October 18, 2010 – Metrics

Here's today's progress on my Hunley version 4.0 submarine book about Andan Cly and his crew having a damp misadventure in a Texian-occupied New Orleans, plus Bonus! guerrilla warfare, other assorted historic pirates, and an octoroon madam who moonlights as a Union spy.

Project: Ganymede

Deadline: November 1, 2010

New words written: 2505 (wouldn't be so bad if it weren't a 4-day total)

Present total word count: 97,677 words

Things accomplished in real life: Day-job work; daily run/climb; went to postal shop yet again; went to Walgreens to refill a prescription; went to grocery store as we were out of EVERYTHING; cleaned the apartment top to bottom because it desperately needed it; finished unpacking; sorted all receipts from trip; filed for reimbursements where necessary, filed receipts against taxes where required; generally ran self ragged and didn't sit down to write until after suppertime, so oh well.

Other: I am utterly freaking beat from three pre-dawn airport trips and two out-of-state events in four days, but there's no time to pause and recover right now. Must push onward. I might not make this deadline, but it will not be for lack of trying.

Total Official Word Count of 2010: 226,288 words

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