Nanowrimo Day 14:Details I'd forgotten:McJagger's...

Nanowrimo Day 14:

Details I'd forgotten:

McJagger's fairy/troll banked track roller derby team is the Fairy Godsmackers.
There's a fight scene this chapter, and somebody gets bludgeoned with a goat leg.  I ain't sayin' who.

Dave took another bite of his goat, and slowly rose to his full seven feet of height.  "Let the girl make up her own mind, Harlow.  Or can she?  Is she still full of that potion of yours?  Do you still mix it with Big Red or Croak to disguise the taste?" 

Harlow flew across the table, his arms reaching for Dave's neck as if he wanted to crush it in like an empty soda can.  Dave ducked, skidding sideways, and the smallish cafe tables tottered and fell all around us.  Derek and I huddled together beneath the potted tree, and the tiny buzzing pixies above us began to point and squeak as the fight blew into high gear. 

The two of them grappled, bumping into the coffee bar near the entrance of the cafe.  Bottles of flavored syrup clanged together and fell over—Dave drug himself to his feet and caught one by the neck.  Smashing it against the bar, he held it toward Harlow.

"C'mon," he said.  "Come get a flavor shot, old man." 

Note to self: asterisks after punctuation.  After. After.  After, like this.*

Not a huge word-count gain today, but lots of editing, and thinking about what's next.  Just took too long getting started today.  Tomorrow, bleary-eyed or not, I'm on it.

Poster reblogged from simplysillything:

Yes, I have tickets to this. Yes, I am hella excited. Yes. Yes. Yes.

Call me Simply Jealous!

*The book has footnotes.  Sorry.  I still like them, for this style of story-telling, where too many short "asides" would detract from the narrative.  I'd rather give the reader the choice whether or not to sidetrack mid-stream, or not derail at all.  For instance, did you read this mid-post, or wait 'til the end?  Or did you not care to read at all?  My point is made.  Blame Jonathon Stroud.

The issue with the footnotes is that since dabbling in epublishing, I realize the original format of them must change.  And there were 80-something of them in my half-finished manuscript, already, so…every day I'm shuffling.