Stellar Gift of Death Post 139

Stellar Gift of Death 2011 Revision

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METRICS
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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METRICS
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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METRICS
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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METRICS
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

Stellar Gift of Death 2011 Revision

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METRICS
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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METRICS
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.