Word count -- The Mourning Edition.: seanan

Word count -- The Mourning Edition.

Current stats:

Words: 4,760.
Total words: 28,570.
Reason for stopping: chapter five and book one are finished.
Music: oddly enough, lots of folk music.
Lilly: queen of everything atop her cat tree.

As predicted, the end of chapter five of The Mourning Edition was also the end of Book I! Woo-hoo! So now I can honestly answer "How's the book going?" with "Oh, I finished it yesterday, I'm working on the next one now." (This is fun because of the looks it makes people give me. I adore confusing my friends.) Also, the end of Book I brings us past the magical hundred-page mark. Yes! This book is now over a hundred pages. The magical stamp of 'I can be a real novel when I grow up' has been applied. Since Newsflesh came in at just under 150,000 words, I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark and say that I am now 20% of the way to 'done.' So that doesn't suck, either.

(Book I, for the curious, was titled 'Point of Infection.' Book II is titled 'Vectors and Victims.' Telling you the titles of the various books really doesn't give anything away unless you have the actual text to provide some much-needed context. Because I'm just sneaky that way. Also, zombies.)

The Newsflesh/Mourning Edition universe is an incredibly fun one to play around in, even though each individual book has a body count that basically equals what I've managed in five volumes of Toby. (The series really needs a better title. I usually just call them 'the Mason books' and figure people know what I'm talking about.)

Zombies.

Yay.

spectralbovine

November 12 2008, 22:24:05 UTC 8 years ago

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So when do I get to reeeeead it? Finish it faster!

seanan_mcguire

November 12 2008, 22:25:15 UTC 8 years ago

Oh, my darling, how I wish that were an option...

*plugs herself into the magical 'finish it faster' machine*
*goes to bed*
*wakes up to a completed novel*
*and a pony*
*with Ebola*

November 12 2008, 22:32:01 UTC 8 years ago

Pony Zero!

November 12 2008, 22:34:22 UTC 8 years ago

He eats grains...

...and BRAINS!

ladymondegreen

November 13 2008, 00:46:56 UTC 8 years ago

Who has Ebola, you? The pony? Both?

Does Ebola make you write faster?

*ducks and runs*

November 13 2008, 20:50:48 UTC 8 years ago

Ebola makes me happy, and happy blondes write faster, so...yes!

hsifyppah

November 12 2008, 22:36:57 UTC 8 years ago

So now I can honestly answer "How's the book going?" with "Oh, I finished it yesterday, I'm working on the next one now."

Oh like you need to cheat to make people boggle at how fast you write.

November 13 2008, 20:51:19 UTC 8 years ago

...okay, point to you. But! Crazy Dr. Lunderville shows up in 'Vectors and Victims'! So you already love this book.

November 14 2008, 06:17:49 UTC 8 years ago

I lurve all your books, you wicked beast. *smooch*

November 23 2008, 20:54:33 UTC 8 years ago

As long as you keep loving all my books, my life is complete. :)

elucreh

November 13 2008, 02:22:26 UTC 8 years ago

I'M SO EXCIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITED TO HEAR THAT! MORE MASONS!! ZOMBIES!!!

...you know, before I knew you, I was never excited about zombies.

Even after I knew you, but before Newsflesh, I was never excited about zombies.

You made me excited about zombies.