Doesn't look like much, does it?

[rolanni]

Progress on Duainfey

29,835 / 100,000 (29.8%)

Yes, boys and girls, I typed for hours and hours and all I have to show for my efforts is a lousy 500 words. The fact that I ripped out the last half of chapter 12 and totally rewrote it is invisible -- and unimportant. The fact of the matter is, rewrite or not, the word count advanced but minutely this day.

I need to go do, um, dishes. You'd think, by looking at the sink, that I was actually working or something, sigh. In a few hours, we're going over to Waterville to help our friend Ellen at Children's Book Cellar host her Pottering. I may get another couple hundred words down today between it all, but -- probably not.

By request, the following snippet:
"No." He said flatly, hands fisting at his sides as he recalled what he must do.
The chyarch raised an eyebrow. "Could you be more explicit?"

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Very appealing snippet - makes me want to know the "No" sayer.
B. O'Brien

Have fun --

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

-- and may Harry Pottering prove a nice diversion so you can write this weekend!

[adina-atl.livejournal.com]

I've joked that a good week of computer programming is one day of writing code and four days of deleting most of it.

Excellent snippet!

[joythree.livejournal.com]

Ok....I'm ready to read the rest of it, now! ;-D
Joy (applying to help proofread)

[mardott.livejournal.com]

*Sigh*

Thank you! Lovely snippet!