Saturday at the word mines

[rolanni]

I did some much-needed filing during the morning hours, getting most of the “easy” filing decently into drawers. What remains are judgment calls and five inches of marked-up proofs for:  The Dragon Variation, Mouse and Dragon, and Carousel Tides.  I really don’t want any more file cabinets in this office.  Heck, I don’t want the file cabinets I have.

I hear that there are households in these United States where there are no file cabinets at all.  How can this be?

In addition to filing, Steve and I did a fair amount of brainstorming, with more to come, and I wrote a couple words.

I am now tired.

Actually, make that. . .very tired.

See you tomorrow.

Progress on Ghost Ship:

70,307 words/100,000 OR 70.31% complete

. . .Steve cruelly suggests that we’re looking at coming in closer to 125,000 words than 100,000.  He’s probably right, too.

*sigh*

Originally published at Sharon Lee, Writer. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

I wish you a contented cat on your lap and some *rest*. I had been behind on your journal; it glees me immensely to find Ghost Ship so far advanced.

[wolflahti.livejournal.com]

I hear that there are households in these United States where there are no file cabinets at all. How can this be?

That's far easier to conceive of than the situation at my cousin's house. Mind you, I live in a house with more books than many bookstores I've been in. (Seriously. I do not exaggerate.) My cousin has three books in her entire house - and one of them is the Bible, which tells you something right there.

I can scarcely believe we're related.

[amm-me.livejournal.com]

Perfectly understand your *sigh* at the notion that the end is receding, and rather than closing in on it (yay, wow, 2k more words!), you may still have another 40% of the book to go. (Reminds me of my swimming teacher, [mumble] years ago, who, once my head was underwater and I was thrashing toward him, would sneakily BACK UP, making me swim twice as far). Nevertheless, from the reader's point of view, I have to cheer. More lovely words to read!

More is better!

[(Anonymous)]

From an unabashedly selfish viewpoint (and in no way do I apologize for it) I would LOVE to have GHOST SHIP come in at 125,000 words. I always hate for your books to come to an end so being able to put off the finish for another 25,000 words strikes me as a GOOD thing.

Anne in Virginia

[claire774.livejournal.com]

Worried you are tired. Do you need to take vitamins? Etc. etc. like all the other health issues. Sorry to be so personal. How 'bout enuf sleep? Gus is asleep of course and snoring with the other 3 long ago. I am a really bad night owl. But tomorrow is Sunday so can sleep late. Dogs of course have to run out early. Then I go back to sleep. Naughty creatures. Happy also at the prospect of Ghost Ship being longer. Thank Steve for me. Good luck.

25% more!

[(Anonymous)]

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[saruby.livejournal.com]

I have a household with no filing cabinets, which means that I have boxes of important papers that need to be sorted through every time I need an important paper. I am also in the process of refilling my bookshelves after painting the home office. The books are all shelved two deep, which is it's own dilemma. Unfortunately, the floor plan is not conducive to adding more bookshelves without major renovation. What I really need is an office/library with a home in it, rather than a home with an office/library in it. And I'm not even a writer.

Filing

[(Anonymous)]

Magafiles! But only if you have shelf space. And only if they will be properly labeled. Neatness counts.

Five inches of marked up proofs

[(Anonymous)]

I would be happy to adopt the proofs and give them a good home!!
Sam

[doccolt.livejournal.com]

Rats! That was me.