Melodrama

I have a sneaking suspicion that my heroine is being melodramatic inside her head. Right now, the muse keeps throwing up songs that belong to her soundtrack and they're all pretty much tragic heroine/lonely ingenue songs. At least, on a positive note, at least three of those suggest she is at least falling for the hero even if she thinks it's doomed *g*). It's going to be fun moving her through to the point where she can have a grand happy love ballad at the end. I'm imagining there's going to be some angry stubborn chick music before we get to that point.

Luckily my hero is well up to the task of digging in his heels and refusing to take no for an answer until she sees the light.

Heh heh heh. Should be fun.

The switch

It's funny what will sometimes grab the muse's fancy. Was working on what is just a little transition scene tonight and suddenly the words were flowing (after a few days of not much happening on the writing front) and I wrote six pages in an hour. I wish I knew where that switch was that turns the word tap from trickle to flow but no-one wants to tell me. So we takes it as it comes. It's quite possible the whole thing will have to be slashed and burned at some point down the track but I'll take it for now : )

Progress - Lily

New pages - Six!
Intriguing things - Learning more about the magic system
Annoyances - Nothing major.
Linear/non-linear - Linear
Music - Soundtrack
Location - At the desk with Word and Think.
Taking care of Mel - hmmmm, lunchtime walk?
Muse food - There shall be NCIS with Chris O'Donnell later. He's not this hero but he's good inspirational fodder *g*

And all over again

I have squeezed out some more words despite the fact that I am somewhat knackered for no particular reason today. My eyelids need matchsticks. I even caved and had some of the dreaded Coke to make it through work but I think I could've drunk several litres of the stuff and I'd still be tired now. So I'm calling a halt and shall repair to the couch to watch Glee and then possibly it will be an early night. I don't think I'll be able to stay awake for Burn Notice, quite frankly.


Progress - Lily

New pages - Five
Intriguing things - Shifting dynamics.
Annoyances - Even a nap cannot make me feel awake
Linear/non-linear - Linear
Music - Soundtrack
Location - Half at lunch at the job with the laptop and iPod. Half at home with good old Word and Think.
Taking care of Mel - Post work nap (again). Man, I am turning into an old lady.
Muse food - Glee. Various regency hunk youtube videos, courtesy of Keri *g*

Words again

Another quickie as I'm about to watch the NCIS cross over ep I missed to set me up for NCIS LA. Gotta have your priorities *g*

Progress - Lily

New pages - Five
Intriguing things - My tough gal heroine has a serious weakness for sugary stuff
Annoyances - Not much other than having the sleepies
Linear/non-linear - Linear
Music - Soundtrack
Location - Half at lunch at the job with the laptop and iPod. Half at home with good old Word and Think.
Taking care of Mel - Post work nap
Muse food - About to check out the always yummy Chris O'Donnell on NCIS. Plus buffy.

Dashing past

With a drive-by metrics post....

Progress - Lily

New pages - Four
Intriguing things - Opera singers
Annoyances - Low annoyance factor today.
Linear/non-linear - Linear
Music - Soundtrack - with new hero song addition
Location - Half at lunch at the job with the laptop and iPod. Half at home with good old Word and Think.
Taking care of Mel - Some time on the elliptical.
Muse food - Hero songs. Maybe some more buffy coming up.

The return

Sorry about the slow blogging, the return to the day job has meant slow Mel at night while the system adjusts backs to the work schedule. But apparently it now has and the after effects of bugs have receded and somewhere along the way, my book has finally started to behave a little better. Progress is being made and I'm over a third of the way to my normal first draft word count. I'm not sure the story feels a third done but hey, we can worry about that in the second draft.

So herewith the return of some metrics.

Progress - Lily

New pages - Eight. Plus more over the weekend but I've lost track.
Intriguing things - Unexpected violence
Annoyances - Low annoyance factor today.
Linear/non-linear - Linear
Music - Soundtrack
Location - The desk. Word and Think.
Taking care of Mel - Pilates. Plus a bit of a luxurious sleep in after staying up late reading Bujold.
Muse food - Aforementioned sleeping in and Bujold. There may be time for some Buffy before bed.

Another year

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How did another year go by? Apparently time flies when there is writing, sewing, knitting, alpacas, crazy orange cats, friend's babies, conferences, day job, silly grey cats, parental units, books to read, friend to hang with, naps, dancing, flowers and many other cool things. Let there be cake!