Category: The Ruby Key
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Never give a sick kid red Gatorade
‘Nuff said. I’m not the only one sick. But I keep reminding myself that tomorrow, I get to sleep in. I have more heavy-duty typing today than yesterday. The second half of Ruby Key is the section that has most of the new material, though I typed in about 11,000 new words yesterday. You won’t…
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Here we go
I’ve finished the write-in for The Ruby Key. I have no idea how many words I added. They’re all handwritten on ratty-edged notebook paper, with page numbering that goes 16-A, 16-B, 16-C, etc. I know I added a lot of scenes. More than a dozen. I know I added a lot of words. But how…
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Writing final new scene
If I can nail this scene without bleeding out the eyeballs, I should be able to start type-in in an hour or two. Then I’ll start seeing how much I’ve actually added. I have today and tomorrow to do type-in, and Tuesday the thing goes to Lisa and Robin. I’m pretty sure I’ve added a…
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Yesterday Genna got mad
Today, she gets even. In my quest to make my heroine the kick-butt hero of her own story, yesterday she took a really nasty situation in hand (with a cast-iron skillet, no less) and went one on one with a monster. Then, with the trophies of her monster-bashing stowed neatly away—but her prize ripped from…
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Caught up late yesterday
I did not pull ahead, though. “Late” in this case was really, really late. But I’m close to finishing the day’s work, and am going to push ahead and see if I can, in fact, gain a bit of ground on the deadline. Any extra time I can win for the type-in, which is going…
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Fell Behind
Yesterday was the first day that I didn’t make my words. I got stuck on a couple of sections, couldn’t figure out the fix-it puzzles to everything I needed, and just generally struggled in a sea of freaking frustration. I am officially behind on the count, though not by a great deal. I wrote one…
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Still on schedule with RUBY KEY edits
I was up until 2:20 a.m. working on a new scene. Bounced ideas back and forth, used just about every plot trick I know (including finishing up a pair of Dark and Stormy Night Socks I was knitting. It’s amazing how two or three rounds every time you get stuck ads up to socks in…
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Lunch Break Update
I finished yesterday’s work at 12:12 this morning. I was ragged and bleary-eyed, but I got the words for the day, added a new scene that I’m fairly happy with—though I’ll add things as I do the type-in—and I fell into bed and dreamed that I was the last vampire hunter, and I was constantly…
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Friday Snippet, from THE RUBY KEY
I debated doing a Friday Snippet this week because the last couple of entries, tied up in HAWKSPAR mess, I haven’t kept up my end by reading everyone else’s. I apologize. I know this week and next, due to the RUBY KEY deadline, I still won’t be able to do that. But before the linky…
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Editing is going pretty well.
The RUBY KEY edits are eating my life, but I’m getting good stuff for all the work. I’m about where I should be, and writing like mad, but I was going crosseyed, so I decided to stop in and say hi. Posting a couple pictures of the birthday present I finished for my daughter (belatedly)…