Stellar Gift of Death Post 126

Stellar Gift of Death 2011 Revision

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New Words: 556
Chapter Sixteen total words: 2199
Total words for the new draft: 67,747
What I hate: Bad news totally knocked me off the game plan of getting 800 words.
The Good: The scene shifted in a better direction than I had in the rough draft.
The Bad: I heard back from the potential second job and the rejection sent me into a pity party.
Fave line: “Fine, a different topic of discussion than your hard-headed detriment to your health. What do you have against decorations?”
What I'm looking forward to: The nasty surprise for Zy in the second scene of Chapter 16.
What I'm not looking forward to: Paying bills.

Stellar Gift of Death Post 125

Stellar Gift of Death 2011 Revision

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New Words: 530
Chapter Sixteen total words: 1643
Total words for the new draft: 67,191
What I hate: People who don’t return phone calls.
The Good: The new schedule has me getting home at 4:30 with energy to do stuff like typing.
The Bad: I need a rug with foot support for the standing desk.
Fave line: “Trouble with the restraints?”
What I'm looking forward to: The nasty surprise for Zy in the second scene of Chapter 16.
What I'm not looking forward to: I still haven’t heard back from the second job I interviewed for.

Tin Man: Prince Metrics Post 13

Tin Man: Prince of the Outer Zone

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New Words: 1837
Total words for the first draft: 8301
What I hate: I still didn’t reach the catch-up word amount the marathon says I should.
The Good: Progress is still a wonderful thing.
The Bad: I don’t know where to open Chapter Three. I thought about jumping straight into the ball, but then I had a second thought of an arrival scene.
Fave Cain line: “Word of advice, Lord Gruffudd, the sooner you get it through your thick skull that nobody tells a Gale woman what to do and you are constantly insulting Princess Dorothy Gale by doing just that and by accusing everyone else of the same thing, the sooner she’ll stop wanting to set you on fire.”
Fave Ahamo line: “Did DG managed to pick out something the Outer Zone considers poor taste?”
Fave Carroll line: “The Viewers will allow that?”
Fave DG line: “Don’t tempt me.”
Fave Galinda line: “You didn’t give him a wet nurse either? Not naming him is bad enough.”
Fave Mrs. Gamgee line: “She’s got no cause to be correcting your staff, who are running your household according to your directions, and especially not so harshly as to scare the beginning servants, m’lady.”

What I'm looking forward to: Finishing the floor plans for Kiamoko. I think I’m finally at the point where I can start dealing with what rooms are on which floors. Finish the style sheet.
What I'm not looking forward to: The characters I have to juggle with the ball scenes.

Stellar Gift of Death Post 124

Stellar Gift of Death 2011 Revision

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New Words: 303
Chapter Sixteen total words: 1113
Total words for the new draft: 66,661
What I hate: Not enough time to do what I want to do!
The Good: Something typed is better than nothing.
The Bad: I was hoping to get a big amount so I wouldn’t worry during the Thanksgiving trip.
Fave line: “Never thought I’d praise this awful hairstyle you’ve adopted.”
What I'm looking forward to: The nasty surprise for Zy in the second scene of Chapter 16.
What I'm not looking forward to: I still haven’t heard back from the second job I interviewed for.

Stellar Gift of Death Post 123

Stellar Gift of Death 2011 Revision

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New Words: 602
Chapter Sixteen total words: 810
Total words for the new draft: 66358
What I hate: Stop planning on working at home because you’re too tired to think straight.
The Good: Lots of progress today.
The Bad: I’m in the middle of this fight scene isn’t good enough waffle and trying to ignore it.
Fave line: “You do realize you are the only Agent employed by IGA who actually follows that!”
What I'm looking forward to: The nasty surprise for Zy in the second scene of Chapter 16.
What I'm not looking forward to: I still haven’t heard back from the second job I interviewed for.

Tin Man: Prince Metrics Post 12

Tin Man: Prince of the Outer Zone

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New Words: 272
Total words for the first draft: 6464
What I hate: Getting paranoid about my flash drive.
The Good: It’s better than no words.
The Bad: We left the building for an office party at lunch and I was seized with a sink feeling that something awful would happen to the flash drive if I left it behind. So I unplugged it and never had a free moment after we got back to plug it back in.
Fave Cain line: “I didn’t think you’d want an audience, but if that’s your preference, I can call them out of the stonework.”
Fave Gruffudd line: “You don’t fool me, Lord Wyatt, you never have. You will never be the power behind the throne. No child of yours will ever rule the Outer Zone, I promise you that.”
What I'm looking forward to: Finishing the floor plans for Kiamoko. I think I’m finally at the point where I can start dealing with what rooms are on which floors. Finish the style sheet.
What I'm not looking forward to: The characters I have to juggle with the ball scenes.

Stellar Gift of Death Post 122

Stellar Gift of Death 2011 Revision

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New Words: 167
Chapter Sixteen total words: 167
Total words for the new draft: 65756
What I hate: Forgetting to type anything.
The Good: I got the journal entry done, but most days I’ve been working on the rough draft.
The Bad: I have no idea which way this scene is going.
Fave line: “That is probably true, but why in the galaxy do you need to know how faster than light travel works?”
What I'm looking forward to: The nasty surprise for Zy in the second scene of Chapter 16.
What I'm not looking forward to: I still haven’t heard back from the second job I interviewed for.

Stellar Gift of Death Post 121

Stellar Gift of Death 2011 Revision

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New Words: 843
Chapter Fifteen total words: 2765
Total words for the new draft: 65589
What I hate: Waiting.
The Good: Finished Chapter 15!
The Bad: I keep feeling like absolute shit by the time I make it home, so I haven’t been doing any typing and barely any writing after I get home.
Fave line: “Has anyone ever told you that you are bad at making sentients feel better?”
What I'm looking forward to: The nasty surprise for Zy in the second scene of Chapter 16.
What I'm not looking forward to: I still haven’t heard back from the second job I interviewed for.

Stellar Gift of Death Post 120

Stellar Gift of Death 2011 Revision

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New Words: 977
Chapter Fifteen total words: 1922
Total words for the new draft: 64746
What I hate: When I wake up and it doesn’t feel like I have slept at all.
The Good: Two straight days of progress!
The Bad: I need to write more in Chapter 16.
Fave line: “By the shades of the ancestors, no. If it hasn’t been buried for a length of time, Uffget has no interest in it. We’ve talked about our research on Holy Days.”
What I'm looking forward to: The nasty surprise for Zy in the second scene of Chapter 16.
What I'm not looking forward to: I still haven’t heard back from the second job I interviewed for.

Tin Man: Prince Metrics Post 11

Tin Man: Prince of the Outer Zone

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New Words: 537
Total words for the first draft: 6192
What I hate: Real life insanity.
The Good: I couldn’t juggle Stellar Gift of Death and the family drama, so I turned to this for some relief from both.
The Bad: I’m not about to beat myself up over any words developed, no matter if they weren’t for what I have a bigger deadline on.
Fave DG line: “If Mother is messing with the decorations, you have my permission to shoot her.”
Fave Franklin line: “Finishing his eggs in between complaints.”
Fave Cain line: “We can’t do anything right? Let’s get him on his way back to where standards match his expectations.”
Fave Gruffudd line: “No guards to help thrown me out, Lord Wyatt?”
What I'm looking forward to: Finishing the floor plans for Kiamoko. I think I’m finally at the point where I can start dealing with what rooms are on which floors. Finish the style sheet. What I'm not looking forward to: The characters I have to juggle with the ball scenes.

Stellar Gift of Death Post 119

Stellar Gift of Death 2011 Revision

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New Words: 956
Chapter Fifteen total words: 956
Total words for the new draft: 63769
What I hate: Taking so long to get off my ass.
The Good: Look! Progress!
The Bad: I’ve been finding it easier to ignore WIP with all the real life ups and downs that have slammed me for about a month. I wasn’t completely slacking, but even my longhand rough draft went slower than it should have.
Fave line: “Look, I understand this jartbetahraas thing is a punishment, but I don’t want to punish you. You are doing a great job with the bodyguarding, which you shouldn’t be doing since you are a witness, so please if there is something you want that makes your life with me easier tell me so I can get it.”
What I'm looking forward to: The nasty surprise for Zy in the second scene of Chapter 16.
What I'm not looking forward to: The complete and utter exhaustion that I have right now.