Format stolen from the shamelessly talented Elizabeth Bear, modified for my interests and purposes.

Progress notes for 12 April 2009

Shamefall:

New words: 924
Manuscript wordcount: 924 / 50,000
Deadline: May 31
Reason for stopping: Quota, hungry, sunshiny day outside.

Darling du jour: “Aye, we’d show our teeth, old hound – you and I together.” He looked back to the roofs, cast his eyes to the west where the sun’s edge caressed the ridge of the mountains, and nodded slowly. “We’d show our teeth, if Uncle shows his belly.”

Jury-rigging: Came up with the whole idea on a walk today. Challenging myself.
There’s always one more quirk in the character: He makes up ugly names for himself before others get a chance.

Today’s words Word doesn’t know: woodsmoke
Sustenance: Green tea infused with brown rice, Vosages haut chocolat.
Mean Things: The crookleg, the false promises.
Other goal-related work: Preparing to get the GenCon game characters burned. Journaling this. Called family. Postcard work for Coach Diane in return for 1 hour fencing lessons (7 hours to go).

Exercise: 4 mile walk in the woods.
Wild Wild Life: Spring peepers, one snake, one crane, redwing blackbirds.
Community: Aaron and Jen left around noon. Jane may stop in for ham and wine.

The Internet is Full of Things: GenCon Event catalog went live today.