And good thing I'm up early bc I just remembered I have a thing smack in the middle of my usual writing time.
Starting now gives me an hour and a half to write in, setting goal at 1200 words.
My focus is shot and it took me about an hour to get 600 words, but solid progress. Got another 50 minutes to work, let's see if I can make goal.
Goal reached with 10 minutes to go. Gonna stop here and grab some lunch. Woot!
Last line:
"...So how about we plan a time—” he glanced at Natalia and she nodded, mouthing 'tomorrow' “—tomorrow when we can have that conversation.”
With all the everything, getting a very late start on writing today.
I've got about an hour to work in, and a goal of 750 words.
Let's see how it goes.
After a few minutes silence, she said, “Turns out Natalia is a cuddler.”
Victor grinned. “That so?”
“She and Benj are tangled together like a couple of puppies, but when it was Benj's turn at watch, she was just as happy to cuddle up to me.” Leyla smiled at the memory. “Didn't get elbowed once, either. Unlike some people I could mention.”
Victor rolled his eyes.
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About 850 words done. Pleasantly surprised given how I've been feeling.
I think I figured out where i started going sideways on Clan Luna 2.
It's further back than I'd hoped, got a lot of rewriting to do. But I think I can finally start moving forward again.
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Elisabeti shrugged uncomfortably. She didn't want to admit it, but Aswathi's visits, even heard second hand, were the highlight of her day. They reminded her that there was a life outside the camp, that there were humans who could be trusted. That maybe she wouldn't always be alone.
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Got started writing Price of Survival: Elisabeti. 600 words done. Feels like it's off to a good start, but time will tell!
"They had a calcified blob of insecurity hidden inside a lipid packet of entitlement, just like half the people in grad school." #amwriting #scifi
Jess Mahler
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I made a seventh book of poetry available on Internet Archive
Elephant Snow
https://archive.org/details/elephant-snow-by-richard-j-tilley
Previous books available on Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/@rtilley4
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https://subspacewagon.io
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https://www.richard.tilley.network/
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#Today 14
Good day!
QUESTION:
How far do you have to travel in Missoula to hike?
ANSWER:
Not far.
How warm was it yesterday? So warm that I’d have sworn it was early September.
Now, we’ve begun our journey back to normal, including forecasted rain.
Be everwell.
#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #FootpathFriday #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography
#Today 14
Good day!
QUESTION:
How far do you have to travel in Missoula to hike?
ANSWER:
Not far.
How warm was it yesterday? So warm that I’d have sworn it was early September.
Now, we’ve begun our journey back to normal, including forecasted rain.
Be everwell.
#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #FootpathFriday #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography
Jess Mahler
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I, without any previous experience, wrote 100 different short stories, around 1,000 words each, for a total of over 105,000 words! Find them on my #blog, or don't; it's a free country!
http://maxalmonte.com/blog/i-wrote-fiction-for-100-days-straight-and-heres-what-happened/
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Still stuck on the Clan Lună sequel, but made some good progress to today on the synopsis/outline for Price of Survival: Elisabeti.
I'm thinking of backburner-ing Clan Lună for now, since I'm not even sure what the problem is. Let my hindbrain stew on it for a while I focus on the projects I can make progress on.