they must need bears

[11:42] matociquala: I like this sentence:
[11:42] matociquala: "Sebastien. Tell me you didn't know any Vikings in the ninth century."
[11:42] matociquala: Abby Irene FTW.
[11:42] jmeadows: hee
[11:42] cristalia: hee
[11:42] matociquala: She's 88 years old and not taking his vampire nonsense any more.
[11:42] matociquala: By god.

All right. 2026 words on Seven for a Secret yesterday, and 2254 today. If I can keep producing like this, I will have a manuscript sooner rather than later, as it stands at 10,250 words manuscript count, which is a little more than a third of the contracted length.

And I think I figured out the Master Plan today, which makes me happy.

Her love is like a candle. You light it up at night.
Her heart is like a pack of cards. One chance at guessing right.

Progress notes for 9 April 2008

Seven for a Secret:

New words: 2003
Microsoft wordcount: 2155
Manuscript wordcount: 2750
Deadline: July 1
Mammalian assistance: The cat is cold. The cat does not want to be covered. She just wants to bitch at me about being cold. 
Reason for stopping: Quota, and I have some reading I need to do.




Darling du jour:

He didn't believe his own lies anymore. He hadn't for decades. His artifices had grown shallow, without structure or craft.

He could no longer inhabit them. Not the way these girls, a medium-blonde and a paler blonde, inhabited their uniforms and the tissue of lies that constructed them.

Tyop du jour: They interred no stores.

Thank you, brain, but that's not the right word that sounds sort of like that.

Jury-rigging: Everything seems to be firing smoothly so far. I suspect I need an antagonist.
There's always one more quirk in the character:  Somebody is dissociating.

Today's words Word don't know:  wampyr, flyte
Words I'm Surprised Word Do Know: n/a
Sustenance: coffee, chamomile tea, leftovers, bagel chips, pistachios, cereal. I am about to order a pizza.
Mean Things: invalidism, Nazis.
Other writing-related work: about to go start critiquing a novel. did a whole bunch of research.

Exercise: none. I am in pain. (Okay, there was archery yesterday. I guess that counts.)
Miles to Lothlorien: 174.9
Guitar practice: no, because I suck.
Mail: nomail
The Internet is Full of Things: via rachelmanija, Green Porno. (Not worksafe, if you didn't get that from the title. But oh, so cool. I want to have Isabella Rossellini's babies.)

Well, there you go.

The trade paperback edition of New Amsterdam is available now.

Friday night, I signed contracts with Subterranean to do a second book about Sebastien and Abby Irene.

It will be a long novella (~30,000 words) and as with New Amsterdam, there will be a standard edition and then a limited edition with attached chapbook. I hve no idea what the planned publication date is yet, but I would guess early 2009.

Title when I know what it is, because I don't, yet. I hear a rumor we might get the amazing Patrick Arrasmith for the cover again.

Merry Solstice!

And now, back to Bone & Jewel Creatures. Slog, slog.