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8: 25 am: Queenie and Sailor Boy are off. The kettle is on. The document is opened and I have typed my first sentence, which is: “[Redacted] presided over the head of the table, his back straight, his coat buttoned to the neck and still bearing every medal and insignia [redacted] had ever awarded him.” I know, I don’t think it’s my best work, either. That’s what revisions are for.
9:35 am: Tea brewed, clothes put away, twitter read. Wrote 350 words. My favorite of the bunch: “bulbous.” And now that I’m fortified with caffeine, maybe the next hour will go better.
10:35 am: Had shower. Sent list of recent ARC requests to publisher. Replied to a few emails. Wrote 150 words, including the word “nepotism.”
11:30 am: Cut 600 words. I may have added some in there too, but sum total is negative. Had epic email exchange regarding covers, for me and other people. Made plans for this weekend. Watched a book trailer that I thought at first was a parody of book trailers (lots of bombastic music over cliched, meaningless floating phrases). Sadly, was not, but I do think Funny or Die needs to get on that kind of thing, soon.
12:25 pm: 375 words. Plus I talked to Carrie.
1:30 pm: lunch
2:30 pm: read for an hour. Back to work. 200 words.
3:30 pm: sidetracked by admin. Grrrrr. 300 words.
4:30 pm: My computer is acting up. I still manage 350 new words.
5:30 pm: Pick up kidlet from daycare. Go to dinner.
6:30 pm: Visiting hour.
7:30 pm: wrestle a very resistant kidlet into bed. She’s got a cold, poor thing, so she does not want to go to sleep.
8:30 pm-10:30 pm: cleaning out computer as I watch TV.
11 pm: BED.
Verdict: Not very much. I think I got about 1k out today. But now that my computer’s nice and clean, I may not lose momentum as much on Thursday.
