Many apartments were empty, but Emily noticed one in particular: “Chris Keating,” it said on the annunciator panel in the lobby. Current word count: 57,813New words this session: 1,859Percentage of novel completed: 57.8
I survived!
Well, here I am on the far side of the big move (we switched houses with my mother-in-law). My office is, if not exactly in order, at least in enough semblance of order that I can actually do some work in it and resume important activities like…well, blogging! No fiction since Saturday, I’m afraid, but …
The first sentence I wrote today (Saturday)…
The lights from Jumpoff Station provided plenty of illumination this close to the giant spheres, but not far away the darkness lurked, waiting for them.Current word count: 55,954New words this session: 991Percentage of novel completed: 55.9 Most of today was spent on moving (except for going to the Regina Symphony Orchestra concert tonight and a …
The first sentence I wrote today (Friday)…
For ten minutes Chris Keating called Richard Hansen’s name, but finally gave up and sat back down on his bench/cot.Current word count: 54,963New words this session: 1,232Percentage of novel completed: 54.9
Another science fiction staple edges toward reality:
IBM has developed a speech-to-speech translator. No, it’s not Star Trek‘s “Universal Translator,” but give it a couple of centuries…
The first sentence I wrote today…
“Grand Deacon–” Richard began to protest.Current word count: 53,731New words this session: 1,021Percentage of novel completed: 53.7
Light blogging alert
From now through the middle of next week, my main focus is on our house move, so blogging will range from light to non-existant, I expect. (Although you never know…) I’ll be without computer or Internet for at least a day, most likely, among other things. I’ll still try to get that “First sentence I …
The first sentence I wrote today…
The playback began, and Emily watched in horror as her world was destroyed.Current word count: 52,710New words this session: 1,817Percentage of novel completed: 52.7 I wrote the first part of today’s count sitting in the Vancouver airport waiting for my flight to board, and the second part sitting in my usual spot in the Second …
Photo of the Day: Quite a View!
The view out my window at the Executive Airport Plaza Hotel in Richmond, B.C., this afternoon as I worked on my Janis Joplin biography. It was actually quite interesting, in a Mighty Machines sort of way. More photos here.
Creepy
You know that chilling scene in Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol where Scrooge is forced to confront his own tombstone by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come? Now I know a little bit how Scrooge feels. This is in Precious Blood Cemetery, South Hadley, Massachusetts, and I found it on this website. Fortunately my …
The first sentence I wrote today…
If this is war, how come only one side is shooting? Current word count: 50,893New words this session: 3,035Percentage of novel completed: 50.8 A particularly prolific day of 3,035 new words of fiction (at both Second Cup and the Foggy Dew, thanks for asking) puts me over the halfway mark to my 100,000-word goal! Yay! …
Band-aid solutions
Humans, as you may have noticed, are covered with skin. This tissue, the largest organ of the body, is both waterproof and amazingly tough, but it isn’t impervious (unless you hail from the planet Krypton). Sharp objects can and do cut through it. Cutting through the skin invariably involves cutting blood vessels, which leads to …
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