You think this story's over but it's ready to begin

Here's today's progress on my fifth Clockwork Century novel – a book about teenage juvenile delinquents, hypothetical ghosts, ex-Confederate spies-turned-Pinkerton agents, and gangland mayhem within the walled city of Seattle … now with Bonus! zombie Sasquatch and the return of everyone's favorite elderly cross-dressing Native American princess:



Project: Inexplicables

Deadline: September 15, 2011

New words written: 2079 (low end of respectable)

Present total word count: 18,695 words

Things accomplished in real life: [Over the weekend tally] Went out for Indian food with the husband for lunch; bought an awesome new fleece hoodie which shall accompany me forthwith for future travel; sold a bunch of used books and a few video games; speaking of, beat Dead Space: Extraction; did laundry; recorded cornball video of me talking at the new fish; went to see Paul and enjoyed it.

Things accomplished in fiction: Raised a little hell.

Next up: Monsters, yo.

Total word count for 2011: 18,695 words

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