Before metrics: Tonight, at the University District bookstore here in Seattle, Caitlin Kittredge shall present words and signings and all manner of author miscellany. Seven o’clock. Be there or … well. Don’t, I guess. But I’ll be there, and most of the usual suspects will as well.

Right. Moving on then.

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: 2092 (meh)
Present Total Word Count: 124,273 words
Goal: 140,000 words

Things Accomplished in Real Life: Oh God. A little bit of everything. Day-job work, errand-running, housework, and worse.

Things Accomplished in Fiction: Zombie killing.

Reason for Stopping: Need to change clothes/freshen up before leaving for Caitlin’s event.