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 …
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The first sentence I wrote yesterday…
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…
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
Don D’Ammassa reviews Marseguro
The indefatigable Don D’Ammassa reviews Marseguro and isn’t entirely happy with it: Although this was well enough written, I found myself uncomfortable with elements of the story. The fanaticism of the theocrats seemed a bit forced, even though current events should have convinced me that their excesses are entirely plausible. I think my problem is …
The first sentence I wrote over the weekend…
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
The first sentence I wrote today…
The motley fleet of ships and boats carrying The Avatar’s remnant force of Holy Warriors reached the mainland at first light.Words today: 3,232Total thus far: 53,633Percentage complete: 44.7 (for 120,000 words), 53.6 (for 100,000) It’s beginning to feel like the book will come in closer to 100,000 than 120,000 words, which is fine. It’ll probably …
The first sentence I wrote today…
“We’ve got to rescue him,” she said. Words today: 2,984Total thus far: 50,405Percentage complete: 42 A pretty good day: past the 50,000-word mark, and thus 42 percent of the way to 120,000 words (but remember, I’m only contracted for 100,000, and if that’s what my total ends up being, I’m past halfway!). I hope to …
The first sentence I wrote today…
Sarah’s eyes widened.Words today: 1,892Total words: 47,421Percentage complete: 39.5Under 2,000 today. More tomorrow! (By the way, the “percentage complete” up there is based on 120,000 words. The contract only specifies 100,000, so technically I’m 47.4 percent complete. But Marseguro also started at 100,000 and ended up at 120,000 after rewrites, and anyway it’s more interesting …
The first sentence I wrote yesterday…
For a moment, just for a moment, Richard felt the pull of his old way of thinking, the way of thinking that said that God Itself was all around him, pushing, guiding, forcing, threatening, and protecting, that the only way to survive was to seek the will of God and do it to the best …
The first sentence I wrote today…
Forty-five minutes passed in the evacuated corridor aboard the once–and future, Andy King hoped–MSS Victor Hansen with nothing much happening.Words today: 4,455Total words: 42,201Percentage completed: 35.2 A good day today, but it had to be to even partially make up for getting nothing written Saturday or Sunday!
Free sample of Marseguro now online!
I’ve just posted the first two chapters of my upcoming science fiction novel Marseguro over at edwardwillett.com. Enjoy! And, then, of course, I hope you’ll order the book.
Another cover, another book…
I’d almost forgotten about this one, but if Amazon’s publication date is right, this will actually be my next non-fiction book to appear, before the Janis Joplin biography. It’s Speed, for educational publisher Rosen, part of their charmingly titled series “Incredibly Disgusting Drugs.”
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