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New Words: 326
Chapter Nineteen total words: 2160
Total words for the new draft: 82,403
What I hate: Nothing, today is a wonderful day. :D
The Good: Look at how much I got done before leaving on my trip.
The Bad: This is probably the last I’ll get to type for at least five days.
Fave line: “He hasn’t been that subtle for a while now.”
What I'm looking forward to: Sherwood Forest Faire!
What I'm not looking forward to: All the driving I must do.

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New Words: 67
Chapter Nineteen total words: 2160
Total words for the new draft: 82,077
What I hate: Two-day holiday, even though we worked one of the days, always gives a mountain of work to do when we come back.
The Good: I managed to type of 67 words.
The Bad: Between packing and the paying job, I haven’t got much else done on my fiction.
Fave line: “We owe Tonork that much,” she nodded.
What I'm looking forward to: I think I’ll have all the scenes in Part 4 of the novel written before I figure out how to tie together Part 3.
What I'm not looking forward to: Packing the car tonight.

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New Words: 303
Chapter Nineteen total words: 2160
Total words for the new draft: 82,010
What I hate: Why is it so hard to concentrate?
The Good: Awkward part of the date is over.
The Bad: Now I have to give the characters the bad news.
Fave line: “I was under the impress that we had made him angry enough to disregard caution when I had it.”
What I'm looking forward to: I think I’ll have all the scenes in Part 4 of the novel written before I figure out how to tie together Part 3.
What I'm not looking forward to: Finishing the corset.

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New Words: 431
Chapter Nineteen total words: 2160
Total words for the new draft: 81,707
What I hate: It’s not a sewing project until you stab yourself and bleed on it.
The Good: What a difference having electricity makes. I squeezed in an hour of writing.
The Bad: I didn’t do any editing.
Fave line: “I recognized that I could never have any type of relationship with you if I forced you to go against your bonds of loyalty, and in fact, that it would probably be the quickest way to find myself in an IGA court.”
What I'm looking forward to: I think I’ll have all the scenes in Part 4 of the novel written before I figure out how to tie together Part 3.
What I'm not looking forward to: Everything I have to do on Sunday because I will have electricity to do it!

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New Words: 28
Chapter Nineteen total words: 2160
Total words for the new draft: 81,276
What I hate: How much of my necessary equipment runs on electricity.
The Good: I got a paragraph finished before leaving for the wedding I promised to go to with my mother.
The Bad: I had such good hard working plans for today. And then the electricity went out for three and a half hours and my roof started gushing in multiple places. It put a cramp on my sewing too.
Fave line: “I do not worry too much when it comes to you.”
What I'm looking forward to: I think I’ll have all the scenes in Part 4 of the novel written before I figure out how to tie together Part 3.
What I'm not looking forward to: Everything I have to do on Sunday because I will have electricity to do it!

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New Words: 206
Chapter Nineteen total words: 2160
Total words for the new draft: 81,248
What I hate: The first night I had to get home on time, and traffic goes nuts and I spend TWO HOURS just getting home!
The Good: I found a visual for the dress Zy is wearing in the dinner date scene.
The Bad: After two hours stuck in the car and an hour at my parents, words to write fled far, far away.
Fave line: “This is going back to how my saucer isn’t decorated, isn’t it?”
What I'm looking forward to: I think I’ll have all the scenes in Part 4 of the novel written before I figure out how to tie together Part 3.
What I'm not looking forward to: Fighting with my cat over borrowing his table to sew on.

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New Words: 141
Chapter Nineteen total words: 2160
Total words for the new draft: 81,042
What I hate: Being out of sync for nearly the entire week.
The Good: My long weekend vacation for my birthday has been approved! SQUEE!
The Bad: I’m unsure about the romantic tension in this scene. I’m trying not to fret about it, because I know I can’t trust my perceptions while writing.
Fave line: “Her loss if she keeps judging Mealte by his teeth and talons. Now, what do you think of all this?”
What I'm looking forward to: I think I’ll have all the scenes in Part 4 of the novel written before I figure out how to tie together Part 3.
What I'm not looking forward to: Fighting with my cat over borrowing his table to sew on.

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New Words: 111
Chapter Nineteen total words: 2160
Total words for the new draft: 80,901
What I hate: I got more done at home, but I get paid to go to the paying job.
The Good: It’s Valentine’s Day and I’m working on a date scene. :D
The Bad: Ugh, I didn’t get nearly as many words as I wanted to have done.
Fave line: “Please, Zy. I have been inviting you to [name of restaurant] for [time span]. Don’t spoil it by forcing me to dine and converse with that predatory Mheyloid.”
What I'm looking forward to: I have 22 beat scenes left to hit. *Blinks* I have never been this close to the conclusion. I’m also looking forward to the new complication Sithna brings to the group.
What I'm not looking forward to: Being brain dead when I get home tonight.

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Stellar Gift of Death Post 161

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New Words: 320
Chapter Nineteen total words: 2160
Total words for the new draft: 80,790
What I hate: Why can’t I stick to the schedule on the weekends? I do just fine on a Monday. :p
The Good: Switched scenes and the words started flowing again.
The Bad: I don’t understand this break in my usual linear writing flow, but nothing is taking a vicious turn away from my beat sheet so I’ll figure out how to put them in chapters later.
Fave line: “I probably own more dresses than you do non-suits.”
What I'm looking forward to: I have 22 beat scenes left to hit. *Blinks* I have never been this close to the conclusion. I’m also looking forward to the new complication Sithna brings to the group.
What I'm not looking forward to: Being brain dead when I get home tonight.

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New Words: 255
Chapter Nineteen total words: 2160
Total words for the new draft: 80,470
What I hate: What is it about Saturdays that means I can’t concentrate on anything writing related?
The Good: I got into the grove on Sunday.
The Bad: I’m losing this scene already.
Fave line: “And you’re still planning to go to the office everyday?”
What I'm looking forward to: I have 22 beat scenes left to hit. *Blinks* I have never been this close to the conclusion. I’m also looking forward to the new complication Sithna brings to the group.
What I'm not looking forward to: Being brain dead when I get home tonight.

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New Words: 597
Chapter Nineteen total words: 2160
Total words for the new draft: 80215
What I hate: That I can’t really time myself while writing on the paying job, so I don’t know how long it took me to be that productive.
The Good: Wow, it was a productive day!
The Bad: Keeping the momentum going.
Fave line: “I know, goes against everything I have ever said about interest shown about me.”
What I'm looking forward to: I have 22 beat scenes left to hit. *Blinks* I have never been this close to the conclusion. I’m also looking forward to the new complication Sithna brings to the group.
What I'm not looking forward to: Being brain dead when I get home tonight.

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New Words: 397
Chapter Nineteen total words: 2160
Total words for the new draft: 79,618
What I hate: Shows I watch taking a break. I don’t watch that many and you should be able to schedule them without skipping any weeks.
The Good: Moving to a new scene worked in a big way! Tomorrow I’ll probably jump ahead to a few more.
The Bad: I still have to figure out how to connect these scene with the rest of the manuscript. *stuffs fingers in ears* LA LA LA LA Not thinking about that. Going with whatever gives me words on page. LA LA LA LA!
Fave line: “She just being so gushy and fawning, and he’s just soaking it up like he’s entitled to it.”
What I'm looking forward to: I have 22 beat scenes left to hit. *Blinks* I have never been this close to the conclusion. I’m also looking forward to the new complication Sithna brings to the group.
What I'm not looking forward to: Being brain dead when I get home tonight.

Fairy Sighting

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New Words: 274
Chapter Nineteen total words: 2160
Total words for the new draft: 79,221
What I hate: Finding something interesting to read on the internet. Right now, it is film critical analysis of Stanley Kubric’s the Shining.
The Good: After four days of no forward momentum, I decided to skip around to the scenes I have in my head right now. So I typed up what I had clawed out of my head onto paper since Feb. 2nd. But in more good news, IT finally fixed my computer problem last Friday!
The Bad: That’s all I managed to claw out of my head?
Fave line: “If there was a way to stop it, I could protect my head too.”
What I'm looking forward to: I have 22 beat scenes left to hit. *Blinks* I have never been this close to the conclusion. I’m also looking forward to the new complication Sithna brings to the group.
What I'm not looking forward to: Being brain dead when I get home tonight.

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New Words: 132
Chapter Nineteen total words: 1886
Total words for the new draft: 78,947
What I hate: My hearing is bad (doctor certified) and I’m stuffy in the head. So no I DIDN’T HEAR WHAT YOU SAID, MOTHER, instead of making it into the I’m ignored on purpose drama that you’re doing!
The Good: I got some words in.
The Bad: I didn’t get words in once I got home like I had promised myself I would do.
Fave line: “Never mind that. I have to put another bunk into my saucer before we can leave.”
What I'm looking forward to: I have 22 beat scenes left to hit. *Blinks* I have never been this close to the conclusion. I’m also looking forward to the new complication Sithna brings to the group.
What I'm not looking forward to: IT not finding a way to fix the problem tomorrow. :(

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New Words: 240
Chapter Nineteen total words: 1754
Total words for the new draft: 78,815
What I hate: The stuffy but draining sinuses that are making it hard to think coherently.
The Good: Look, progress.
The Bad: Come on, brain, kick into gear and get this chapter finished.
Fave line: “You’re making yourself the target.”
What I'm looking forward to: I have 22 beat scenes left to hit. *Blinks* I have never been this close to the conclusion. I’m also looking forward to the new complication Sithna brings to the group.
What I'm not looking forward to: IT not finding a way to fix the problem tomorrow. :(