I should have done this by last Friday; however I became totally engrossed in my endeavor to complete the manuscript for my second romance novel by the end of November. In the last six days I’ve written eight chapters containing forty-nine pages and approximate 14,150 words; making the total my manuscript to be 21 chapters, 143 pages and 41,750 words.
With my OH home since yesterday and not scheduled to return to work until this coming Tuesday. This means I’ll be out and about each day, losing the time I might have been able to devote to my current writing endeavor. Anyway, sitting down at my computer to check my emails I realized I almost forgot about my response to Lillie McFerrin’s – “Five Sentence Flash Fiction” prompt for this week of “ERASED”
The Dream Continues
E d had always dreamt of becoming an astronaut as long as he could remember.
R ealization of this came true when he reached his twenty-ninth birthday.
A las, being the show-off he is, he couldn’t resist the offer to finally jump out of an airplane to get the feeling like a bird soaring through the sky, being held up solely by the air below his body.
S uddenly the air died and disappeared causing him to go blank for a moment, a moment in which he couldn’t find the ripcord.
ED now, his dream being forever ERASED from the world of possibilities, can only sit in his wheelchair to watch the spacecraft he should have been on takeoff; yet he still dreams of becoming the astronaut of his youth, but this time he’d be piloting is spacecraft from the seat of his wheelchair.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
STATUS UPDATE # 5
Today’s Tuesday, and
it’s Election Day. My OH has a day off before beginning a “three day holiday.”
We decided to stay home the entire day today resting. While I went over to the senior center to
have my lunch my OH stood home and had a frozen entrée. After lunch we met at the community center to
vote, and while there my OH bought two chicken dinners from a community group
raising funds for their programs for the children in the community. The two dinners turned out to be quite tasty,
and for desert we had also bought two pieces of a sugar-free cake at a cake
sale which was also being held there.
So as far as my
writing is concerned for today, I had a SPECTACULAR day. In fact, today I wrote two entire chapters. The first consisted of six pages with
approximately 1,800 words, the second consisted of eleven pages with
approximately 3,325 words; making today’s total of two chapters, seventeen
pages and approximately 5,125 words.
Given I’ll have my OH
home with me until this coming Monday, Veteran’s Day, which is another day off
for my OH; I doubt if I’ll have any time to do any writing, or to read and
answer all the email I usually do. But such is life when you’re married; you’ve
got to set your priorities each day.
My Total Manuscript
Count now stands at:
Chapters = 21Pages = 143
Words = 41,735
STATUS UPDATE # 4
Monday has come and gone and my OH, with the Election Day holiday from work today and Veteran's Day next Monday, has taken a few additional days off to have a decent week away from work and we can spend entire days together.
Hopefully with my OH home I still will be able to keep to my goal of writing at least one chapter a day for my current romance manuscript. I know I might have a stuff time going through and responding to my emails the way I usually do.
Anyway, yesterday I once again met my minimum writing goal of one chapter. This one consisted of six pages and contained approximately 1,670 words. Remember, these are 6"x9" formated pages, the same kind of page you usually see in books this size.
My Total Manuscript Count now stands at:
Chapters = 19
Pages = 126
Words = Approximately 36,600
Hopefully with my OH home I still will be able to keep to my goal of writing at least one chapter a day for my current romance manuscript. I know I might have a stuff time going through and responding to my emails the way I usually do.
Anyway, yesterday I once again met my minimum writing goal of one chapter. This one consisted of six pages and contained approximately 1,670 words. Remember, these are 6"x9" formated pages, the same kind of page you usually see in books this size.
My Total Manuscript Count now stands at:
Chapters = 19
Pages = 126
Words = Approximately 36,600
Sunday, November 3, 2013
STATUS UPDATE # 3
It’s Sunday night, and about 11:15 PM. It had been a
late this morning, I remained in bed while my OH got dressed to go out to get
our copy of the New York Times. I ate no
breakfast so I could be free to indulge myself at the Indian buffet we go to
once a month. After all, today they
celebrate Dewali, the joyful festival of light [if I’m not mistaken], and I
knew from past experience today’s buffet would quite extension, with additional
hot/cold items, several desserts [which they usually don’t have].
Returning home and having over indulged “slightly” at
the buffet, I knew I needed to take a nap. With nap time over, I caught up with
all of my emails. I so much wanted to
watch to tribute episode for Marcia Wallace on “The Simpson” however I didn’t
know it would be shown at 7:30 PM. The
good thing is our cable provider has a free On Demand for Fox’s Sunday night
lineup.
Yes my OH and I love watching Fox’s Animation. However
after “The Simpsons” I decided I needed to keep to the commitment I made
concerning the writing of my current romance endeavor, which is to write a
chapter a day.
Well today, I’ve succeeded in doing it for a third
time. The chapter I wrote to day has eight pages with about 2,350 words.
The Total Manuscript Count now stands at:
Chapters = 18
Pages = 120
Words = Approximately 34,925
Saturday, November 2, 2013
STATUS UPDATE # 2
I
woke up somewhat early this morning, still half asleep, the first thing I did
was to check my email where I found an interview where I did a few weeks had
finally gone live. I immediately reblogged this interview onto two of my blog
sites, then to begin spreading the word about it.
Being
still tired about 45 minutes later I found myself needing to go back to
asleep. By the time I finally got up again
it was almost noon, and luckily for me, my OH had already done the
laundry. With my OH out for a few hours
to do some banking, run some errands, pick up a prescription me, and eventually
return with some food around 4:30 PM.
Having such a late lunch is a good thing for me; heavens know I could
lose a few pounds.
Anyway
by the time my OH arrived home, I had already typed about three pages, finished
checking my email and did some more posting about my interview on the internet.
After
consuming my much need sustenance I returned to my writing until around 6:00
PM. I had started the day out only
wanting to type a single chapter however as the chapter began to form on the
pages on my computer screen I noticed that instead of only one chapter today, I’d
be better off creating two; making the split where there’s a shift/time change
where I would have only typed three centered asterisks before continuing the
chapter.
The
end result today for my writing efforts today resulted in my having written two
chapters, consisting of nine pages and approximately 2,500 words.
Manuscript Count now stands at:
Chapters = 17
Pages = 112
Words = Approximately 32,600
HERE's MY MOST RECENT INTERVIEW
I want to tell everyone about one of the best, if not THE BEST, interview I ever had. I wait reading your comments. I'll respond to them as soon as I can.
Reblogged from Cathy Brockman Romances:
November is the beginning of our Holiday season and the muses and I would like to start celebrating. We are always looking for something to celebrate, so this makes it easier. In honor of Thanksgiving, we would like to say we are thankful to all our guest this year and all our wonderful readers that have joined us to meet them!
Friday, November 1, 2013
STATUS UPDATE # 1
As I stated yesterday I would be providing regular updates on the writing of my second romance novel.
Help today I've done considrably than I had first anticipated. To start with the entire morning got spent going to an orthopedist regarding the trigger finger I had in the pinky of my left hand. It's an annoying condition where the first joint first sticks then quickly snaps into the correct position. The treatment a quick injection of Cortizone right into the base of the tendon for the finger involved in the palm after the area has been sanitized with an iodined [?] solution and then numbed by using a spray which "freezes" the area.
Anyway, by the time I got home and ate my lunch it was already 1:00 PM [ET] when I began to write. And by around 4:00 PM I had completed another chapter consisting of five single-spaced 6"x9" formatted pages with about 1,400 words.
Manuscript Count now stands at:
Chapters = 15
Pages = 103
Words = Approximately 30,050
Help today I've done considrably than I had first anticipated. To start with the entire morning got spent going to an orthopedist regarding the trigger finger I had in the pinky of my left hand. It's an annoying condition where the first joint first sticks then quickly snaps into the correct position. The treatment a quick injection of Cortizone right into the base of the tendon for the finger involved in the palm after the area has been sanitized with an iodined [?] solution and then numbed by using a spray which "freezes" the area.
Anyway, by the time I got home and ate my lunch it was already 1:00 PM [ET] when I began to write. And by around 4:00 PM I had completed another chapter consisting of five single-spaced 6"x9" formatted pages with about 1,400 words.
Manuscript Count now stands at:
Chapters = 15
Pages = 103
Words = Approximately 30,050
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