novel progress report: writing novels is hard

[mckitterick]

I suppose I didn't have to tell y'all that. But. Sigh. Damn, and I'm soooo close! But I just plain ran out of steam today and came to work instead of finish it wrong. Not quite done, but I think I have all the scenes in place. Hell, I wrote the last few scenes already!

So, my Empire Ship progress:

. Word count up to 126,200 from last update of 118,400: a gain of almost 8000 more words. Will it never end?
. Page count up to 415 from last update of 385.
. Lotsa mood music assistance; I'll see if I can remember (kept meaning to bring the disks up here): Tool, L7, Hole, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, the special "Dark side of Gary Numan" compilation from weaselmom (thanks! very helpful), Skinny Puppy, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stone Temple Pilots, a bunch of others I can't recall at the moment, and several that just didn't quite help promote the proper mood.
. Estimated final word count: 130,000-ish. Yeah, I'm fudging it. Could be just a few thousand more, but who the fuck knows?

I hope to finish Wednesday (my next non-teaching day). Then on to revision of the last scenes. So close it's killin' me!

Chris

Comments

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

Wow. Gary Numan. Talk about a flashback. My high school/college boyfriend was a total Numan addict and I ended up seeing Numan in concert something like three times. He always had the most amazing sets. Said boyfriend just worshipped the guy who, when we met him in person, turned out to be this paranoid little ferret. Boyfriend's worship continued after the meeting; my mild interest in his work disappeared completely after meeting him.

Re: the novel: you go, guy! Woo-hoo!

How long ago was this?

[weaselmom.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear you had a bad experience with the meeting! We hung around for like *four hours* after the Exile tour date here in Seattle just to meet him, and I don't know if he was in a better mood or what, but we found him very charming. He has been one of my top three artists since '79 and he never ceases to amaze me with his capacity for reinvention. The work that came out of his personal tragedy, particularly Exile and Pure, is astonishing. But enough wittering!

Re: How long ago was this?

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

This was probably 1980-82ish. He was unused to celebrity and freaked by the crowds. He didn't make a very good impression, but then I was there more because the then-boyfriend wanted to be there, so I may not have been inclined to get a good impression. I'm certain your mileage varied. I was kind of a hard-ass about it all at the time. ::grin::

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's both intoxicating and frustrating to be sooooo close!

Chris

[orin2.livejournal.com]

Chris, you are my inspiration. You can finish it!

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[kijjohnson.livejournal.com]

Yay! You are my hero, sweetie. I am super-ultra proud of you.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

>beam<

Muchas love to you.

Your Chris

[jamer-31.livejournal.com]

so...like.. is it published yet??? ;)

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Um... bite me?

;-)
Chris

[jamer-31.livejournal.com]

um oh yeah.....way to go mckitterick you is kickin some book ass.