and there goes the benchmark!

[swan_tower]

Jesus Christ on a pogo stick. Tonight's work was supposed to be a particular scene, which would take at least my 1K quota to finish.

2,411 words later, the bloody thing is done at last.

I didn't think I would reach 80K tonight, what with being over 2K away from it. Well, hello, you novel-thing you. We're still a long way from the end, but 80K is traditionally minimum real novel length, so the number still looks a little magical to me. Crossing that line means we're approaching the end. (Even if it's still 50K away -- which I hope it isn't.)

Oh, and that's with having skipped over one bit, because I'm not sure what to put in it. Dear Merlin: no, you cannot be in this book. Please go away.


Word count: 80,277
LBR quota: Blood. And how.
Authorial sadism: The funny thing is, Lune believes that was less mean than the alternative.

Comments

[kendokamel.livejournal.com]

Huzzah!


(And I'm still checking on how many boxes I can get you! (; )

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

If you could drop off even one or two in the near future, that would be great; I'm presently stalled on book-packing due to lack of not-huge boxes.

[diatryma.livejournal.com]

Thank you for not including Merlin. I burned out on Arthuriana, especially stealth Arthuriana.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

He really doesn't belong in here. He's just the first individual out of folklore I could think of who fit a particular qualification. I shall do research, and find someone more appropriate.

[diatryma.livejournal.com]

Merlin brings baggage, and a lot of it sucks. I look forward to Not Merlin.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Exactly. If this were at a different point in the book, it would be funny for the character in question to show up all white-bearded and robe-wearing, have everybody blink, and then the plot moves on and never talks about him again. But this is not the right moment for humour of that kind.

[d-c-m.livejournal.com]

Dear Merlin: no, you cannot be in this book. Please go away.
Hmmm.... sounds like a new book is niggling at the back of your mind. ;)

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

No, not at all. Just that I hit a point where I thought "okay, now I need somebody who's been imprisoned" and my brain, lacking anyone else immediately to hand, said "Merlin!" and the rest of me said "NO."

Fortunately, I have several big fat books of folklore to provide me with alternatives.

[d-c-m.livejournal.com]

*Grin*

Well, I'm still rooting for Merlin. ;)

[(Anonymous)]

Well, if Ireland isn't too far away, there's that dude with his army under the hill in the land of Unicorns, chairs with back, and weird little gnomish graveyard caretakers. I'm sure I still have a picture somewhere.

[teleidoplex]

Well, if Ireland isn't too far away, there's that dude with his army under the hill in the land of Unicorns, chairs with back, and weird little gnomish graveyard caretakers. I'm sure I still have a picture somewhere.