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May 27, 2009

More word metrics, in yo FACE!

Here’s today’s progress on the alternate-history battlefield adventure about a widowed nurse from a Confederate hospital aboard a west-bound train pulled by a Union war engine — now with military intrigue, steampunk Texas rangers, undead political separatists, murderous plots, bushwackers, bandits, sabotage, and epic scenes of mayhem:

Project: Dreadnought

New Words: 3193 (pretty good!)

Present Total Word Count: 53,430 words

Goal: 120,000 words (revised goal)

Things A

May 26, 2009

Yes, more boring word metrics, ahoy. Because apart from my day job work, this is pretty much all I’m doing right now. And anyway, this is how books happen — a little bit at a time. They don’t magically appear; they just sort of accumulate.

So here’s today’s progress on the alternate-history battlefield adventure about a widowed nurse from a Confederate hospital aboard a west-bound train pulled by a Union war engine — now with military intrigue, steampunk Texas rangers, undead political separatist

May 25, 2009

Here’s today’s progress on the alternate-history battlefield adventure about a widowed nurse from a Confederate hospital aboard a west-bound train pulled by a Union war engine — now with military intrigue, steampunk Texas rangers, undead political separatists, murderous plots, bushwackers, bandits, sabotage, and epic scenes of mayhem:

Project: Dreadnought

New Words: 2165 (pretty good for only a couple of hours)

Present Total Word Count: 46,248 words

Goal: 120,000 words (revised goal)

Things Accom

May 24, 2009

Here’s recent progress on the alternate-history battlefield adventure about a widowed nurse from a Confederate hospital aboard a west-bound train pulled by a Union war engine — now with military intrigue, steampunk Texas rangers, undead political separatists, murderous plots, bushwackers, bandits, sabotage, and epic scenes of mayhem:

Project: Dreadnought

New Words: 2132 (passing fair)

Present Total Word Count: 44,263 words

Goal: 120,000 words (revised goal)

Things Accomplished in Fiction: Got sa

Dr. Hood’s Plain Talks

Yesterday I received a package from Mario: a Sears Roebuck catalog (reproduction) from 1902. He passed it along because he knows I’m working on a steampunk piece right now, and he thought I might appreciate it. He was correct, of course. In fact, this was a thoughtful and oddly coincidental thing for him to do, since I actually used to work for Sears — managing the copy content for the online version of this very same antique catalog … about 100 years in the future from its original publicati

May 21, 2009

And now we’re back to the regular grind, with word counts and whatnot. So here’s recent progress on the alternate-history battlefield adventure about a widowed nurse from a Confederate hospital aboard a west-bound train pulled by a Union war engine — now with military intrigue, steampunk Texas rangers, undead political separatists, murderous plots, bushwackers, bandits, sabotage, and epic scenes of mayhem:

Project: Dreadnought
New Words: 3532 (not bad, but not great for a 2-day total)
Present Tota

Doom Beast Shows the Dark Side How It’s Done

I was sitting at home, minding my own business, when some looney handed me a book of Star Wars paper dolls and said, “Do something!”

Well. [:: scratches head ::] I mean.

I dunno.

I’ve got a camera.

And I’ve got this cat.

And now I’ve got all these … paper dolls …

Episode 3-1/2: The Fuzzy Menace

This is Disco Tour Guide Storm Trooper. He points at things, and sometimes, he does the “hustle.” He’s an accusatory sort of fellow, and not as much fun at parties as you might expect.

For example, DTGST

May 19, 2009

Today in the wake of my morning day-job duties, I experienced utter Productivity Fail. Didn’t get a single sentence of writing done, nope. Made a brief jaunt to the grocery store and got junk food upon which to snack. Fawned over the new bedding, then went out to buy sheets to match it. Got home and made some paperdolls.

Wait. Did I mention the new bed here yet?

I don’t think I did. I’ve been talking it up over on Twitter, but heretofore I haven’t gotten around to importing that fine bit of dome

May 18, 2009

We shall fight on the beaches, on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields etc. in our wee pink boxers. “Hey Mom, isn’t the New York Times the newspaper they throw on the president’s desk each morning?” “Yeah, why?” “No reason …”

Left Arm in a Cast. This is super-sweet: Phil Barnett, the 13 year old son of Lee “Budgie” Barnett, and the writer of Finland! Finland! Finland! cut his left hand (his writing, and drawing, hand) badly a couple of weeks ago, severing a tendon. He had an operatio

May 14, 2009

Here’s today’s progress on the battlefield adventure about a widowed nurse from a Confederate hospital aboard a west-bound train pulled by a Union war engine — now with military intrigue, steampunk Texas rangers, undead political separatists, murderous plots, bushwackers, bandits, sabotage, and epic scenes of mayhem:

Project: Dreadnought

New Words: 3187 (respectable!)

Present Total Word Count: 34,308 words

Goal: 100,000 words

Things Accomplished in Fiction: FINALLY finished the Scene That Would