Writing Again

[jacey]

I had a weird weekend - some routine but yukky hospital treatment that neccesitated a day of starving on Friday and a day of not being able to be left alone - not even allowed (supposedly) to operate a cooker or kettle (yeah, right!) on Saturday.  Followed by a day of feeling sorry for myself on Sunday.

But they didn't say I couldn't write.

So with only about 6k words to go to finish the first draft of Spider on the Web I got this idea for a childrens/young YA novel about magic with horses (not magic horses) and ended up writing 18k words or it.

But today I managed to get back to Spider, I solved one of the problems I had leading into the ending, with a bit of rewriting, and managed another 2k words on top of that. It's now at 96k words and I have the all-action ending and the epilogue to write. I was anticipating bringing this in at 100k, but I may overrun a little. 105k max.

Comments

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

Ack! Hope you are feeling better now.

[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

Yes, thanks, fine now. Thouh not looking forward to being called back if they need to repeat it.

[ferlonda.livejournal.com]

Ah. We probably have done exactly as you have then. We got onto the state insurance program and took advantage of some nearly free diagnostic stuff.

[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

This was a five year checkup, but may need repeating as it was neither successful nor conclusive. Oh joy.

[ferlonda.livejournal.com]

Lovely.

Practice up that steely glare so you can get knocked out properly next time!

[green-knight.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the progress -uneventful procedures might be annoying, but they're Good Things nonetheless.

[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

That's why I gritted my teeth and went.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

I am in envy of your fluency.
And have a swift recovery.

[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

Thank you. They were easy words - nothing I had to sweat over too much. The last few chapters of Spider, however, are like pulling teeth!

[davegullen.livejournal.com]

Commiserations on the yukky stugg, I hope it wasn't too uncomfortable or undignified.

Great news on the writing - I'm impressed and envious of your productivity. It's the way to do it though, and I'll look forwards to hearing about your quest for publication.

[brownnicky.livejournal.com]

Sorry you had an uncomfortable time. The works sounds like its going really well.

[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

Yes. The YA took me completely by surprise. I'm sure someone else has mixed magic and ponies, but hopefully it's a saleable combination. I'm a bit unsure about the age group. It's definitely younger than the YA Tam Lin thing that I did.

[tychist.livejournal.com]

Sympathy on the medical side, envy for your ability to produce to much on the writing side! Honestly, you make me feel ashamed.
Congrats on sorting out the end.

[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I just got the bit between my teeth - you know how it is, sometimes.

[hairmonger.livejournal.com]

My backbrain insists that the title of the magic and ponies is The Magic Farrier. (Why? It didn't say.)

Mary Anne in Kentucky

[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately there are no farriers in this, magic or otherwise!
:-)

[hairmonger.livejournal.com]

Perhaps it's a sequel? (I don't want to write it, despite living not much more than five miles from the Kentucky School of Horseshoeing, so the research would be really easy!)

Mary Anne in Kentucky