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But anyway, here’s recent progress on the west coast steampunk Victoriana book with zombies, air ships, toxic gas clouds, mad scientists, dead folk heroes, secret criminal societies, and Bonus! extended deleted scenes from the Civil War:

Project: The Boneshaker
New Words: 5887 (meh, considering it’s the total over several days)
Present Total Word Count: 113,841 words
Goal: 130,000 words by July 1st.





Observations: 130,000 words might still be a low-ball guess figure. When all is said and done, dare I suggest it? 150,000 perhaps, for Draft Zero. Mind you, I can trim all this down to something more manageable. I always tend to overwrite to get my way to the meat of the story, and this is no exception. I hope I’m wrong. I hope I can keep it under control.

Things Accomplished in Real Life: Finished up freelance work from last week; went to Olympia for author playdate; did some research and did some paperwork; got sick and then more or less got better, but still feel rather run-down.

Reason for Stopping: I need to get started on another freelance project. It’s a fun one, and I’ll enjoy noodling with it, but that doesn’t change the fact that it really must get done this week. Also, I need to freshen up for tonight’s pub quiz out in West Seattle. Time to change out of jammies, make up a silly team name, and test my trivia knowledge.

Total Fiction Words Composed in 2008: 182,416