Writer Tamago

A few nice links for you. First of all, Julie Rose has her newest interview with Jason Erik Lundberg at Writers and Their Soundtracks. Secondly, Jay Lake links to MH Bonham again, this time on about finding time to write. Finally, the return of Blood Is Thicker than Water. I cobbled my way through the [...]

Right now, we're at 37,414 / 55,000(68.0%) If all goes well, the first draft will be finished Wednesday. *** Retraction: Chiron is not the bad centaur we're looking for. He does get wounded because of Hercules, and he trades his immortality so he doesn't suffer from the arrow tipped with hydra's blood. Now, what's the [...]

The end of the first draft is in sight, which means that the first draft may well not be the 55K I envisioned. There's a lot to add in and sharpen so we'll see what the word count is finally. I expect there will be some whacking also. Right now we're looking at a usual [...]

First, two days of work make the Herc-o-meter grow substantially! 35,019 / 55,000(63.7%) Trivia: The answer to yesterday's trivia. Hercules' centaur friend is Pholus. He visited Pholus before he went out to kill the Erymanthian Boar. During this visit, Hercules made a centaur enemy. Do you know his name? *** I'm at the hospital, so [...]

Go to this link. It's about good writer hygiene, or habits, if you will. Gaining Good Writing Habits Courtesy of Jay Lake and of course, MH Bonham.

I just spent the last three hours working on the book. Dictating a book is very different than writing. Lots more mistakes made, and I let it get away with more mistakes. It's tiring. I didn't get as much done has I'd hoped, but I did get yesterday's word count, and about half of today's. [...]

Good morning, everyone. This is me using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. It's wonderful. My arm doesn't hurt at all! It's also very easy to use. I think it's going to speed up my writing time. A lot. Sure, I have to get used to making mistakes and correcting them, but since I have a friendly, Midwestern accent, [...]

Bwah hah hah! There was an explosion tonight, chemistry teacher approved. It has to be finessed, but still...groovy. Word Count. Over 30K. 30,503 / 55,000(55.5%) Tonight's trivia: Can you describe why Geryon was so unusual? What did he look like?

DNS is cool. Seriously cool. I spent an hour today in occupational rehabilitation doing the tutorial of the software, and it looks like it will help, not just on the novel, but also with writing the curriculum and getting things around for work. Jayne, my rehab coach, has already put in an order to get [...]

Things are taking a decidedly supernatural turn in HH:PW. Word Count: 29,238 / 55,000(53.2%) Yesterday's trivia one more day: Why did Hercules have to undertake the 10 (12) labors? What did he do that caused him to need to do penance? Herculean Wisdom: “And what you show me after all those years is yet again [...]