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So, today was a 2,500 word day - might have been a skosh higher but I had to spend some time babying my cat. I got a start on a science fiction short that was blooming behind my eyes when I woke up (that's a great feeling) and finished a chapter of Tales of MU. I was thinking of posting it tomorrow (which would be a day early) but I believe I'll wait until Friday. It's bordering on superstition, but I'd rather close out the month with the old publishing schedule and start the new one in December. That, and it'll give me a bigger head start on my cushion.

Also, as an item of note, I made a video review of Silent Hill Revelation.

Crossposts: http://alexandraerin.livejournal.com/427650.html

Oh, I should also mention for tracking purposes that I got 2,500 words yesterday.

Crossposts: http://alexandraerin.livejournal.com/407839.html

~2,500 words of fiction today.

Also did some editing/re-arranging of info in the AWW rules, but not in a way that substantially altered the word count.

I think the first AWW tests will happen very soon after I get back to Omaha. They might be kind of boring to anyone who's excited by the character building or story telling possibilities of the game, as they'll be geared towards testing the raw mechanics, especially in combat. So testers in the very first round will basically get two chapters of the rules and pre-generated characters with partial sheets. Got to make sure the nuts and bolts are sound first.

Crossposts: http://alexandraerin.livejournal.com/390402.html

The Daily Report

Don't always do one of these on the weekends, especially on Sundays, but I just arrived in Hagerstown yesterday and I want to keep in good work habits from the beginning.

I wrote somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000 words yesterday. The uncertainty is partly due to different understandings of the word "yesterday" and partly because I was shifting drafts between Word (for offline work in transit) and Google Docs. I'll split the difference and call it 2,500 words.

It was with a little trepidation that I checked the early responses to yesterday's chapter. I wrote much of it in transit and all of it while fairly sleep deprived, so while I thought it was good, there was always the chance for things like huge discontinuities or obviously missing parts or major errors in creative judgment. But I still like it by the light of day, and it seems that the readers do, too.

After I got the chapter posted last night, I set up the Wii I'd brought with me and introduced Sarah and Jack to the joys of Mario Kart and Smash Bros. Brawl. Much fun was had by all.

State of the Me

Between insomnia, travel anxiety, traveling, and video game excitement, I went about 38 hours without sleep. That probably has something to do wit how I was able to get my best night of sleep in a long time, even when it was too hot for blanketing. Although if I were in a hardcore insomnia phase, even that wouldn't have made much of a difference, so I'm hopeful that insomnia has broken.

I've been here less than 24 hours so it might be too soon to tell, but my allergies seem to be bothering me less here than they were in Nebraska. At the very least I'm not being hammered.

Plans For Today

We have social plans and stuff we need to go out and do, so I'm not going to do much more than sit down and write for an hour at some point if I can, or for one twenty minute burst if I can't.

Crossposts: http://alexandraerin.livejournal.com/384637.html

~2,500 words. w00t! I don't feel awesome but I beat my mark.

My goal for tomorrow is going to be to finish the chapter for Saturday, which seems pretty well within my reach. If I accomplish this I will be posting it at or around midnight Saturday so I don't have to worry about it. If I don't, I'll complete it in transit (or more likely, during my layover) and post it from Hagerstown.

Crossposts: http://alexandraerin.livejournal.com/383522.html

THE DAILY REPORT

Just realized that I didn't do a word count at the end of day Friday. It was ~2500, which is good. Not great. I did take time out in the middle of the day to coordinate airline ticket purchasing with Jack, so we can sit together on the way to and from WisCon.

I'm having another issue that might be called a specific form of writer's block that's keeping the word count "low", but since "low" means "between two and three thousand words per day" I'm not too worried about it. It's not something that'll affect Tales of MU.

This week I'm doing the whole "regular work week" thing to get back into the flow of things.

STATE OF THE ME

It's cooling down some, which is awesome. No physical or mental complaints.

DREAMS FROM LAST NIGHT

Some kind of higher power/race like a mix between the Q Continuum and the Time Lords had given me a touch of their power and was trying to recruit me to join them completely, which I was opposed to because it would mean giving up everything in my life and devoting myself to whatever cosmic pursuits they wanted me for. They had a big trial thing to decide my worthiness and that was going to be the sole deciding factor about if it happened or not. Resolved it by convincing them that the qualities they wanted me for would disappear if they stripped me of my humanity. And Lady Gaga was my advocate at the trial.

PLANS FOR TODAY

Want to get the main body of the next MU chapter done. I'm not really feeling much of anything else but I'm trying some free writing anyway.

Crossposts: http://alexandraerin.livejournal.com/375710.html

2,500 words today. Man, that used to be what I'd consider to be average and now it's... well, if this is not the worst full writing day I've had since near the beginning of January, it's close. And because I have some very reassuring readers out there, I want to be clear: I don't feel bad about this. I had a "bad" day in terms of word flow but that's a respectable output by anyone's measurement.

At a little bit after 6, I saw myself as being within striking distance of the finish line on the Other Tales story I was writing, but I wasn't fully satisfied with it. It lacks the pop and sparkle of a lot of recent chapters, and even though it's got a fan favorite character (or at least Vera seems to be emerging in that direction) and I'm sure people would enjoy it as written I don't want to slide by on what I can get away with, quality-wise. As much as I'm dedicated to a predictable and steady schedule, I'd rather "get away" with transgressions in that area.

The thing that most of the recent updates have in common is that the actual writing was done in two days, but mostly in one day... I write the bulk of them, and then on a later day I go back over them and then post them. And I think that's part of why they've been so strong.

One thing about writing is that you can only get so far with a plan. Some times you need to take a step back and look at where things have been heading and what's been emerging, and figure out what needs trimming and what needs polishing and what needs a little more sunlight and room to grow. Even when this is only the difference between decent and good rather than terrible and good or decent and great, it's still a difference.

Crossposts: http://alexandraerin.livejournal.com/364647.html

It's a state of affairs that will last less than 24 hours, but as of this minute I am two chapters ahead. This is pretty unprecedented. At ~2800 words, this is one of my least productive writing ~~months this day~~ days this month (note to self: read through draft of chapter 64 carefully before posting it), but that just shows how far I've come. A textbook "bad day for writing" is still... really quite good.

Crossposts: http://alexandraerin.livejournal.com/359977.html

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