346 words today on Chrono.  Not much, but it's progress!

Now I'm changing hats-- where did I leave my softball mom cap?

89,140 words thus far.

Squeezed in 303 words today.  Not much, unless you consider that I also finished two course outlines and syllabi and one essay prompt.  The main thing is that I wanted to get something done, and I did.  Go me!

88,793 words complete!  And I'm late picking up the kid from soccer!  AAAH!

1,169 words today, approaching the big, explodey climax of the story.

88,490 words thus far.

As usual, Comic Con flashed by in a whirlwind of colors and noise. I hauled in a vast amount of free books, most of which are from authors I've never read before, so I'm very excited to try something new. I actually made it in to some panels this year as well, so I'm coming home leaning toward hooking the cable and DVR back up after two years of ( Read more... )

Um, apparently I've been remiss.  I didn't realize until I went to post today how long it's been since I last wrote.  Oops!

1,311 words today, however, and more later if I can make them.

Total words thus far: 87,321

2,768 words today, and one great big giant section of the novel finished.  Hooray!  I am one giant step closer to the final confrontation and thrilling climax of the novel ( Read more... )

1197 words today.  There's lots of cool stuff in this bit, like Italian swear words!

Keep placing your bets about what you think the final word count will be in order to win a signed ARC of Chrono Mechanics!  I'll take entries in the comments or via email until June 30th!

Current count: 83,242 words!

1104 words today, pushing along toward the end.  If you're interested in taking bets on what the final word count will be, I'll give an ARC of Chrono Mechanics (when they come out) to the person who gets the closest without going over!  Post your bets in the comments before the end of June!

Current count: 82,045 words complete! 

904 words today.  Yay!  I love feeling like I accomplished something.  I wanted to write 1,000, but this is close enough for now.

80,941 words thus far.  

1442 words today!  Woohoo!  I also hit another milestone by crossing the 80,000 word mark.  It's not a finished book yet, but it's book-length!

Anyone want to take bets on how long the finished first draft will be?  Maybe I should make a contest- what should be the prize?

80,037 words complete!