September's Writing Progress - and my first live appearance
This is a little earlier than usual for a "writing progress" post, for a couple of reasons, which I'll get to in a moment. The sequel to
The Accidental Dragonrider
now stands at about 66,000 words, meaning I've written about 12,000 words so far this month.
The first reason this post is early is that the main hard drive of my main computer (the one I do most of my writing on) died on Friday. (It had been giving notice for a while.) I have comprehensive backups, so I haven't lost any writing, but I don't know yet when the replacement drive will turn up, and I'm at a bit of a loose end until it does.
The second reason is that I'll be going to an "open mic" night on Wednesday 5th October, where I'll be doing a reading from The Accidental Dragonrider. It's at the Hare and Hounds pub in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England (!) and starts at 8:15pm. I'll have paperbacks of the book for sale, and I'd be delighted to see you there. If you can't make it, just wish me luck - I'm not usually nervous in front of an audience, but this is the first time I've done something like this. Whatever happens, I'll have a story to tell afterwards!
The first reason this post is early is that the main hard drive of my main computer (the one I do most of my writing on) died on Friday. (It had been giving notice for a while.) I have comprehensive backups, so I haven't lost any writing, but I don't know yet when the replacement drive will turn up, and I'm at a bit of a loose end until it does.
The second reason is that I'll be going to an "open mic" night on Wednesday 5th October, where I'll be doing a reading from The Accidental Dragonrider. It's at the Hare and Hounds pub in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England (!) and starts at 8:15pm. I'll have paperbacks of the book for sale, and I'd be delighted to see you there. If you can't make it, just wish me luck - I'm not usually nervous in front of an audience, but this is the first time I've done something like this. Whatever happens, I'll have a story to tell afterwards!
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Sep 25, 2016 11:54PM
Good luck with the reading. Hope it goes well.
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Update: The replacement hard drive has arrived, and I'm more or less back to where I was a week ago. I wrote another couple of thousand words while I was waiting, so the total for the month is now 14,000 words, and the first draft stands at 68,000 words.
