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And still more progress. Most of this segment was written longhand at work, and typed in just now. I'll try to get at least another thousand words down later today.

Bare Bones 3 )
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But... I'm trying another novel on NaNoWriMo. Here's what I've got so far.

Bare Bones )
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Today's total was 3067 words, half at work, half at home.

Bear False Witness Chapter 2 )
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A book that Scotty loaned me- 'The Art of War For Writers' by James Scott Bell. VERY good and quite useful for a beginning writer like me. I've gone through it once, and I'm most of the way through a second reading. I plan to go through it at least one more time before I return it, and I think I need to get a copy for myself as well. Some of the exercises gave me an idea for a scene which I wrote out, but I'll be damned if I know what I'm gonna do with it.

The novel-prep continues, but I've been pretty stalled since I got sick. Basically, I think I need a brainstorming session to bounce ideas with someone to get enough to start. I wanna know what's going on before I start this time so I can pace things right!

Lastly, I'm likely to get the Desert World writeup done in the next few days, worst case Saturday morning when I'm working overtime. That's about all that's going on now, other than me slowly recovering from being sick.
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Well, I think I'm through the insomnia for the most part. I'm still not sleeping quite as long as I'd like, but at least I'm sleeping. Other than that, things have been quiet for the most part both here in Plague House and at work. I've been working on my short story, 'Thief of Luck', but its still not finished- and by finished I've not gotten the first draft done. I'm REAL close. I thought I'd have it done last night, but stuff went on that slowed me down. I think I have three or four chapters or so left to go. The climax of the tale will be in two chapters- One leadup, then the climax. There there will be one of two more after that. I've still not decided the fate of one of the characters, though at this point I think he'll live to reappear in the second or third novel, where he'll probably be pivotal.

Speaking of the novel, due to several conversations the world has changed drastically, and I may rethink exactly what I'm doing. I'm having second thoughts about the whole prison thing (don't worry if you don't know what I mean here), and might scrap the idea as potentially unwieldy. I'm liking the conspiratorial angle that's developing. As it looks now I have a month to work up the rough outline, and then I'll be writing it on NaNoWriMo in November. It's gonna be tough- while I CAN write 2-3 thousand words at a sitting pretty easily, if I hit blocks like I have with the short it'll get dicey as to whether I can finish in the allotted time of a month. We'll see though. I'll keep plugging at it.

I've also expanded my diet a little. I'm going to start keeping lettuce on hand for use in sandwiches- breaded chicken breast on toast with lettuce and mayo is really good, and I'm going to pick up some summer sausage sandwich meat for more sandwich options. Who knows- Maybe I'll actually be able to pretend that I'm eating healthier. :P

And that's about it. I'll post the short story here and on my FA site when I get the first draft done. Hopefully tomorrow, but... We;ll see.
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This is the first of the short stories starring Ranah, who will be one of the leads in the novel I'm working on. In this, she's 12, and its a major formative event. I wasn't aiming for an action tale here. Enjoy and PLEASE comment!

Into Temptation )

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