Writing, Hurting, Filing, Reading, etc.

I’m doing my best to do some writing on the novel every single day. I’m not going to make my original goal for finishing the first draft of the novel by the end of April, but it should be close (I hope). The back is getting better, but it still bothers me, especially when I sit at the computer for too long. I started going back to Kung-Fu class last week, which is good and bad. I got used to having more time, but I really need to go. I enjoy it immensely, and I need the exercise.

Denise and I are going through all our paperwork in an attempt to organize the filing cabinet, safe, and boxes of papers marked “Important“. A lot of them aren’t, or at least not anymore. We burned out our last shredder and bought a new one. It was cheap but I hope it’ll at least last a year.

I started reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, and I’m really enjoying it. Thanks to Del for mentioning it recently.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”

The Dark Tower VII : The Dark Tower

I first heard Stephen King read these words, the opening paragraph from The Gunslinger, ten years ago on a Sunday night, driving back to college. Tonight, driving back from my first Kung-Fu class in a month, I finished the final installment, The Dark Tower

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Pushing Onward

The first draft of the novel continues to grow at a snails pace. I’m almost half way done the first draft, which I intended to have finished by the end of April. If I can write 700 words a day (not too hard) without missing a single day (near impossible) I’ll make it.

Housework has been the bane of my existence this weekend. Between fighting off the cold everone else has, my back pain, and the sheer length of the ‘to do’ list I was presented with I’ve managed a big fat 0 words all weekend. I’ve been tired all weekend, and it must be my system fighting off sickness, because I’m never this tired for this long.

I’m still intending to write up the 2004 book reviews, but I need to make some more progress on the book. I’m going to get back to writing now. Gotta go!

Merry Christmas!

I just want to take this time to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. For those that celebrate the day, I hope you have a wonderful, stress-free experience. I know so many people who dread the Christmas family get together, but I look forward to it all year.

I hope to see a lot of people this week I don’t get to see often. As much as part of me wants to hole up in the office to make up for all the writing I didn’t do this week, the rest of me is really looking forward to that as well.

If you want to do something nice for someone at Christmas, drop on by The Secret Monkey Shop and buy something. It’s been a tough year for Ye Olde Turbo Crew. Show some support, if you can.

How’s That Novel?

I haven’t posted much about my novel lately. The first draft is still coming along (I finally past 25% this week). I’m still plugging along, and that’s pretty much all I
wanted to say about it for now.

I do update the word count graphic at the top of this site a few times a week, so those of you who care can always see how far along I am.