novel progress report

[mckitterick]

So I played hermit and spent all weekend (except for a break to vacuum the house because of our sneezy kittens, adjust the front gutter, and move Kij's scooter into the garage) working on Empire Ship. Progress:

. Listened to a lot of Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Vast, and other music to get into the proper mood.
. Revisions DONE!
. Started writing new scenes: Finished two scene-sketches and a couple of short scenes. 'Twasn't easy -- I'm at a big turning point in the novel, which is probably why I stopped here long ago.
. Word count up to 105,260 from last update of 99,840: a gain of more than 5000 words. Yay me!
. Page count up to 345 from last update of 329.

Chris

Comments

[orin2.livejournal.com]

Go Chris! Keep up the work.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

I shall! I'm clearing my days to do more of this than usual.

Chris

[adammaker.livejournal.com]

yes!
He's out of touch, Writing the Good Write!

I look forward to reading what you are working on.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

I hope it's the good write... it's hard to tell in the middle of things....

Chris

[blzblack.livejournal.com]

Yay, Chris! And Empire Ship is a cool title.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Oddly for me, I had the title before I had written much.

Chris

[next-bold-move.livejournal.com]

Oh, good for you! I'm eager to see your name on a shelf in the bookstore; I've loved all of KIj's stuff so far, and I love to find new authors!

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Thanks, though it's very different from what Kij writes. 'Tis hard SF, nasty and hopefully uncomfortable at places, and contains some of the worst and best examples of humanity I could imagine.

Chris

[next-bold-move.livejournal.com]

Oh, I expected it to be different, but it will clearly be smart, as her writing is, or I wouldn't expect that the two of you could stomach each other. I can do dark, too.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

I hope it is!

One of the things that makes us good for each other is that we don't compete writing-wise, yet we both respect each other's work and offer useful comments and support whenever we need it. Perfect!

Chris

[arian1.livejournal.com]

*whipcrack*

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Heh. I'm doing a good job of that myself, though Kij kinda got me started on writig again, and CR has been good about getting me out of the office and back to the novel.

Chris