Progress Report, in which I prove I’m writing

Notched 3800 words on "From Earth I Have Arisen," which makes Magic Meter look like this:


That original estimate of 20K is looking like a pipe dream.  I might be able to do this in 30K, or it might wind up longer.  There is even a chance–slim, but still a chance–that it will be a short novel.  It’s kind of a mystery at the moment.

It might help if I knew how it was going to end, but of course I don’t.  Yeah, yeah, I hear you:  What else is new?  Possibilities tantalize, though.

So until I have a firmer idea on the length, I’ll just stick with the 20K projection.

And hey!  I’m writin’!  Here’s proof:

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Progress Report, in which I compare myself to Bridget Jones

After all the contemplation, confusion, and consternation, after all the metaphorical hair pulling and hand wringing, after all the fear and doubt and self-deprecation, after the avoidance and the mind games, after throwing just about every conceivable roadblock in my own way and repeatedly shooting myself in the foot . . . in short, after all the nonsense, comes this:

 

Working title is "From Earth I Have Arisen."  Final word count is, as always, a guess.

I’m beginning to think I have a lot in common with Bridget Jones.  I mean, that woman screws up time and time again, stumbling and bumbling her way through her life–but you know, she keeps on plugging.  And every now and again, she gets it right. 

Maybe someday I’ll do the same.  For now, though, I’m back in the trenches.  Which is something, I guess.

Write Club update:  Nine days to a tier one reject from an agent on a novel query.

<Insert snappy sign-off line here.>

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Happy Halloween 2010!

As promised, here are a few shots of my chestburster costume, as suggested by Barbara A. Barnett in the Help Matt Pick His Halloween Costume Contest.  Congrats again, Barbara!

Warning: These are not for the squeamish.

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