Wed. Nov. 8, 2023: Type, Type, Type
image courtesy of 3844328 from pxabay.comWednesday, November 8, 2023
Neptune, Chiron, Uranus, Jupiter Retrograde
Cloudy and cold
On today’s Process Muse, we talk about getting past stuck. You can read the post here.
Two serial episodes are dropping today.
The first is ANGEL HUNT:
Episode 83: Gaston Flexes His Powers
Gaston crosses an ethical line to protect Brian.
The second is DEADLY DRAMATICS;
Episode 33: Nina Has Means, Motive, and Opportunity
Nina’s the main suspect, and her explanations don’t hold water for the detectives.
I wrote the opening chapter of the odd little cross genre piece, and really like it. It works, and I get to demonstrate my affection for Northumbria. It’s already taken a bit of a different direction than the initial impulse, but for the right reasons (character-driven ones).
I drafted a new episode of Legerdemain, which was also fun.
I had a rush coverage on a big script project, so I did that, starting in the late morning, and then turned around two smaller ones in the afternoon.
Then, I went back and edited the next three chapters of CAST IRON MURDER. The last draft had a pretty major rewrite as far as plot and some character stuff; this one is mostly tightening, smoothing out logic and continuity, finding better words. I’ve already cut three pages just by tightening and getting rid of sloppy word choices. It didn’t need a lot of cuts; it’s on the lean side anyway, but that’s what I wanted. I’m six chapters in, and there are a total of 25 chapters in the book. Getting it done by the end of the year is not out of the question.
Today’s word count for new material was 4093.
The word count for edited material was 8630.
I am keeping track of script coverage/client work count, but not posting it every day.
I read for pleasure in the evening, a series I’m on the fence about, but I like it enough to keep reading at least the next few books.
Weird dreams, but up at the normal time. On today’s agenda: another episode of Legerdemain, some more work on the weird cross genre piece, work on a flash fiction piece, work on a poem, and more revisions on CAST IRON MURDER. I only have some scoring sheets to do for coverage, but I hope some more will come in later on, and then I’ll deal with that. Tomorrow’s tightly packed, and Friday I have something in the afternoon, so today would be a good day to get a lot done.
If the weather’s not awful this afternoon (and it might be), I will head over to tarot circle, and then there’s another cooking class with Jeremy this evening. I also need to do a library run.
Tessa has already fished out a wadded up sheet of paper from the garbage and is playing hockey with it and talking to it. It is going to be a DAY with the cats, I can tell. The scout crows came to visit, too, during my first cup of coffee.
Have a good one!
