Today I mostly wrote ... the word count thread. Showing 501-550 of 4,252

[Kath]

I'm doing a text-to-speach read-through too. So there could well be tweaking but very little in terms of word counts.

[M.T.]

David wrote: "Made a start on the other 1st draft - 687 words and some rearranging of them to introduce the MC before anyone else."

Ah that starting a new project frisson! There's nothing like it. All the best with it.

Jonathan wrote: "Actually wrote just short of 1500 words today. This part of my story is written in diary form from a member of the 1930's gentry. Written in first person with some very long elaborate words. Not wh..."

Sorry was foolish enough not to refresh the page before I typed my update and leg it. Nice going and sounds intriguing. ;-)

Cheers

MTM

[Lexie]

M.T. wrote: "400. It's half term and we're about to go out for the day so I'm excessively chuffed. I also know the contents of another, as yet, unwritten scene which should keep me occupied on Thursday. On the ..."

When Virginia Woolf said 'A room of one's own' she really meant 'and staff to look after the rest of the house and family', didn't she?

[M.T.]

To be honest the parenting is a doddle. It's combining it with the requirements of four needy parents at opposite ends of the British isles that causes the major time and energy suck. McOthers are ok but getting too sick to travel and they're five hours away so we can only visit them in the holidays without taking a Friday out of school and getting fined. I foresee McOther flying up there most weekends soon. They're less likely to fess up if they need us too because they don't want to cause any bother, which means McOther will go up there far more than if they just say yes, we do need you this time or, we're crook but we'll be fine because he's second guessing if he's really required. They have more demons too, one has diverticulitis: a kind of IBS type thing, as in sudden and urgent need for a loo, stomach cramps, hospitalisation etc plus remnants of depression. Not full blown depression, but enough to find it really hard to summon the energy to go out and join in sometimes. And the only cure fo diverticulitis is to have the problem area removed and use a colostomy bag. That's scary for them to look in the eye, it's not dignity enhancing either, which is hard for their generation, even if, in this case, it would give them their lives back.

[Will]

I feel for your problem there, Mary. Lacking any parents (mine were all gone by the time I was 25) I do wonder if I've gained at this end of my time line what I was losing in my late teens/early twenties

[David]

M.T. wrote: "David wrote: "Made a start on the other 1st draft - 687 words and some rearranging of them to introduce the MC before anyone else."

Ah that starting a new project frisson! There's nothing like it. All the best with it."

Thanks.

938 words this morning. So, on track.

[M.T.]

Will wrote: "I feel for your problem there, Mary. Lacking any parents (mine were all gone by the time I was 25) I do wonder if I've gained at this end of my time line what I was losing in my late teens/early tw..."

Even if you've gained less, I bet you're wise enough to be using it better. At least McMini will understand that come 50, his life will be entirely given over to others, although I hope I can manage to die quickly rather than subject him to 15 years of watching Alzheimer's take a tiny bit of me away from him each day.

Cheers

MTM

[E A M Harris]

No word-count for me, probably for a while. I realise there are a lot of plot things I have to sort before I can carry on writing.

[Chris]

Early this morning, I was punching about 1K before the dog tripped over the cable and my laptop went flying. Pity, because it's book 2's early chapters, and I thought I'd put down some good stuff. If I was editing, I wouldn't mind that much, but writing it again word for word was impossible, and before I knew it, had to leave for work.

Luckily, no dogs are allowed there.

[David]

839 today - plus a bit in the project notes refining the plot.

[Pam]

Kath wrote: "I'm doing a text-to-speach read-through too. So there could well be tweaking but very little in terms of word counts."

Spent a couple of days this week preparing another version for a fourth read-through, so am about to start that.

[Will]

In the end I got 1125 down yesterday

[Jim]

I had a brainwave (I hope) and have extracted 27,000 words from my blog posts about farming and sheep and am trying to put them into some semblance of order prior to making them an ebook

[M.T.]

Chris wrote: "Early this morning, I was punching about 1K before the dog tripped over the cable and my laptop went flying. Pity, because it's book 2's early chapters, and I thought I'd put down some good stuff. ..."

Oh man Chris, that sucks. Sympathy. I had a cat spill a pint of water over my laptop once, that was a bit of a pisser too. ;-)

Cheers

MTM

[M.T.]

Jim wrote: "I had a brainwave (I hope) and have extracted 27,000 words from my blog posts about farming and sheep and am trying to put them into some semblance of order prior to making them an ebook"

That sounds like a great plan. I'd buy it! ;-)

Cheers

MTM

[Jim]

technically it shouldn't need too much editing and each story is short enough to accompany a quick bowel movement ;-)

[M.T.]

Jim wrote: "technically it shouldn't need too much editing and each story is short enough to accompany a quick bowel movement ;-)"

Perfect for the every day mum-in-the-street who is also doing caring then. ;-)

[Will]

M.T. wrote: "Jim wrote: "I had a brainwave (I hope) and have extracted 27,000 words from my blog posts about farming and sheep and am trying to put them into some semblance of order prior to making them an eboo..."

Me too! Jim Webster, the next James Herriott?

[Tim]

0. As usual. Just thought I'd chip in!

Lost my mum to dementia around 11 years ago now (doesn't seem that long, but the days seem to double-time past these days!) Its was the 10+ years before that that I did the weekend treks down to visit. Probably why I'm still single - by the time I looked up, everyone I knew was married with kids. Too set in my ways now, and can't be arsed with that internet dating stuff. (plus all the lady friends I've made locally over the past few years have just buggered off overseas before Brexit shuts the door!. And those that were actively looking wanted someone rich. Richer than me anyway. Hell, even I want someone richer than me! (that's not a high bar, btw!)

[M.T.]

Tim wrote: "0. As usual. Just thought I'd chip in!

Lost my mum to dementia around 11 years ago now (doesn't seem that long, but the days seem to double-time past these days!) Its was the 10+ years before that..."

Tim, I want to give you a big hug now! Wait! Don't run away! ;-) There'll be someone out there, when you're least expecting it. I never thought I'd meet anyone who'd stick with me.

And thanks, and I'm sorry you had to do the dementia thing too. I'm sorry anyone has to do it. McOther and I still have all four parents between us, which is kind of a blessing but also kind of tough because three of the four are in deep shit. Two have dementia (mine; one diagnosed, one in complete denial) and McOther's unwell parent has a completely debilitating IBS type illness which makes it almost impossible for her to go out because it hits without warning.

And I'm taking it hard at the moment because I'm a bit hormonal. ;-)

Cheers

MTM

[Jim]

Will wrote: "
Me too! Jim Webster, the next James Herriott?..."

I think he is still having an impact of vet recruitment

[Jim]

Tim wrote: "0. As usual. Just thought I'd chip in!

Lost my mum to dementia around 11 years ago now (doesn't seem that long, but the days seem to double-time past these days!) Its was the 10+ years before that..."

if it's any consolation Tim I've noticed that friends of mine who thought they were safely single for life, often got snapped up when they least expected it because a single man with no children to support suddenly becomes 'a catch' :-)

[Patti (baconater)]

Being with a man with pre-existing teenagers is bloody hard work, I can attest to. Throw an absolute nutter of an ex into the mix...

Dave had to work damn hard to keep me around til that mess sorted out.

I'm meant to be proofreading a book proposal for a mate over the weekend but I left it on my desk. Oops.

[Will]

Tim, you would be amazed what (or rather who) comes around a corner unexpectedly. 18 months ago I was contentedly settling into a single life. A chance meeting with someone I'd known for quite a few years. Now I've had a co-hab for, well, 18 months and she seems to be a fixture. And I couldn't be happier about it.

Never say never.

[Tim]

Better clean the house then.

[Will]

Always a downside, isn't there?

Another 922 written yesterday. i'd better shift this story along - haven't had a killing in pages

[Patti (baconater)]

Tim wrote: "Better clean the house then."

Shame I didn't see this earlier. I could have sent Alla around. I gave her the day off as we were home.

[Will]

Actuall I've just done 2200 words converting a short story into a longer short story for an anthology submission

[Pam]

Done another 3 chapters of the latest text-to-speech read-through.

[Kath]

Right. I now have two books ready to go. One will go in April, the other in autumn some time - so I'm now having and edit/tweak on another. 44 words. ;)

[Will]

Are we allowed to look forward to these???

[Patti (baconater)]

Will wrote: "Are we allowed to look forward to these???"

No.

[Lexie]

Why do we have to wait so long for them?? I have no patience - once I've written a book I want to fling it out and publish it, and move on to the next one.

Just short of 3,000 today - on target after a disrupted week.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Will wrote: "Are we allowed to look forward to these???"

No."

Well he can't look backward to them...

[Lexie]

He could if he looked fetchingly over his shoulder.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Lexie wrote: "He could if he looked fetchingly over his shoulder."

I can see you haven't met Will.

[Kath]

We wait for someone else to upload and do the cover. Someone whose time at the mo is taken up with getting his own next story finished. I'm patient!

[Patti (baconater)]

Mo?

His time is so short you have to truncate words on his behalf? ;)

[Will]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Lexie wrote: "He could if he looked fetchingly over his shoulder."

I can see you haven't met Will."

Hey! I can look like a fetch!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqFs-...

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Eeeek! I couldn't watch that.

[M.T.]

I wrote a 2500 (or thereabouts) blog rant! Mmm.... https://mtmcguire.co.uk/2017/02/18/on...
#Cheers

MTM

[M.T.]

Why did I hashtag cheers and well done Kath. You have more patience than me. ;-) or at least, I.

[Kath]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Mo?

His time is so short you have to truncate words on his behalf? ;)"

No that was my time being short and my tablet not being my laptop - harder to type on!

[Pam]

Kath wrote: "Right. I now have two books ready to go. One will go in April, the other in autumn some time - so I'm now having and edit/tweak on another. 44 words. ;)"

Well done Kath!

[Pam]

M.T. wrote: "I wrote a 2500 (or thereabouts) blog rant! Mmm.... https://mtmcguire.co.uk/2017/02/18/on...
#Cheers

MTM"

Good rant MT - I commented on FBk.

[Pam]

Edited another three chapters today using the text-to-read; long ones so quite a slog.

[M.T.]

Nice going Pam and I'm glad you enjoyed the rant.

[David]

1180 today where our hero wasn't meant to do that, but she did... twice.

[M.T.]

David wrote: "1180 today where our hero wasn't meant to do that, but she did... twice."

Phnark! Nice going.

[David]

M.T. wrote: "David wrote: "1180 today where our hero wasn't meant to do that, but she did... twice."

Phnark! Nice going."

Like you in the other thread the next bit is intended to be about her being awake while her husband sleeps - but not because of his snoring though - other things are afoot.