Cherie Priest (
cheriepriest) wrote2019-11-18 06:10 pm
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Maybe I'd get less stressed if I was tested less like
Here's today’s progress on my modern gothic ghost story about the fallout from a school shooting 25 years ago, told from the POV of four survivors - with Bonus! memories both faulty and true, intergenerational violence and grace alike, and a boarded up school with thirty-two ghosts who know something the police never figured out. This bad-boy is one part The Haunting of Hill House, one part The Frighteners, and one part Bowling for Columbine. Wish me luck.
Project: Kill Me Now
Deadline: none ::throws confetti::
New words written: 2898
Present total word count: 40,001
Things accomplished in real life: Walked the dogs; cleaned up dog pee every day since last post - some days, twice; this morning Lucy had peed on two of the three traditionally provided pee-pads, and also she took a dump in my office, so, like I said - we have good weeks and bad weeks; went to bar for birthday drinks with a bunch of Scorpio friends whose birthdays all land within a week of each other; cleaned the house; did all the laundry; put up some festive decor without going full-Christmas just yet.
Things accomplished in fiction: Spent some time in an ER with old friends; got let go and agreed to go home with a family member; set up a difficult set of conversations; wondered how to file an insurance claim for poltergeist-related injury.
Darling duJour: Redacted for today.
Other: I took the weekend off, so sue me. I still cracked 40,000 words today! Barely, but hey - I’ll take it!
Approximate number of fiction words so far this year: 110,545
Project: Kill Me Now
Deadline: none ::throws confetti::
New words written: 2898
Present total word count: 40,001
Things accomplished in real life: Walked the dogs; cleaned up dog pee every day since last post - some days, twice; this morning Lucy had peed on two of the three traditionally provided pee-pads, and also she took a dump in my office, so, like I said - we have good weeks and bad weeks; went to bar for birthday drinks with a bunch of Scorpio friends whose birthdays all land within a week of each other; cleaned the house; did all the laundry; put up some festive decor without going full-Christmas just yet.
Things accomplished in fiction: Spent some time in an ER with old friends; got let go and agreed to go home with a family member; set up a difficult set of conversations; wondered how to file an insurance claim for poltergeist-related injury.
Darling duJour: Redacted for today.
Other: I took the weekend off, so sue me. I still cracked 40,000 words today! Barely, but hey - I’ll take it!
Approximate number of fiction words so far this year: 110,545