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So here's recent progress on my young adult haunted house story about a long-lost adventure pulp comic manuscript that's guarded by a good ghost and a bad ghost; now with Bonus! gentrifying drama, golden-age mystery, Hollywood intrigue, fallout from The Storm, and an agent who's just trying to do the right thing, goddammit:

Project: Drawing Fire
Deadline: November, 2015
New words written: 4124 (cumulative)
Present total word count: 29,173



Things Accomplished in Fiction: Introduced the agent who's not an agent, and doesn't want to be an agent...but she might be able to help. Somebody's made her an offer she can't refuse.

Things Accomplished in Real Life: [In general, since last post] Neighborhood jaunts with the dog; got a couple of paychecks, yay!; paid taxes, boo!; went to the bank; went to the grocery store a couple of times; filled out a couple of interviews; a number of phone calls; got my house decorated for Halloween (SHADDUP it is not too early); made another vet appointment for Quinn's final round of kitten shots and/or consult about getting her spayed/chipped; tweaked my new website; kept The Cooj for another round of dog-sitting; ordered birthday presents for my husband (a little early, actually, but there was a good sale); cleaned house; did a crap-ton of laundry.

Other: I was hoping for a word count more like double the one I'm posting, but so it goes. I've had a lot going on, not all of which is recorded above. I'm doing my best to double down and get this draft sorted out, but every damn day there's some new interruption that eats my afternoon. Example: Tomorrow, Quinn's vet appointment is at 2:00. Right in the middle of prime prose time. [:: sigh ::] If it ain't one thing, it's another.

Number of fiction words so far this year: 85,175


In closing - and speaking of our newbie...
...she's fitting in better, and wreaking more havoc around here every day.












Goodnight, everyone!
Thanks for reading :)