Claw

Claw Update

PETERMBALL Works in Progress
Claw Draft
Projected Total: 21,000 (which will probably expand out to 25,000 next draft)
Total Words to Date: 19, 881
Words Done in Previous 24-hour Period: 3236
Deadline: April 30th

So close to the end, and yet I find myself paused but a thousand words (and one scene featuring the reconciliation of the hard-boiled detective and her possessed Russian Blue sidekick) from being able to say the draft is done. I had a significant bout of insomnia last night which left me crabby and unfocused for much of the morning, then a family visit this afternoon for lunch and coffee and cake and chocolate. I’m about to go wash up, have a shower, and rug-up in bed to do the last 1000 words of the draft before having an early night.

Which is good, ’cause I have to write a lecture tomorrow. As well as notes on the next drafting project which will occupy this space in the blogging schedule as of Monday evening…

Claw Update

PETERMBALL Works in Progress

Claw Draft
Projected Total: 25000
Total Words to Date: 16,645
Words Done in Previous 24-hour Period: 2,097
Deadline: April 30th

Chapter Eight is done. My plans for tomorrow have just been cancelled, so I’m thinking I may try and push for the end of the draft instead. With luck, tomorrow night’s update will involve the word “Finished” somewhere.

In other writing news: Got another story ready to send out, but can’t figure out the right title for it; started making notes for the story Jason Fischer set as part of the Dancing Monkey challenge; am now just two active submissions away from getting my number-of-stories-circulating total back into double digits for the first time in 6 months.

Claw Update

PETERMBALL Works in Progress ,

Claw Draft
Projected Total: 25000
Total Words to Date: 14,548
Words Done in Previous 24-hour Period: 1,992
Deadline: April 30th

Last night I spent seven hundred words writing about cat corpses. Lots and lots of cat corpses. As expected, it was like pulling teeth.

Seven chapters down, three more to go. I’m starting to hit the point where I’m getting fidgety and looking forward to being done with this draft, if only so I can go back and fix all the things that are terribly, horribly wrong during the writing of draft two.

On the plus side, it’s looking like I’ll have a new short story to mail out tomorrow.