keyboard is a much less satisfying metaphor. Besides, I'm still typing on it. *g*)<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://sholio.dreamwidth.org/288223.html#cutid1">Much nattering about the writing process</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />In short: *\o/*<br /><br />Okay, now -- I had set aside the entire month of October (tentatively) for working on this novel, so now I have some free time, so to speak! The rest of October is going to be given over to fanfic (my SpookMe story; probably try to get started on my Sheppard_HC one too) and brainstorming/worldbuilding for my NaNo novel. Yes, Virginia, there is a NaNo this year!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=sholio&ditemid=288223" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:140718:287533 2010-10-11T03:51:04Z 2010-10-11T03:51:04Z public 8 Holy moley, I wrote a lot today. And this despite only having about two functional brain cells.<br /><br /><div style="margin: auto; text-align: center;width: 30%; " title="92.50%"><div style="text-align: left; margin: 2px auto; border: solid 1px #AAAAAA; background: #DDDDDD; overflow: hidden; "><div style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; height: 3px; min-width: 0%; max-width: 92.50%; width: 92.50%; background: #1D3D8D; "></div></div><div style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: monospace; ">55500 &#47; 60000 (92.50%)</div></div><br /><br />You'll notice that the goalposts have moved, because I passed my original goal of 52K words, and uh ... there's still some novel to go. (Although we're through the climactic battle scene -- mostly -- so now it's just a matter of wrapping things up and nailing together some bits I'd written earlier.)<br /><br />I don't want to go to work tomorrow; I want to stay home and write ...<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=sholio&ditemid=287533" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:140718:287153 2010-10-06T20:29:20Z 2010-10-06T20:31:37Z public 9 Novel status:<br /><div style="margin: auto; text-align: center;width: 30%; " title="89.42%"><div style="text-align: left; margin: 2px auto; border: solid 1px #AAAAAA; background: #DDDDDD; overflow: hidden; "><div style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; height: 3px; min-width: 0%; max-width: 89.42%; width: 89.42%; background: #1D3D8D; "></div></div><div style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: monospace; ">46500 &#47; 52000 (89.42%)</div></div><br /><br />(Of course, the 52K is just a ballpark estimate; it's a YA and there are basically two "halves" to it, and the first one came out around 26K, so that's where I estimated the total. I tend to write long. We'll see.)<br /><br />Also ... regarding tea ... genmaicha? Definitely an acquired taste. One of my co-workers bought some and didn't like it, so she gave it to me; it's roasted/popped brown rice blended with green tea. Tastes kind of like stewed popcorn, IMHO.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=sholio&ditemid=287153" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:140718:283059 2010-09-30T05:32:44Z 2010-10-06T20:30:16Z public 9 I just signed up for <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://yuletart.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/></a><a href='http://yuletart.livejournal.com/'><b>yuletart</b></a></span>. HELP. Okay, I am not signing up for anything else NO MATTER HOW TEMPTING until after Christmas. Really. I mean it this time.<br /><br />Current status of the novel after today's writing:<br /><br /><div style="margin: auto; text-align: center;width: 30%; " title="71.38%"><div style="text-align: left; margin: 2px auto; border: solid 1px #AAAAAA; background: #DDDDDD; overflow: hidden; "><div style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; height: 3px; min-width: 0%; max-width: 71.38%; width: 71.38%; background: #1D3D8D; "></div></div><div style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: monospace; ">37120 &#47; 52000 (71.38%)</div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=sholio&ditemid=283059" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments