Maplecroft: Draft Zero

Here’s recent progress on my fin de siecle gothic epistolary about Lizzie Borden fighting Cthulhu with her trusty axe, now with Bonus! ghosts, guilt, arcane science, and an accidental villain who's losing his mind and his humanity in tandem:
Project: Maplecroft
Deadline: October 15, 2013
New words written: 8737
Present total word count: 112,080 words



Things accomplished in fiction: Draft. Zero. Y'all. The end is a little fiddly, but it's whole.

Next up: I'll polish up that bad-boy until it shines...but not yet. I'm too close to it. I need to take a step back, work on other things for a few weeks (or months, I don't know - I have time, thank God) ... and then go back to it with a clearer head.

Things accomplished in real life: Daily jaunts around the neighborhood with the dog; lots of yardwork; got more work done on the house's exterior and now we're watertight, baby; grocery shopping; ran to the post office; ran to the bank twice; cleaned house a time or two; went back and forth with the historic zoning office; returned yet another lost dog to his appropriate yard; did two phone interviews; did a bunch of paperwork; paid a bunch of bills; went to the pet store to stock up on food/toys/treats; and you know what? I can't even remember what all else has gone down in the last week.

Other: If you're keen on such things, you can read my zombie western vignette "Reluctance," which has been reprinted (and is free for the reading) over at Apex Magazine. There's also an interview with yours truly over there - go check it out.

Bonus! other: Finally cracked 100k words for the year. I'm a bit behind my goal of averaging 1k per day, but right now, I'm at peace with that. And now I'm going to go be at peace with a snack, a drink, and maybe an afternoon nap. I do believe I've earned it.

Number of fiction words so far this year: 107,906