NaNoWriMo Day 12

NaNoWriMo par: 1,667 words/dayNaNoWriMo total: 20,000 wordsPersonal par: 2,788 words/dayPersonal total: 27,025 words A couple of milestones this morning: This morning was my most productive yet.  I managed to write 2,788 words in just under 2 hours, and I think if I’d started right at 5 am and stopped at 7 am (as opposed to [...]

NaNoWriMo Day 11

NaNoWriMo par: 1,667 words/dayNaNoWriMo total: 18,337 wordsPersonal par: 2,015 words/dayPersonal total: 24,269 words It’s official: Far Away Places is the longest single piece of fiction I have ever written.  That happened sometime early this morning when I passed through the 23,000 word mark.  I finished the morning with 2,015 words for the day, 24,269 total after [...]

NaNoWriMo Day 10

NaNoWriMo par: 1,667 words/dayNaNoWriMo total: 16,667 wordsPersonal par: 2,000 words/dayPersonal total: 22,250 words One third of the way through the NaNoWriMo challenge.  Par is 16,667 words out of 50,000, but after another good session this morning, I stand at 22,250 words.  I added 2,302 words this morning, covering about 2-1/3 scenes of the story.  Late yesterday, I [...]

Some cool things in my book collection

Getting the office setup and organized, and purging some books reminded me of some of the cool things I have in my collection. I’ve picked out a few of these things to highlight below. I’ve got nearly 200 Isaac Asimov books, including some rare books and 3 signed books. Among some of the rare books, [...]

Review: Time Travelers Never Die by Jack McDevitt (4-stars)

This was just a fun book, plain and simple, and a great read. I am a big fan of time-travel stories. Although not quite as much fun as Joe Haldeman’s “The Accidental Time Machine”, the story itself was enjoyable. The character’s romp through time is very much the kind of journey I’d want to take [...]

NaNoWriMo Day 9

NaNoWriMo par: 1,667 words/dayNaNoWriMo total: 15,000 wordsPersonal par: 2,000 words/dayPersonal total: 19,917 words Another good morning of writing.  I had a list of scenes to work off of and wrote two of those scenes, not quite completing the second.  The first scene ran around 800 words, the second 1,200 for a total of 2,061 words today.  [...]

NaNoWriMo Day 8

NaNoWriMo par: 1,667 words/dayNaNoWriMo total: 13,336 wordsPersonal par: 2,000 words/dayPersonal total: 17,856 words Breakthrough!  While I didn’t really get a chance to do much of the planning I had written about yesterday, I did scribble down a list of related scenes that I feel need to be part of the story.  I decided to proceed [...]

Our office/library is finally completed!

After a few weeks of unpacking, setting up, cleaning, and purging, our office/library is finally completed. Some pictures follow, with captions underneath. The north wall of the office East wall, entry way off office. That’s my desk! South wall/bay window in office West wallI love the new office.  I purged about 150 books and everything [...]

NaNoWriMo Day 7 (Week 1 complete!)

NaNoWriMo par: 1,667 words/dayNaNoWriMo total: 11,667 wordsPersonal par: 2,000 words/dayPersonal total: 15,324 words Up at 7 am this morning and I wrote until about 9:30.  I was trying to see if I could hit 16,000 words by the end of week 1, but I didn’t quite make it.  I managed 2,089 words today, but it [...]

NaNoWriMo Day 6

NaNoWriMo par: 1,667 words/dayNaNoWriMo total: 10,000 wordsPersonal par: 2,000 words/dayPersonal total: 13,235 words Today was the first day that I didn’t make my personal goal (although I still exceeded NaNoWriMo par).  I finished this morning with 1,839 words, 161 words short of my goal.  I suppose I could have prodded on for another 5 minutes and gotten [...]

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