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The first sentence I wrote since the last time I did an update on the first sentence I wrote…

By Edward Willett in Blog
January 30, 2008
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Andy King had heard Richard’s order to forget the assault shuttle in Africa.Words since last update: 2,711Total words: 82,505Percentage complete (120,000/100,000): 68.8/82.5

The first sentence I wrote yesterday…

By Edward Willett in Blog
January 26, 2008
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…will not appear today, because I didn’t write a new sentence yesterday. However, I have a good reason, and I did work on the book. Here’s what’s happened. For the past, oh, 20,000 words or so I’ve known that I was approaching a point at which the events I have so far described in the …

The first sentence I wrote yesterday…

By Edward Willett in Blog
January 25, 2008
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“And then you’ll kill all the Selkies?” Emily said.Words yesterday: 1,958Total thus far: 79,794Percentage complete (120,000/100,000): 66.5/79.8

The first sentence I wrote yesterday…

By Edward Willett in Blog
January 24, 2008
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OK, technically this is two sentences. Tough! My blog, my rules:Emily didn’t know what to say. How did one respond to the clone of the scientist who created one’s entire race when he expressed his determination to wipe it out?Words yesterday: 1,158Total words: 77,804Percentage complete (120,000/100,000): 64.8/77.8 See, this is why I like writing science …

The first sentences I wrote the day before yesterday and yesterday

By Edward Willett in Blog
January 23, 2008
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The day before yesterday: The backpack provided by Victor Hansen for Chris’s journey inland was heavy enough that he felt it, but not so heavy he thought he couldn’t carry it. Yesterday: “Transmission from the surface for Captain Hansen,” the computer said suddenly. Last two days’ total: 3,428Total thus far: 76,646Percentages (120,000/100,000): 63.9/76.6 And thus …

The first sentence I wrote yesterday…

By Edward Willett in Blog
January 20, 2008
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When Andy King returned to the makeshift morgue, Richard tried to ignore him as he had before: but Andy wouldn’t let him.Words yesterday: 2,383Total words: 70,529Percentage complete (120,000/100,000): 58.8/70.5And so we pass the 70,000-word milestone…

The first sentence I wrote today…

By Edward Willett in Blog
January 19, 2008
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“Derryl?” Richard whispered to the sniper.Words today: 2,430Total words: 68,143Percentage complete (120,000/100,000): 56.8/68.1 Big action sequence tonight, which always moves along quickly. By the way, if you’re wondering how many pages 68,143 words is, I’m currently on page 328 if I put everything in standard manuscript format, and if I were printing the thing out …

The first sentence I wrote yesterday…

By Edward Willett in Blog
January 18, 2008
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Even without Emily, the shuttle was too small for all of them: it would only take four, and they were six. Words yesterday: 2,386Total words: 65,713Percentage (120,000 words/100,000 words): 54.8/65.7

The first sentence I wrote yesterday…

By Edward Willett in Blog
January 17, 2008
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The president and council of the Free Selkie Republic had been remarkably easy to convince of the need to obtain a shuttle, once they had decided that he was to be trusted and the Kemonomimi had to be warned, Richard reflected as he waited for the sub to surface.Hmmm. That sentence really could be a …

The first sentence I wrote yesterday…

By Edward Willett in Blog
January 16, 2008
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Emily woke to the faint brightening of the cabin that signaled morning in the Free Republic, and for a moment wondered where she was; then smiled as she remembered.Words yesterday: 2,414Total words (more or less): 61,509Percentage complete: 51.3 It’s all downhill from here! And again, I suspect I’m going to come in closer to 100,000 …

The first sentence I wrote yesterday…

By Edward Willett in Blog
January 15, 2008
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After what seemed both an eternity and all-too-brief an instant, Emily disentangled herself from Richard and stood back, grinning at him.Words yesterday (more or less): 2,164Total words: 59,102Percentage complete: 49.3

The first sentence I wrote over the weekend…

By Edward Willett in Blog
January 14, 2008
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Why didn’t Victor Hansen just remove our violent tendenices, while he was at it? she thought.Words over the weekend: 3,279Total words: 56,925Percentage complete: 47.4