It looked like all the Holy Warriors on the far side of the shuttle were also dead or wounded…but the snipers had gotten only three of the four machine-gunners inside. Current word count: 81,616New words this session: 2,767Percentage of novel completed: 81.6 Four-fifths done…
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The first sentence I wrote today…
Cheveldeoff sat in the main briefing room of the Retribution with Grand Deacon Braun, watching the video feeds streaming back from the descending shuttle. Current word count: 78,849New words this session: 1,074Percentage of novel completed: 78.8 Everything today was written in the 45 minutes or so I had to myself in the snack room of …
The first sentence I wrote today…
“BPS Sanctification to approaching vessel,” Chris Keating said into the microphone of the headset he’d worn since the ship’s computer had announced that another Holy Warrior vessel had entered the system.Current word count: 77,775New words this session: 2,511Percentage of novel completed: 77.7 I wrote more words than it looks like today; once again I backed …
The first sentence I wrote today…
After disconnecting, Chris sat in shuddering fury for a few seconds, then exploded out of the communications room and went zooming down the ship’s central shaft, zero-G suiting his mood more than the lunar-G environs of the rotating outer hull.Current word count: 75,264New words this session: 3,278Percentage of novel completed: 75.2 And so we pass …
The first sentence I wrote today…
Chris Keating spent the first couple of hours of his time on board the BPS Sanctification being shouted at by various Holy Warriors of increasing rank, but soon enough they were all too sick to shout. Current word count: 71,986New words this session: 2,366Percentage of novel completed: 71.9 Two sessions again today, but not as …
The first sentence I wrote today…
From one prison to another, Richard thought, surveying the bare and barely-big-enough-to-stretch-out-in cabin/cubicle in which he’d been locked on board the Selkie sub. Current word count: 69,620New words this session: 3,467Percentage of novel completed: 69.2 Two sessions today, hence the increased verbiage. I need to push through to the end of the first draft, so …
The first sentence I wrote today…
The subs from Jumpoff Station hadn’t yet arrived when Emily and Farley and their unexpectedly still-living prisoner reached the shattered pier.Current word count: 66,153New words this session: 1,413Percentage of novel completed: 66.1 Got in an hour today after the wine and food festival wrapped up. It was a fabulous time as always, but a bit …
The first sentence I wrote today…
“Maybe you do,” said the girl behind Richard, and pushed him forward.Current word count: 64,740New words this session: 776Percentage of novel completed: 64.7 A short session today (and none yesterday). We spent yesterday on the road to Calgary, and today we went on to Banff for the International Wine and Food Festival at the Banff …
The first sentence I wrote today…
In what had once been the administrator’s office, surrounded by vidscreens glowing the pale green that indicated no signal, they found the man who must have been commander of the Holy Warriors, dead in his chair, head thrown back, red eyes staring at the ceiling, the front of his once-white uniform stiff with dried blood …
Starship Troopers closer to reality:
Robotic powered exoskeletons for soldiers will be delivered to the U.S. Army for testing in 2008. What’s it like to wear one? Main tried it out himself recently. “It makes you feel really, really strong. You get the sensation that you have a lot of strength. I sort of felt like The Hulk and I’m …
The first sentence I wrote today…
…was technically: “Have you checked the basement?” Which is not only a very boring sentence, but one that will not appear in the finished book–because shortly after I wrote it, I realized I had taken a seriously wrong turn in my plot about four scenes back. So instead of writing new material today, I was …
The first sentence I wrote today (Monday)…
The Selkies descended into the streets of Hansen’s Harbor at first light.Current word count: 62, 556New words this session: 984Percentage of novel completed: 62.5
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