wordage

[julesjones]

The WIP stands at 6500 words, which seems like a good place to stop for the evening. It was 6077 when I started, so I've done more than my minimum 300 words for the day. Alas, this is the first time in weeks I've done *any* words. Mostly because this is the first time in weeks I've been physically up to it. I got hit with the throat infection nearly five weeks ago, and between pain and coughing I'd had only 2 or 3 nights of unbroken sleep up until about four nights ago. It's amazing what getting a couple of nights of decent sleep has done for my ability to focus.

I think I shall now take myself to bed with a hot water bottle and some aspirin/codeine (because the bug is back for another round, and I am not giving it a chance to keep me awake tonight), and read a few pages of that book I got through LTER.

Comments

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Hm. I hope my throat infection doesn't last five weeks. Henry's taking me to the theatre next weekend.

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear that you're feeling better.

Do you sometimes find that you have fewer words at the end of the day than when you began?

[julesjones]

Occasionally fewer, but not normally when I'm writing first draft.

And I'm glad to see that your mother's looking a bit better. Would have commented earlier, but I was really not very coherent by the time I got home from work this week.

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[latetocomics.livejournal.com]

Hey...I was just thinking about you today, and wondering what you might be writing, and then I saw this post! I am sorry you have been ill, and I hope you nip that bug good!

[julesjones]

Working on the third Lord and Master book. :-)

I've been feeling a lot better this last week, now that the cough from the tonsillitis last month is no longer keeping me awake at night. It's been very frustrating because just as I started to be familiar enough with the new job that it wasn't taking all my mental energy, I got sick. And I've had the basic plot and some of the scenes in my head for *months*, just not been able to write.