And I'm back...

So, I finally wrote some more of the actual story tonight!  Thank you *insert random deity here*!!!

Granted I only added 625 words, it's more than I've done in days...

And now I'm stopping...  When I start browsing the web instead of writing, it's time.

Thine Expected Update!
18,400 words in over 66 pages.  Not too shabby.

To quote Mr. Vonnegut, "So it goes."

By the way, read The Sirens of Titan.  Phenomenal book.

Yeah...  And stuff...

Joe

I place this photo here in reverence...

Some Writing, but Not What I Should be Writing...

I just wrote a 1,600+ word Creative Non-Fiction piece for my creative writing class.  This is great for keeping up with word counts for a day, but not so much for the Novel...

The night is young and there is no telling what I will do next.

Joe  ;)

Happy Mother's Day!

So first, Happy Mother's Day!

Okay, on to business.  So, I haven't written any since the 9th.  Sadness.

I have written for school, but not for the novel.  This is not good for my goal.

I did get the music stuff up again and may even write a song or three.

That's about it for now...

Maybe tomorrow we will continue or maybe I will even get it going tonight.  Don't know.

That is all...  I guess...

Joe

Music... Why not?

I just re-activated my reverb nation profile...

Go listen to my creations!!!

Mwahahahah!

http://www.reverbnation.com/chapter37

Joe

Hello Novella!

Well then...  I was procrastinating, when a Goodreads friend asked how the writing was going?  As you can imagine, I went into "Oh crap, I'm caught!" mode and started writing.

And I am glad I did!

We have officially entered Novella territory!!!!
Now I know that there was confusion about the difference between Novelette and Novella and I realized the mistake I was making when I described it so I want to clarify....

Novelette: 7,500–17,500 words

Novella: 17,500–40,000 words

So NOW we are in Novella land and heading toward the land of short novels.  :D

Hey look, it's an Update:
17,775 words over 64 pages.  The first four chapters are still being refined while I add randomness to the middle of the book.

It was a good night for writing.  1,694 words added!

Thank you to Hope for reminding me of what I said I was going to do tonight, to Cari for keeping my head in check and to Carly for constantly reminding me of why I am doing this.

Sometimes we all need a good reminder or kick or someone to understand...

I think I'm lucky when it comes to friends, even if it means that I am not when it comes to anything more...

Orson Scott Card tells us that the life of a true writer is a lonely one.  I hear you buddy...

Goodnight Travelers.

Joe

A Study from Tuesday

So on Tuesday, before the crisis reared its ugly head, I was actually studying the drive from Kingston to Tacoma.  This is kind of critical to me, since the tale I am spinning takes place here in Washington.  Between my memory and some help from the Google Maps road view, I was able to better paint the picture I wanted to in the story.  So, the day wasn't all bad.

Today was nerve wracking at the beginning but was better after the last post.  The night has been calm and I finally watched last week's Hannibal as well as the premier of 24.  And then I wrote....

Not a huge day for writing.  Only added 622 words, but its 622 more than I have added since Sunday's 3,100+ rampage.  Progress is progress.

So the Update:
16,081 words over 59 pages.  Expanded the 2nd chapter a bit.  Added some details to the middle.


On another note, I may have a new angle on a book of short stories as requested by some of my classmates in English-274/5-Creative Writing Prose.  Thank you Melissa, Wesley, Carly, Sharon and Danielle.

Especially Melissa after today's brainstorming before my other classes.  That helped me get through the day!  :D

Word.  Goodnight peoples!

Joe

*Insert Sigh of Relief Here*

Crisis was averted.  Thank every God or Goddess or spoon that humanity has ever worshipped.  Maybe now I can get back to writing...

Joe

Today Sucked...

So Today Sucked Royally.

It's completely possible that life has a soft spot for me when it comes to torture or kicking me in the crotch.  I haven't added to the story since Sunday and today has basically set me into numbness land.  I am hoping to convert that into some writing material, but it's not looking promising right now.

Not going into to detail about my personal misfortunes, so I am just venting around the story.

I have updated a playlist on Spotify for days like today.

We'll see what happens.  Maybe I will get better news tomorrow or maybe I will kick this into the book and get writing.

Here's to hoping.

Joe

Done for the night... Maybe.

So I have added 3,164 words to the story in total today.  Most in a single day thus far.  I think I just made up for my two slacking days.  I think it's time to relax and watch some shows.

:)

And the Update:
15,459 words over 56 pages.  Still a lot of disconnected parts of the story line, but they moving ever closer.

As long as I actually sleep, this should be it for the night.   I have class tomorrow so here's to hoping.

Goodnight Peoples...

Joe

Star Wars Day

So I didn't write last night.  I was a bad boy and jumped all over Spotify.  However, I have written today.  I wrote a 793 word Flash Story called Alone With You about a deep freezer with a body in it.  Then I added around 1,600 words to the book.  So there...

I'm about to go back to it.

May the 4th be with you!

Joe  

Progress After 1 a.m. while Listening to Coheed and Cambria

So it's after 1 a.m. and my medications have kicked in...  The good news is that I added about 700 or so words to the story, which is now really starting to come together.  I had two slacker days...  It happens.

On a different note, I started reading Orson Scott Card's "How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy" today.  Even though he focuses on two genres, the lessons of character and world development are excellent.  I will probably read for awhile if I have trouble sleeping.  If it leads to me writing, then there will be coffee!

My amazing moment in Twitter has passed.  Norm MacDonald has made my night...  

The Update that is to be expected here:
12,295 word in about 45 pages.  I have made it about 2 pages into Chapter 4, but have about 20 pages of "stuff" that happens after that.

So that's about it for updates...  Off to read or something.

By the way, Spotify is amazing...  Thank you Kelsey.  (I say that a lot.)

Goodnight Peoples?  We'll see.

Joe  :P

Retweet by Norm MacDonald!

The Norm MacDonald retweeted me.  Life is good. 

Slacker...

So I haven't added much since my 1,100 words the other night.  Maybe 2-300.  Got caught up with college homework.

With me slacking, I have decided to set a goal.  As today is May 1st, I have decided that I will add 40,000 words by the end of this month.  My goal is to hit 52,000 on May 31st.  So there it is...

Challenge hath been given and accepted!

Joe