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New Words: 541
Chapter Seventeen total words: 3256
Chapter Eighteen total words: 282
Total words for the new draft: 74,148
What I hate: What do you mean I forgot to post this?
The Good: Happy holidays!
The Bad: There is no way I’ll finish this novel by Dec. 31st.
Fave line: “Rejeld thinks he’s doing the galaxy good by killing racketeers, I don’t know why you want to stop him from doing us a bit of good by getting rid of Riteno.”
What I'm looking forward to: The holiday and I will be locking myself in my house for the majority of the duration.
What I'm not looking forward to: Getting pulled out of my house for family obligations.

Stellar Gift of Death Post 138

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New Words: 886
Chapter Seventeen total words: 3082
Total words for the new draft: 73,607
What I hate: Holy crap! When was the last time I cleaned the stove top?
The Good: I’m happy with the scene so far, but Riteno has been rather sedate.
The Bad: I’ve figured out how the trap will be sprung, which is good because I’ve been rather clueless about it ever since I thought it up five or six years ago. Now I just don’t know if I should start Chapter Eighteen or put it in Chapter Seventeen.
Fave line: “And you are his zy.”
What I'm looking forward to: The holiday and I will be locking myself in my house for the majority of the duration.
What I'm not looking forward to: Getting pulled out of my house for family obligations.

Stellar Gift of Death Post 137

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New Words: 41
Chapter Seventeen total words: 2196
Total words for the new draft: 72,721
What I hate: Getting distracted when I got home.
The Good: I’m off tomorrow, I can concentrate on writing.
The Bad: Chores have piled up and I will have to do them and write tomorrow. It’s all well and good for the advice books to say ignore that stuff, but I’m nearly out of dishes.
Fave line: She had no way of see if the first ones were smeared by Rejeld.
What I'm looking forward to: The holiday and I will be locking myself in my house for the majority of the duration.
What I'm not looking forward to: Getting pulled out of my house for family obligations.

Stellar Gift of Death Post 136

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New Words: 176
Chapter Seventeen total words: 2155
Total words for the new draft: 72,680
What I hate: Where the hell do all these people come from when it’s time for me to go home?
The Good: Words made it to the file.
The Bad: In the shadow of Mount Parnassus, the office party was distracting!
Fave line: “Where the hell did you stand to watch, Rejeld?”
What I'm looking forward to: The holiday and I will be locking myself in my house for the majority of the duration.
What I'm not looking forward to: Getting pulled out of my house for family obligations.

Stellar Gift of Death Post 135

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New Words: 692
Chapter Seventeen total words: 1979
Total words for the new draft: 72,504
What I hate: There will be no way I get home tonight even close to on time.
The Good: Wow, the work holiday party was not as big a distraction as I thought it would be.
The Bad: I’m still way far behind.
Fave line: “Bastez’s organization is shy.”
What I'm looking forward to: The holiday and I will be locking myself in my house for the majority of the duration.
What I'm not looking forward to: Getting pulled out of my house for family obligations.

2011 Fiction Word Count Week 50

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New Words: 142
Chapter Seventeen total words: 1287
Total words for the new draft: 71,812
What I hate: Why the bloody hell do I make plans?
The Good: It’s a new week. Mom’s better, which meant she got to catch me up on everything since this weekend. Which also meant no time to work when I finally got home. *headdesk*
The Bad: Thursday, I bought a tire. Friday, I waited for something else to go wrong. Needless to say, my brain went into distraction mode and I didn’t get anything done this entire weekend. I’m not beating myself up over it, but I really need to make some forward progress on this story.
Fave line: “If I ever have to take a case in the Erm system, I’ll be sure to conduct interviews outside.”
What I'm looking forward to: The holiday and I will be locking myself in my house for the majority of the duration.
What I'm not looking forward to: Getting pulled out of my house for family obligations.

Stellar Gift of Death Post 133

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New Words: 57
Chapter Seventeen total words: 1145
Total words for the new draft: 71,670
What I hate: This whole week. See Intentionally Left Blank for details.
The Good: No, I don’t have anything good for today.
The Bad: I’m not surprised at the shitty output. Go look at the rest of my week and you won’t be surprised either.
Fave line: “Do you have the coronerbot’s report?”
What I'm looking forward to: This week to be over.
What I'm not looking forward to: Buying another tire and talking to my credit union.

2011 Fiction Word Count Weeks 43 - 49

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New Words: 780
Chapter Seventeen total words: 1088
Total words for the new draft: 71,613
What I hate: This whole week. See Intentionally Left Blank for details.
The Good: Got close to the word count I wanted.
The Bad: My focus was going every which way for no real reason. I don’t know what was wrong with me.
Fave line: “You’re aptly named for a Solid. No wonder Riteno didn’t know what to do with you.”
What I'm looking forward to: This week to be over.
What I'm not looking forward to: Buying another tire and talking to my credit union.

Stellar Gift of Death Post 131

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New Words: 1761
Chapter Sixteen total words: 4953
Chapter Seventeen total words: 308
Total words for the new draft: 70,833
What I hate: Where do all these dirty dishes come from? Are they breeding?
The Good: Finished Chapter Sixteen and started Chapter Seventeen.
The Bad: I couldn’t make it to over 2000 words. Maybe tomorrow.
Fave line: “The Chief set the trap.” She jerked her eyes away from her painting to Xeryl’s wide eyes. “We came to Fuge 3 because the Chief told me there was a murder victim here. There is no victim and we were supposed to be killed in route.”
What I'm looking forward to: The weather will still be cold this weekend, so I’m going to stay curled up next to the heater and write.
What I'm not looking forward to: I will have to take breaks for food, dishes, and laundry, but otherwise just writing!

Stellar Gift of Death Post 130

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New Words: 122
Chapter Sixteen total words: 3500
Total words for the new draft: 69,072
What I hate: I have no idea what Mustard has against Tony Hillerman, but those are the books he keeps pulling off the bookshelf when he wants me to get out of bed.
The Good: Wow, this week I have felt like a sleep-deprived zombie and I still got words done.
The Bad: Wow, I barely got any words out this week because I felt like a sleep-deprived zombie.
Fave line: “All their shipments go through the Per spacelane, so what do you think.”
What I'm looking forward to: The weather will still be cold this weekend, so I’m going to stay curled up next to the heater and write.
What I'm not looking forward to: I will have to take breaks for food, dishes, and laundry, but otherwise just writing!

Stellar Gift of Death Post 129

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New Words: 225
Chapter Sixteen total words: 3378
Total words for the new draft: 68,950
What I hate: My cat deciding to wake me up when I’m trying to go to sleep.
The Good: Despite the tired brain, I got some words in.
The Bad: I feel like every transition has sucked and continues to suck long after the scene has shifted.
Fave line: “If you don’t mind me asking, what did you run into?”
What I'm looking forward to: The nasty surprise for Zy in the fourth scene of Chapter 16.
What I'm not looking forward to: Will I actually make it to that scene?

Stellar Gift of Death Post 128

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New Words: 117
Chapter Sixteen total words: 3153
Total words for the new draft: 68,725
What I hate: Sleep? I need more.
The Good: I managed to get a few words done today.
The Bad: This is the last night I should be awake until 10pm. So maybe tomorrow I’ll get more words.
Fave line: “With the outbreak of civil war? Cobaine had a note here to disguise the operation as a refuge opportunity, so the victims would be compliant.”
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: Will I actually make it to that scene?

Tin Man: Prince Metrics Post 14

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New Words: 673
Total words for the first draft: 8974
What I hate: This is the week that SyFy Channel doesn’t want me to sleep.
The Good: Finished Chapter 2.
The Bad: It came in much shorter than Chapter 1.
Fave Ahamo line: “Ditched your mother?”
Fave DG line: “I’ve been working hard to mellow Wyatt out. What’s your excuse?”
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 127

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New Words: 861
Chapter Sixteen total words: 3036
Total words for the new draft: 68,608
What I hate: I was supposed to work on this story Saturday and Sunday. Saturday writing didn’t happen at all.
The Good: This was a section of the rough draft that refused to develop in the notebook. Typing in some stuff I had left blank finally opened it up for me. Also I rearranged the office slightly—added another bookshelf—and created a charging station for the cell phones away from the speakers. No more feedback!
The Bad: What is in the damn trunk turned out to be a MUCH harder question to answer than I had first anticipated.
Fave line: “I’m glad he did too.” Her face heated again as he blinked at her. “I think Rejeld had figured out Ifeket and Possatact had done to make him target them was done without your knowledge. But that’s no reason to trust he’ll skip you again.”
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: Will I actually make it to that scene?

Stellar Gift of Death Post 126

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

2011 Fiction Word Count Week 39 - 42

I didn't realize I had missed so many, so you get one big post to catch up with.

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New Words: 3445
Edited Chapter Fourteen total words: 5084
Total words for the new draft: 62,736
Total words for the last draft: 58,916
What I hate: The need for more caffeine.
The Good: Finished Chapter Fourteen.
The Bad: So this means I spend the rest of today filling in wiki blanks and mulling over Chapter Fifteen before starting on it this weekend.
Fave line: “Director, I’m hunting a sentient who has killed nine others, more likely eleven. Who could possibly be murdering someone else as we speak.”
What I'm looking forward to: The weekend.
What I'm not looking forward to: The list of things to do over the weekend.

Stellar Gift of Death Post 117

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New Words: 1639
Edited Chapter Fourteen total words: 1639
Total words for the new draft: 59291
Total words for the last draft: 58,916
What I hate: If the whole point of testing to see if we can allocate the invoices is rendered moot when the program refuses to take the payments.
The Good: This week has been cleaning up the Zy Universe wiki, something that had been triggering my procrastination reflexes. I buckled down and made myself clean species and planets lists. Today I buckled down and made myself create planets. Holy Asteroid Fields! it is so much easier when it’s just ONE star!
The Bad: So far most of my changes are on papers so I cannot lose them before I move them into the wiki.
Fave line: “Do you have any idea how much trouble you and your friends are in for interfering with an IGA investigation?” She showed her teeth in the smile. “First, the Academy most likely has strict behavior rules for its students and I doubt ganging up on civilians with the express purpose of hurting them is allowed. Good-bye military career.”
What I'm looking forward to: Buying AstroSynthesis 3.0 so I can have pretty, pretty images.
What I'm not looking forward to: Building aliens and languages.

Stellar Gift of Death Post 116.5

I took today off from the narrative to add notes to the wiki. Surprisingly, the brain bent to the task when I promised no brainstorming on the computer. I would print everything out to make changes on. Who knew that was what was freaking it out and triggering the procrastination reflex? Not me, but the alien species section is ready to be printed.

AstroSynthesis 3.0 is out! And I still can’t invest in it. *Headdesk*



Updated the character list. So now I need to move to planets, and more to the point actually pin down some vitals for the planets.

Stellar Gift of Death Post 116

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New Words: 4130
Edited Chapter Thirteen total words: 4130
Total words for the new draft: 57652
Total words for the last draft: 58,916
What I hate: Happy Columbus Day! Seriously, the federal government takes today off along with banks. I have to go to work because Louisiana trades the day off for Mardi Gras. My job depends on receiving checks mailed to us. I drove the same commute to work on my novel most of the day.
Second thing I hate: Working with numbered lists in Word. STOP DOING WHAT I’M NOT TELLING YOU TO DO!
The Good: Finished making all the edits to Chapter Thirteen, found the notebook that I started Chapter Fifteen in (and my badly drawn hyperspace lane map of the galaxy), and for my next trick I’ll be updating the wiki.
The Bad: I’m dreading updating the wiki and it’s triggering my procrastination reflux. Even though I know it will be easier to find information and won’t be the bad once I do it.
Fave line: “Let’s call them interviews, okay? And most sentients are willing to tell you information if you just ask, so we start with that.”
What I'm looking forward to: Castle!
What I'm not looking forward to: The wiki.

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New Words: 319
Edited Chapter Twelve total words: 3665
Total words for the new draft: 53522
Total words for the last draft: 58,916
What I hate: I didn’t do this post already?
The Good: Finished Chapter Twelve and I think I have found all the spots where sidebars will need to go when I write the sidebars.
The Bad: I don’t know how I managed such a massive shake up in the narrative thread that has basically soothed itself out in what scene I have already written.
Fave line: “If you’re finished being an art critic, I’m finished copying now.”
What I'm looking forward to: My weekend plans.
What I'm not looking forward to: Moving mattresses.

Stellar Gift of Death Post 114

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New Words: 1319
Edited Chapter Twelve total words: 3474
Total words for the new draft: 53203
Total words for the last draft: 58,916
What I hate: Going through a whole revising draft and forget to do one major highlight.
The Good: I finished most of Chapter Twelve, but I realized there was another bit I wanted to add to the scene.
The Bad: Way back when I first conceived of this novel, I was impressed by West End Games use of character POV inserts in their GM manual for their Star Wars RPG. They even went so far as to include universe appropriate ads, like a recruitment poster of the Empire. So I had the idea of including sidebars of a book that Zy consults about the aliens she meets as a way of describing without slowing down the narrative and providing some in-universe color.

The problem with this? They fell by the wayside as I skipped over alien creation. And I just realized I could have been at least putting a sidebar-goes-here notice during this edit and I had completely forgotten about it. *headdesk*



Fave line: “Centri 10? That’s where the false information for Rejeld was implanted; another reason for us to go there for clues.”
What I'm looking forward to: My weekend plans.
What I'm not looking forward to: Fixing this mess I made.

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NPI Day 29: 0 words
NPI Day 30: 1381 words

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New Words: 1381
Edited Chapter Twelve total words: 2155
Total words for the new draft: 51884
Total words for the last draft: 58,916
What I hate: My forgetful brain.
The Good: Yeah, I have fell down twice in the last week. So why is it good news that I missed typing anything yesterday? I FINISHED THE BLOODY LAWSUIT PILE!!!!!!!!
The Bad: I eeked out the bare minimum today before posting this. I’m hoping I can add more when I reach home, but with how my luck is going this week… I thought it best to post this now. Got more done. Will hopefully finish Chapter Twelve and start on Chapter Thirteen this weekend.
Fave line: “This guy doesn’t strike me as the boy toy type, so disgruntled prostitute is probably out.”
What I'm looking forward to:Weekend relaxation!
What I'm not looking forward to: Housework and fixing my mother’s table.

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NPI Day 28: 529 words

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New Words: 529
Edited Chapter Twelve total words: 774
Total words for the new draft: 50503
Total words for the last draft: 58,916
What I hate: Forgetting to post this the day of.
The Good: I’m glad I got this much done at the paying job because the lights had been knocked out by the weather when I got home.
The Bad: By the time the lights came on, it was time for bed.
Fave line: “No. I need a bigger saucer, but that ain’t happening. If you need something in your bunk moved, Mealte will have to help with the lifting. Be sure to ask him nicely.”
What I'm looking forward to: No more oopsies with my power supply.
What I'm not looking forward to:

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NPI Day 27: 351 words

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New Words: 351
Edited Chapter Eleven total words: 5218
Edited Chapter Twelve total words: 245
Total words for the new draft: 49974
Total words for the last draft: 58,916
What I hate: Getting the math all wrong on the lawsuits countdown.
The Good: Finished Chapter Eleven and started Chapter Twelve.
The Bad: I thought I was down to only 87 lawsuits to finish, but somehow 106 didn’t get counted.
Fave line: Third mistake: Thinking the spaceport workers would help me find Murdock or the saucer’s hanger bay. That one makes me fear for small children who get separated from their parents in these places.
What I'm looking forward to: Working on Chapter Twelve.
What I'm not looking forward to: Giving my cat a flea bath.

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NPI Day 26: 561 words

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New Words: 561
Edited Chapter Eleven total words: 5112
Total words for the new draft: 49623
Total words for the last draft: 58,916
What I hate: Flea infestation.
The Good: I almost finished Chapter Eleven.
The Bad: Mondays suck. I’m surprised I got this much done.
Fave line: “And if I don’t agree to that, you’re going to convince Mealte locking me aboard your ship is the best way to keep me alive?”
What I'm looking forward to: Other than killing the damn fleas? Getting into Chapter Twelve.
What I'm not looking forward to: Giving my cat a flea bath.

2011 Fiction Word Count Week 38

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Stellar Gift of Death Post 109

NPI Day 24: 0 words
NPI Day 25: 1404 words

Stellar Gift of Death 2011 Revision

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METRICS
New Words: 1404
Edited Chapter Eleven total words: 4551
Total words for the new draft: 49062
Total words for the last draft: 58,916
What I hate: I can’t eat caramel. What is the only candy I have in the house? Caramel. :p
The Good: Progress! Lots of good progress.
The Bad: Mom owned my butt yesterday, and I didn’t get anything done on the story.
Fave line: “Do you want me to be an accessory to your murder? Because that sounds like what you want!”
What I'm looking forward to: Finishing laundry.
What I'm not looking forward to: Back to the paying job tomorrow.