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Stellar Gift of Death 2011 Revision

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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

Stellar Gift of Death 2011 Revision

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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

Stellar Gift of Death 2011 Revision

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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

Stellar Gift of Death 2011 Revision

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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

Stellar Gift of Death 2011 Revision

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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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Stellar Gift of Death Post 134

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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

Stellar Gift of Death 2011 Revision

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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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Stellar Gift of Death Post 132

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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

Stellar Gift of Death 2011 Revision

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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

Stellar Gift of Death 2011 Revision

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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

Stellar Gift of Death 2011 Revision

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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

Stellar Gift of Death 2011 Revision

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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?

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Tin Man: Prince of the Outer Zone

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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.

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Stellar Gift of Death 2011 Revision

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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?