Well that snuck up on me.
683 words and Clan Lună 2 is FINISHED at a total of 31,281 words.
Final line:
Together we turned for the trail and starting jogging. We had work to do.
#AmWriting
#L3 #HazFinished!!!!!
Finished with time to spare. Another day I might push it to 1500, but has cleaning that needs to be done.
Topped 30,000 words, just about done with this story. Woot!
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Thirty minutes later, the first groups of returning fighters entered the parking lot. It was a mixed group, some he recognized (something about the way the moon fell on them) as part of Clan Luna. The others, some stumbling along with their hands behind their backs, some carried over someone's shoulder, weren't. Prisoners, then.
G'morning all.
Running late, but starting writing now. Goal for the day is 1000 words.
Managed my 1000 words and dove right into cleaning. We have an apartment inspection coming up Thursday and trying not to stress about it.
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I stayed close to Leyla, who kept us to the edge of the fighting, near the trees. I knew our advanced team had attacked because I saw some of them in the melee. Other than that, I wasn't aware of what was going on except for what was right in front of us.
More than once I heard someone behind me, but Luna whispered in my ear and I knew it was our own people.
G'morning all.
Getting a very late start today thanks to needing to run errands this morning.
Got 50 minutes of my usual writing time left and not sure if I should try to squeeze some writing in or let it go for the day.
Decided to take a chance, and ended up getting 500 words done.
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I didn't argue. This would be my first time in real combat, and it was going to be rough. Fighting another clan in the middle of the woods at night, when we didn't know the terrain and only had a dim idea of the enemy numbers and capability.
“I will, I said.” And I leaned up to kiss him.
It was a soft kiss at first, but it quickly deepened.
Starting writing early today, obvs.
Aiming for 1000 words.
“It's a first quarter moon, so Lună's going to set in about two hours. If we're going to give the stealth team enough time to get set, the trail team is going to have to double-time almost the whole way.” She chewed her lip. “Other than that the timeline works.”
Marcus looked around the whole group. “Any objections?”
“What's double-time?” Came from the back of the group.
“Light jog.”
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Made 1000 words with minutes to spare. Very pleased with this writing session.
G'morning.
Getting a late start today.
I haven't done nearly enough reading the past year, so the last week or so I've been trying to read 2 chapters of my current nonfic book first thing in the morning.
Today's chapters were rather long, hence the lateness.
Now, writing time! Goal is 1000 words
Goal reached! With minutes to spare.
Clan Luna 2 has officially topped 27000 words.
Here's the latest words:
As they neared, Leyla felt a kind of recognition. She smiled. Lia had told them that she was able to recognize other members of Clan Lună. It seemed like Leyla could too.
“These are our people,“ she said into the comm, making no effort to hide her words from the newcomers.
Well that was a big fail.
Managed barely 900 words today. Constant, and I do mean CONSTANT, interruptions completely fucked my writing process.
Still, progress is progress and I'll be back at it tomorrow.
I took a breath and let it out slowly. Dalca was rude as fuck and I understood why Emil said my mother didn't like him. But he was also dealing with a disaster and dozens of injured clanmates. “My sot, Leyla, will handle communications for me. Please get her the phone number for ****'s people so we can stay in contact and make plans before their arrival.”
Dalca grunted again. “Alright, that makes sense. I'll call them and then be in touch.”
He hung up without another word.
I sighed and handed the phone to Leyla. “So... here's the plan.”
“Call this Dalca guy. He's the head of this branch of the clan, he'll know the state of the people there and what they can handle. He'll the best one to get tea from. Then we can make a decision.”
Everyone nodded at that.
Marcus pulled out the phone again.
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1001 words on Clan Luna 2 today.
#AmWriting #L3
time to start writing. Goal for today is 1500 words.
#AmWriting #L3
G'morning all.
Getting a bit of a late start today, so just going to dive into writing with goal of 1500 words for the day.
Yeah, so that writing session went to shit.
Just as I hit my stride, everyone woke up at once and had on-and-off interruptions for 45 minutes.
First time in a while I haven't hit my goal, and I'm kinda pissed about it. I don't ask for much, but I do ask for these two hours each morning to get my writing done in. that shouldn't be too much to ask.
Still, I got 1000 words done, which is pretty good considering.
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Finally, everything was loaded. I climbed into the van and sat next to Karen, hiding my disappointment that once again we would not be getting a night together. Suddenly tired, I snuggling in against her side and yawned. She kissed the side of my head. “It's okay to sleep,” she said, “We have time.”
I didn't actually know how long or how far we'd be driving, but like the other's I'd learned to trust Karen's timelines.
I closed my eyes and held Lună's warmth close to me. The last thing I remember was the sound of the engine turning over as Victor started the van.
I still need to get daily writing done, because fuck if I'm letting the world's horrors stop me. Late start, though, so I'm aiming for 1000 words. Let's see how this goes.
Goal met. Got a thousand words on Clan Luna 2
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"The fact that none of them saw a real problem with how lax their security got makes me think the guardians aren't that good. Better than rent-a-cops, I hope, but not actual professionals,” Marcus said.
Victor grunted.
Am up and writing early today. goal is 2000 words since I have some extra time.
Wish me luck!
Went a few minutes overtime, but met my writing goal for the day, so Score!
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Karen had both Lia and Victor, and all three of them were happy with it. Less than a week ago she'd thought she would always be alone and now she had both of them. It was more than okay. It was perfect.
Hit 1000 words with seconds left. Time to get ready for my appt.
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Snippet:
I crashed on the sofa after the phone call. No one said anything, respecting my need for quiet after that long conversation. But I could feel them thinking, and was pretty sure we were thinking the same thing: what were the chances Nivele followed them to me?
Ugh. Multiple interruptions, I am not making goal today. Just hit 500 words now. But gonna keep going and get as far as I can.
In spite of constant and bloody annoying interruptions, I made 1500 words. Which is not the stretch goal I hoped for, but is my usual daily goal, so I'll take it and be happy.
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“I'm hoping you can answer several questions I have, and give me information. Then I'll answer any questions you may have and we can talk about plans going forward.”
Marcus grinned and nodded encouragement. She was taking control of the conversation from the beginning, just like they'd discussed.
“Very well,” Vasile said, “What do you wish to know?”
“Let's start with how cohesive the clan is at the moment. I was under the impression that the clan scattered after Nivele's attack, but you implied that you could take me to meet the whole clan when we met.”
Gonna start writing a little bit early today. Goal is 2000 words on Clan Lună 2
Wish me luck!
“Oh, something Leyla started — Natalia for formal situations, but Lia when it's just us. Lia said she liked it, so...” Benj shrugged.
“Alright. Lia.” Marcus sighed and took a bite of his cereal.
“Anyway, I was, uh, wondering if you'd want to trade watch shifts. That way you could be there for Lia when she makes the call.”
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Managed 1000 words, not what I hoped, but a lot better than I was afraid of.
Time to start writing.
After the fiasco yesterday I'm lowballing and setting and initial goal of 500 words. If I finish that with time left, I'll set stretch goals as needed.
Fingers crossed, let's see what happens.
I'm at 1000 words and hit a scene break so taking a minute to stretch body AND brain out a bit.
1500 in two hours seems like it's a nice sweet spot for me. I can do more -- have done 2000 on multiple occasions. But it becomes a strain pretty quickly. What's that old rule about running at 80% capacity?
Once again goal met with minutes to spare. I thought I was going to be done early this time, but then phone call fried my brain.
One more reason to set goals at 80% capacity and not be constantly pushing for 100%.
Last line for the day:
The meeting slowly broke up after that, the team spreading out through the apartment to try to get comfortable and get some rest. Natalia stayed at the table, moving her chair around to sit next to Karen. “What are you making?”
I got about an hour and a half to get some writing done. Aiming for 1200 words again. Wish me luck!
Finished with minutes to spare. Rough writing session -- but I got it done.
Last Line:
“I've got an absolute ton of questions for Emil and Ozanna, too, and I need to be preparing to meet my clan for the first time and keep out of sight of Nivelle. I'm not sure where to start.”
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.”