Word count -- ASHES OF HONOR.: seanan

Word count -- ASHES OF HONOR.

Words: 6,220.
Total words: 54,400.
Reason for stopping: I have finished chapter thirteen. Now is the time of sleeping.
Music: an awful lot of Glee, really.
The cats: Lilly, on the bed, Thomas, on the orange tree; others, unknown.

If I did not have a bedtime enforced by biology and my need to get up at five o'clock tomorrow morning to go to work, I would have broken two hundred manuscript pages tonight. Since I have this thing, I have stopped at the end of the chapter, which should make the Machete Squad happy. They get a little cranky when I drop eight chapters on them in a single fell swoop. Something about the way where I still expect my comments just as fast...

This was a pretty easy chunk to write, and the next chunk is likely to be the same, since it has characters I adore (and am pretty good at writing for), fun things to do, and lots of running down corridors (which Doctor Who has taught me is a necessary part of all stories). I'm starting to feel pretty darn good about this book. Better yet, I have this entire weekend to work, with the exception of a few podcasts and a trip to the Farmer's Market on Saturday.

Life is good. Goodnight, world.

taldragon

September 16 2011, 07:12:02 UTC 5 years ago

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what work do you do? (for some reason i thought you were a full-time writer - my mistake).

seanan_mcguire

September 16 2011, 14:23:41 UTC 5 years ago

We live in a country without readily available health care for all, which means I keep a desk job, or I die in a gutter. I'm a quality assurance analyst for a non-profit.

September 16 2011, 14:39:34 UTC 5 years ago

no wonder you dont sleep! :)

vettecat

September 16 2011, 17:14:20 UTC 5 years ago

"others, unknown"? Is there more than one other cat out there?

September 17 2011, 03:55:56 UTC 5 years ago

Answer hazy. Ask again later.

tarsa

September 19 2011, 15:42:20 UTC 5 years ago

There are days where I'm convinced my indoor only cats are bringing in friends and having parties. The scary thing, is I'm HOME when this happens! I think the cats are in cahoots with the dogs, since someone is ordering pizza as well...

tallisdawn

September 17 2011, 00:18:46 UTC 5 years ago

Can't wait for Ashes of Honor to come out! It sucks that you have to have a day job. We would like you to be writing full time. :-)

September 17 2011, 03:56:03 UTC 5 years ago

Me, too!

guruwench

September 17 2011, 17:28:08 UTC 5 years ago

I just finished reading One Salt Sea, and... oh, wow. (I daren't say more for risk of spoilering someone who's not read it.)

Thank you for writing this story.

I also have a link to share with you - it's an image I came across on the website haha.nu, and I immediately knew you had to see it.

The image is here.

September 19 2011, 18:55:05 UTC 5 years ago

Awesome, thank you!

yellowblackhaze

September 18 2011, 22:12:31 UTC 5 years ago

I'm happy to read this, because I finished One Salt Sea last week (reviewed at http://travelsthroughiest.blogspot.com, if anyone is interested) and am now consumed with impatience for what happens next! Good luck with the rest of it before the Machete Squad do their obligatory hack and slash on it.

September 19 2011, 18:55:16 UTC 5 years ago

Thank you!

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