Because every day can’t be a zombie walk picture day.

Here’s today’s progress on the alternate-history battlefield adventure about a widowed nurse from a Confederate hospital aboard a west-bound train pulled by a Union war engine — now with military intrigue, steampunk Texas rangers, undead political separatists, murderous plots, bushwhackers, bandits, sabotage, and epic scenes of mayhem:

Project: Dreadnought
New Words: 5192 (SWEET)
Present Total Word Count: 116,377 words
Goal: 140,000 words

Things Accomplished in Real Life: Did day-job work; went to the post office; exchanged writer-work emails and whatnot; not much else. But in my defense, that’s a pretty bangin’ word count I racked up today. So I don’t apologize for my lack of other activity.

Other: Tonight at the University District Bookstore, Seattle — 7:00 p.m. - Elizabeth Bear will be reading/signing/hanging out. I’ll be there. Not sure who else will put in an appearance, but I highly recommend her to all and sundry.

Reason for Stopping: Need to clean kitchen, maybe take care of utterly filthy floors, consider supper before husband gets home and/or I dash out to the U-district in a couple of hours.