Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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Word count -- ASHES OF HONOR.

Words: 11,559.
Total words: 100,361.
Reason for stopping: I can no longer convince my eyes to focus, which means stopping time.
Music: lots of country and goth.
The cats: Lilly, in a loaf on the bed; Alice, in a loaf on the floor; Thomas, prowling around the hall.

As I work, I am slowly—very slowly, especially for me—dealing with the edits from my Machete Squad. The fact that I'm within 10,000 words of the projected end of the book means that I will soon be able to take a day and process the remaining edits, which will be nice. I really want to get the first draft out of the way, so that we can bend to the more difficult job of beating said first draft into something resembling shape.

This last month has been absolutely grueling. Since Blackout ran so far over, I have been forcing myself to make word count every day, even when I have edits to crunch, because I need those words to be on the page where they can be corrected more than I need to have the space to move at my usual pace. Once I finish draft one, things can return to something a little closer to normal. I can see some of the holes that currently exist in the book, the places where I'm going to need to build some things up and tear other things down. Now all I need to do is get there.

I need a nap. Goodnight, moon.
Tags: ashes of honor, toby daye, utterly exhausted, word count
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Goodnight cow jumping over the moon.
Precisely.
Good night nothing....and good night mush. (Hee.)

It's not getting as much play around here anymore now that kid wants Pigeons who want to drive buses.

Hope the dreams were sweet ones.
Good luck and good sleeping.
I slept for ALL THE HOURS.
Sweet dreams. (anxiously awaiting Ashes, having totally devoured, in almost one gulp, the first 5 Toby books. REALLY like the way the Tybalt connection is evolving)
It's not going to happen any faster or slower based on my sleep schedule.
Hm. I find I tend to give up trying to write before I lose the ability to focus.

I guess I'll add that to the list of reasons I am not a published author.
I sometimes realize that ability has been lost when I lose the ability to type.
Goodnight, moon

Good morning, sun.
Yes!
I'm eagerly awaiting the continuation of Toby's story, but I'll have 2 other pieces of Seanan goodness to keep me more than happily entertained until it comes along.
Yay. :)
My contract was completed and I've been out of work. My only down time from job hunting has been your October Daye series (finished the last one yesterday).

(start fangirl noises here)
Ahem. Squeee!
(/end fangirl noises here)

Thanks for working so hard on your personal worlds. It's appreciated. Especially by those of us who need a break from reality now and again.

You're very welcome.
What random_girl said.
On other fronts, can we assume, since you have begun mentioning kitties again, that the stalker has been dissuaded? (One does devoutly hope so.)
I haven't received any ugly email in a little while. Still waiting to see what this means long-term.