urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire The Journal of Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire 2011-06-09T02:49:47Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire:361859 2011-06-09T02:49:47Z 2011-06-09T02:49:47Z Katy Perry, "Mannequin." Words: 4,226.<br />Total words: 146,291.<br />Estimated words remaining: 4,000.<br />Reason for stopping: I am sick even unto death.<br />Music: really, really LOUD rock and roll.<br />Cats: Alice, flat on the lower tier of the cat tree; Lilly, on the windowsill; Thomas, on the top level of the cat tree.<br /><br />As expected, I did not finish the book today. Also as expected, the book is going to run a little over my first draft estimate, putting us, oh, probably closer to 155,000 than 150,000 words. That's fine. Soon, I will finish this draft, process my pending edits, and ship the whole messy thing off to the patient Machete Squad for hacking into bits.<br /><br />I am truly and genuinely almost done with my first series as Mira Grant. I am getting ready to write "THE END" on this huge, sprawling, amazing story. I am delighted. I am terrified.<br /><br />I am also sick even unto death, so I'm going to go sleep now.