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 )

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

( Bear False Witness Chapter 2 )

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.