So I did what’s technically my first job interview today, and it was something else. But that cut into my writing time, and my wisdom tooth’s bothering me, so I didn’t get much done on the story front. We’re still in Chapter 4, but now business is picking up. I hope to finish tomorrow. I also hope to hear that I’m now a professional developer, but let’s stick to reasonable goals, right?
Today’s word count: 1,004
Total word count: 22,598
Daily average: 1,738
Projected total: 52,149
Stopping early today, because I want to take a little more time to prepare for my big interview tomorrow. Call it halfway through Chapter 4, and I hope I can tell you two things in the next update. One, that I’ve finished the chapter, and two, that I’m that much closer to having a job. Fingers crossed, knock on wood, and whatever else you gotta do.
Today’s word count: 1,138
Total word count: 21,594
Daily average: 1,799
Projected total: 53,985
One hundred years ago marked the end of World War I. It’s only appropriate that my writing for today is the beginning of this story’s only significant military action. So far, that’s just a scouting mission, but there will be fighting soon enough. Maybe later in Chapter 4, but we’ll see.
Today’s word count: 2,063
Total word count: 20,456
Daily average: 1,859
Projected total: 55,789
Finished Chapter 3, which ended with a nice little callback to the “main” timeline of the Otherworld series. (Put simply and without spoilers, a character named in “The Lessons Learned”, the novella I put out two months ago, appears here as a child.)
The hardest part of this one is getting into the mindset of…well, let’s just call them an alien civilization. An alien civilization roughly on par with the Egyptians just before the construction of the Pyramids, at that. You thought Assassin’s Creed Odyssey was a culture shock?
Today’s word count: 2,144
Total word count: 18,393
Daily average: 1,839
Projected total: 55,179
Finished up early today. That way, I’ve got more time for other things, like this coding interview I’m doing next Tuesday. (Don’t worry, I’m expecting the worst out of that.) Anyway, we’re most of the way through Chapter 3 now, and today’s writing was more setup. That’s how it is sometimes. I know this story’s shorter, so I do have to pick up the pace soon, but it’s coming. I can feel it.
Today’s word count: 1,999
Total word count: 16,249
Daily average: 1,805
Projected total: 54,163
Moving into Chapter 3 now, which is our first introduction to the #2 POV for this story. It also features a place well-known to readers of Chronicles of the Otherworld, specifically Written in Black and White and Situational Awareness. Of course, four millennia of change renders it essentially unrecognizable, but that’s how it goes when you’re writing something like this.
Today’s word count: 2,006
Total word count: 14,250
Daily average: 1,781
Projected total: 53,437
That’s more like it. Finished Chapter 2, finally. Tomorrow, I’ll introduce the secondary POV character, and then I can start looking for a way to tie these two threads together. Figuring out how they connect to the “mainline” story of Otherworld is, of course, a task for much, much later.
Today’s word count: 2,202
Total word count: 12,244
Daily average: 1,749
Projected total: 52,474
I don’t know if you noticed, but there’s something big going on today. So I didn’t write that much. Really, all I did today was catch up on what I missed yesterday. Still in Chapter 2, still working on it.
Today’s word count: 1,149
Total word count: 10,042
Daily average: 1,673
Projected total: 50,210
Not much today, I’m afraid. This is what happens when you’re out all day running errands. Well, and sleeping all morning, even though you went to bed at 11 PM last night. Can’t be helped, not without risking my health, which I’m avoiding this year.
Today’s word count: 815
Total word count: 8,893
Daily average: 1,778
Projected total: 53,358
Not feeling all that great today, but that’s not going to stop me from writing at least something. And I did get a fairly decent day out of it, although it took me longer than expected. So I’m into Chapter 2, and this part’s all about connecting the dots. One nice thing about writing this particular story is that I can throw in references to Otherworld whenever I feel like it. (Okay, I’ve done that in The Beast Within, too, but that’s different.)
Anyway, I’m done for now. I hope I’ll feel better tomorrow. And that I’ll get that job I applied for, but one miracle at a time, right?
Today’s word count: 1,993
Total word count: 8,078
Daily average: 2,019
Projected total: 60,585