I have 46,738 words written.  Over 5000 of those were done today.

That means I have 3262 words left until I make the 50k mark.

Screw it, I'm gonna go for broke.  I'm finishing NaNo tonight.

In overall novel news, I'm nearly done with chapter eight.  I really struggled with this one, and still am.  The examination scene was so boooooring to write.  Guh ( Read more... )

That's how much time I have left at work ( Read more... )

It's a little early to be posting this, but I seriously just wrote it and love it to pieces.  I hadn't intended for Philip and Clara to get along like they are, but it is SO NICE.  I am really, really loving their dynamic at the moment.

And Clara?  I can't believe we had such a rough start.  It's so hard to believe that this is the character I've ( Read more... )

This one is a longerish one, folks.  It's from chapter seven and is definitely VERY rough.  I'm reading it now and having to hold myself back from editing it.

Anyway, basic premise is that Clara, our murdered prostitute, was accidentally brought back as a zombie rather than a ghoul.  Philip, our apprentice necromancer, doesn't know the significance ( Read more... )

I went out to dinner with my parents and youngest sister.  We went to Le Shio, an Asian Fusion restaurant that is always excellent.

My tummy is now very happily full of tom ka gai (chicken coconut soup) and the valentina ume shio sushi roll (salmon, tuna, asparagus, mango sauce, and each piece is shaped like a little heart).

I am now sitting in ( Read more... )

There is something very, very wrong with calling for patient benefits and hearing an electronic voice tell you that the insurance is not primary due to the patient being in end-term renal function.

There is just something very, very wrong with that.

I don't know which is more wrong, hearing a machine basically tell me that a patient is getting ( Read more... )

La la la...  This is from chapter five

“So, what now?” he asked, half dreading the answer.

To his surprise, Dr. Carfax pointed off to the right a bit.  “That way, four rows down, six plots in.”

Philip blinked in shock and gaped at him.  “How the hell do you know that?”

“Because the ground there is much darker than the surrounding grass, suggesting ( Read more... )

Guess who's only 2828 words behind catching up ( Read more... )

Bob the Muse:  *pokes*  Hey.

Me: .....

Bob the Muse:  *POKES*  HEY.

Me: ....  Go away.  I hatechu.

Bob the Muse:  *smacks*  Get up, you lazy tart!

Me:  *rolls over.  looks at clock.  groans*  Are you out of your damn mind?  It's five am.

Bob the Muse:  Greatness does not recognize time of day.

Me:  Yeah, well writers do.  Go away.

Bob the Muse:  * ( Read more... )

Just spitting this here for nanoinflames stuff.

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