Saturday Report

I'm not really sure how to quantify today's progress. You see, late last night when I couldn't sleep, I decided not to kill someone I had previously killed. So tonight I deleted his death scene and turned it into a close call instead, and then I had to change all the reactions to his death, and that led to a string of new events. So this is how my math goes for today:

To start, I had 32,803 words.

I then added some, and came to 32,896 words.

Then I deleted some, and went down to 32,791 words.

And then I added some more, and I'm now at 33,261 words.


That looks to me like a profit of 458 words, even though I actually wrote more than that, but with the stuff I took out, that's the grand total.

See you all on Monday. I'll now leave you with an LOL Cat.

Friday Night

Today I accomplished just over 400 words, which isn't a lot, but I am very happy about something else I did ... I solved one of my biggest writing problems. You see, I have really sensitive skin, and as the weather gets hotter, I start to stick to my keyboard and the edge of my desk. My wrists and forearms get very sore from sticking and then being peeled off and then sticking again. So tonight, I hot-glued a wide satin ribbon to the edge of my desk and to my keyboard. No more sticking! I'll post pictures on my regular blog in a day or two. Really, I'm quite proud of myself.

Hopefully there will be more writing tomorrow. In the meantime, here is your LOL Cat for the day:

Thursday Night Update

I wrote 1,036 words tonight. I knew you guys were good for me - I wasn't going to write at all, but I knew you'd be waiting for an update. Well, there it is, for whatever it's worth!

I've been feeling a little draggy today, so I have a special treat for you. In addition to your LOL Cat, I give you:



I play this whenever we feel the need to inject some energy into our flagging selves. Enjoy!

Tuesday Night

There's just something about a Tuesday that makes me say ... hooray, it's over. Perhaps it's because tomorrow is Wednesday, which of course marks our halfway point in the week. Maybe it's because Tuesday is one of those days - well, it's like Thursday. Nothing ever really happens on Tuesdays and Thursdays. You have to go out of your way to make a Tuesday or a Thursday exciting - by themselves, they just aren't.

I did, however, meet my goal of adding 1,000 words to my WIP. In fact, I added 1,258 words, which puts me over 30,000 on this rough draft. Not bad ...

Here is today's cat:



What can I say? It made me laugh.

Keep it up, guys ... I'm really proud of the progress you're reporting and I can't wait to see the stuff you're writing now in print.

Monday

Mondays usually rock. See, I spend Sunday having all these great ideas come to me, but I can't do anything about them because I've made a personal decision not to write on Sundays, so by the time Monday morning hits, I'm rarin' to go. My kids had some other ideas today, though, namely my four-year-old who is really going on thirteen. But ... all that notwithstanding, I did just write a tiny little bit. A tiny, tiny little bit. To the tune of 354 words. But hey, it's progress, right??

Here is your LOL Cat for the day:



See you tomorrow ... I'm going to totally smoke it with 1,000 words tomorrow. Just watch me!

Saturday Night Fever

I'm a little warm because it's hot outside, but I don't find myself particularly feverish. Therefore, the title of this blog is a misnomer, except for the fact that it is Saturday night. I'm only lying to you 50%, in case like that.

I just hammered out 1,059 words and while I'm not sure if they're any good, they're 1,059 words I didn't have before. It's progress.

Thanks for your updates, guys - I'm glad to know things are going well for you. And for those of you for whom it's not ... well, all I can say it, keep plugging away. It will level out if you keep at it long enough. That's what makes the difference between a finished book and an unfinished book - the determination of the writer.

Rukia sent me over some great LOLCats specifically for this writing challenge blog. Here's one of them for your enjoyment.

Thursday Night Update

I just added another 986 words to the manuscript, bringing me up to 27,771. Go, Tristi! I also came to the end of all the stuff I'd already written, so when I sit down at the computer tomorrow, I'll be forging out into the unknown. Well, not entirely unknown - I have the remainder of the plot roughed out in my mind. Now to put it to paper!

Hope you're all doing well. Keep up the good work!

And, I promised you an LOL Cat a day ... here you go. I hope it's okay to throw in a bunny once in a while.