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Lizardfic stats

Lizardfic the novel is currently 15,635 words. According to my spreadsheet metrics, I’m 19.54% of the way towards an 80,000 word goal, and will reach 80,000 words on May 5, but the novel itself is guesstimated to end up being 89,646 words, which would make me...

Merry Consumermas!

With a couple of caveats, this is a great cellphone. Basically, it’s cute and full of Dick Tracy fun, but it’s also a cellphone only a geek could love sometimes. Pros: Fun.Cute.Your phone is always handy on your wrist. No more beeperlepsy!It comes with...

Bad subconscious, no biscuit.

I’ve been procrastinating about writing. I thought it was because I was stressed about car repairs and the like, but no. I think I just didn’t want to write Chapter Four. Well, I went ahead and started it, and it wasn’t so bad while I was writing it,...

Note to self.

Dear Self, Whenever you feel uncertain of what happens next in your novel, why not readest thou of the holy outline? In fact, maybe you should randomly reread the outline for kicks, from time to time. I’m just saying. Love, Me P.S. 10,113 words, go...

Year in Review

I really did get stuff done, writing-wise, but not so you can see it. Sales: 0 Finished stories: Only 1, but it’s really good (IMHO). Rejections: 23 (Go, me!) Time spent on revisions: Insane. I did NaNoEdMo on my NaNovel and also had a broken short that I beat...

I hate to jinx things, but…

Lizardfic is a lot easier to write the second time around. Okay, chapter one had its hard parts, but that was because it was chapter one, and because I need violence enablers. (I really, really need violence enablers.) Chapter two is my friend so far. Maybe it’s...

Five hundred words.

I started the new, improved chapter one of lizardfic today. I have a daily word count goal of five hundred words. That’s doable. There was a moment of, “Oh, no! Start? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers and walk upon the beach. I...

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