Total Bookage=86,860 words
10,592 words
…with 3 minutes on the clock…
Closing the distance on 90K. All those balls in the air just started to fall at the end of Chapter 30. And Talia is about to get the name of the second soul she has to take…and it’s a real game changer.
Things are starting to explode at the seams. It’s the beginning of the end. In the final stretch. It’s gonna go to 100K…I’m almost certain.
Gotta make tomorrow count because Monday afternoon, I have my long awaited (dreaded) DMV appointment. So, probably won’t get much writing done on Monday. When I become a card-carrying Nevadan at last. Leaving behind the last remnants of Indiana and my old life.
I actually had my first incident of feeling homesick. But it was more missing parts of a life that doesn’t exist anymore. Wishing I could just get up from my desk, look out the window at my old Japanese Maple I raised from a twig, and then plop down on the couch to run a plot problem past my mom. Or just complain about the weather. Ask her what she’s watching. Or say nothing at all, just feel her presence a few feet away. Still gets tough even after two years.
G’nighters.
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7,291 words
No break for steps tonight. Because I’m wimping out. So, what am I doing instead? Steps to the fridge. To pay my friend, Char Donay a visit. We haven’t talked in a while.
It’s one glass! Sheesh!
Anyway…back at it…
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4,178 words
Ah, hell, I’ve got nothin’…more words written, story’s still burning through my brain faster than I can type it. Either way, I’m gonna ride this funky wave until I crash into the back of a minivan.
Back at it…
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1,740 words
Just finished Chapter 27. Slamming into 5th gear toward 80K.
Still have lots to tell…don’t think this one’s going to finish at 85K. Going to be at least 100K, but we’ll see. When I look at how much story is left, I don’t think 20K will cover it. So, I’ll let it be as long as it wants. But this draft is going to need some major pruning when I’m done.
Wow, much longer than I expected when I started it. Definitely better than having it wrap up at 40K. I saw this series as a trilogy. Until a few days ago when a book 4 idea started working its way through my brain. And if this book goes any longer, there might be a fifth.
Not seeing this as a problem. 😎
Back at it…