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Wow! Finally we're moving along.

New excerpts online, "Moonlight and Shadows" and "Howl Like You Mean It":

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(FurRag couldn't handle the large post, it seemed, so it is broken into two parts.)

Word count to date: 39,811
Quota would be: 45,009

Back within striking distance!

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Mood: satisfied

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This is the most exhausting holiday of the year, I think. And for that reason, far from my favorite. We did get everything done as we were supposed to do.

Except for my writing. I managed about 500 words in the car going, and another 700 tonight. Backsliding is no good. Four days left to squeeze out 16,000 words. Still trying, though.

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Mood: exhausted

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Making progress. I'm not done writing for tonight yet, and the turkey's in the oven still so I have some more time. However, I'm pleased with the way things are shaping up, so here is another excerpt. Francis meets with his mentors, and then meets someone more sinister, in a dream as it seems... or not. This segment should appear before "Old Bones and New" in the final manuscript, and I think you'll see why.

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Words to date: 33.198

Target quota tonight: 41,675

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Stuck at work for another hour. Then a long weekend, hopefully, so I can finish the NaNo.

Meanwhile, here's an important lesson:

How to Ride a Pony

I'm not so sure about the crab blood, though.

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Current Location: At work, alas
Mood: bored

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Another two chapter excerpt, returning to the main plot in the current timeline. Hammel continues his investigation into the triple killings back in 347 CY, only to arrive at the crime scene of another murder, in his current timeline.

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I recommend that you read the other three excerpts before reading this one, otherwise you will miss clues, just as Hammel is doing at the moment.

Words to date: 26,544
Target quota: 38,341

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New excerpt, sampling the third subplot in ARROW: a College Tail. Francis is a raccoon but he wishes he had been born a wolf. When he writes about it and reads his work in his composition class, he is suddenly presented with an odd-sounding but apparently desirable opportunity.

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As with almost all my writing, these excerpts are "safe for work."

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Slow but steady progress. The loose ends are now visible rather than being just in my head. Had to make a timeline, using the Chatton calendar. Dates like 18 Bear 347 CY and 29 II Wolf 348 CY don't help, but I insist that they be correct.

Unloaded the last of the hay this afternoon. Some of it was pretty crappy, but it's more than enough so we're done until June I hope.

Moved a frozen turkey from the deep freeze to the refrigerator so it will hopefully thaw out by Wednesday evening when I want to cook it. They're predicting snow for Wednesday evening too. Glad we're closing the library early for the holiday.

Got two more segments written. At this rate, I'll still make the deadline.

NaNo progress

Current word count: 22,892
Today's quota: 36,674

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Current Location: Home in the oak grove
Mood: busy

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Steed and Bear arrived Friday evening from MFF, and we went out for dinner and hung out. They stayed overnight and this morning we had breakfast (I made an apple-filled German pancake, with bacon and lots of coffee) and we played around with the horses and dogs and then took photos of Steed in his fursuit before they went back to the hotel to catch the parade and head home.

So I got a little bit of MFF without actually having to brave the madness.

Went grocery shopping, and observed that the price of gasoline is fluctuating wildly in town here. This week the observed prices have been:

Monday about 8 pm, $2.62
Tuesday afternoon, $2.63
Thursday about 8 pm, $2.75
Saturday 2:30 pm, $2.59
Saturday 4:00 pm, $2.57

This is all recorded at the exact same station. Meanwhile, up in Harvard, prices have been locked solid at $2.74 for a couple of weeks. Down in Dekalb on Thursday the price seemed to be $2.59 everywhere I looked, and it was similar to that in Indiana last Sunday. In Ohio I saw one station at $2.39, though, and several at $2.44.

Some NaNo progress, gaining ground but not fast enough.

Current word count: 19,878
Today's quota: 35,007

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Mood: busy

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For those who remember my 2007 NaNo novel, which appeared with the working title The Argosiad, here is an excerpt chapter from this year's book. The story is a mystery with a double timeline, in which current events seem to mimic a series of murders 120 years earlier. At this time, Fennec and Hammel are both students in Chatton, and in this chapter we see their first meeting. They were assigned a joint project in a public administration class.

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NaNo progress (I'm way behind, but may still be able to catch up)

Words to date: 17,965
Quota would be: 31,673

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Mood: busy

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Gary's back home, but I didn't get him here until 8 pm. Those people sure run on some other dimension of time, or else they really are billing the insurance (and us) by the minute. He was supposed to have a stress test first thing in the morning, but they kept putting it off. Finally at noon they got around to it. Then he had to wait for the results to be "read" and wait some more to see the cardiologist, who wanted an ultrasound then. The final conclusion: acid reflux, which is what I've said he has but of course my diagnosis doesn't count. They prescribed Pepcid and also Xanax if he chooses to take it. He's so hypersensitive to medication that I'm afraid that will make him loopy, but OK.

Anyway, he's home safe, thanks to Epona and Baldur. I spent the whole day waiting for the call saying they were definitely going to discharge him so I could make the hour drive down there. Finally the call came at 4 pm. I got down to Dekalb a little after 5 pm. They finally let us out the hospital door at 6:08.

Did get some writing done today, but not enough. I'm averaging about 2000 words a day, which isn't going to make up for the early deficiencies in time. Need to get more than that out.

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Current Location: Soggy oak grove
Mood: exhausted

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