one thousand words a day.
sleepy
Progress notes for 19 April 2006:
"Black is the Color"
New Words: 200
Total Words: 200
Pages: 1
Deadline: none
Reason for stopping: that was all that mugged me.
Undertow
New Words: 1021
Total Words: 6182
Pages: 32
Deadline: August 1
Reason for stopping: end of chapter 2
Stimulants: coooooooooffee. blueberry Wensleydale. apples.
Exercise: still recuperating, no exercise
Mail: money from Interzone and a royalty check from Spectra
Today's words Word don't know: unmottled, outflung, rehydrated
Words I'm surprised Word do know: nictitated
Mean Things: Closs let the prisoner escape. Closs is going to have some 'splainin to do. Also, the poor frogboygirl nearly dried out.
Tyop du jour: n/a
Darling du jour: n/a
Books in progress: Wendy Moore, The Knife Man
Interesting tidbit of the day: n/a
Other writing-related work: 75 pages of Chains galleys yesterday;
Any relation to the song?
Okay, having said that, now I'm reminded of a song. Probably not the same one, since the title of mine is "Red and Black".
hth
I try to avoid straight retellings of anything, generally, because they are unsurprising. But I'm certainly not above using any cultural hook I can get.
Wait, that didn't come out right....
---L.
the Undertoad might get you.
Mostly.
Um.
---L.
Whew.
And {{{healthvibes}}}
And thank you. My head is full of green cottage cheese, alas.
::blows nose::
::sympathizes::