(personal/writing) Good morning!

Nothing too witty this morning - I'm still tired from yesterday, but I got a fair chunk done, and remembered the QuickPad this morning, so I can actually write today. It's going to be a fun scene. My two heroines finally meet face to face. Yes, you actually get to meet Shanna in this book.

No real list today - just writing and more writing. I made pirate ships all day yesterday. I have a fleet at my desk. Including a sea monster. But honestly, they're research for another book. Really. :p

Off to check the f-list and then writing. Thank gods I have my iPod with me, and it now has more Irish music on it.

(writing) Because it's a good thing.

Brenda Novak's 4th Annual Auction for Diabetes is open now. Go, look, bid, support Diabetes Research.

It's a good thing.

edit: It would be an even better thing if I could master basic HTML tags. *sigh* Sorry, guys, fixed.

(writing) I love my characters

And yes, Shanna, you ARE evil. You're just evil on the right side.

This scene is way too much fun. Way, way, way too much fun.

(personal) Mental note to self:

Check your organizer notes more often. You wouldn't be surprised then by the fact that you have oh, say, money stashed in an online savings account.

*sigh* I so need to get organized this year.

(seasons) Metrics for 5/1/08

starting count: 52845
ending count: 54062
change: +1217

starting line:
Nikki turned as another rider joined them, her pale horse moving easily up through the Shadow guards to pace beside Cerebus.

ending line:
“Nice bruises,” Shanna said, and Nikki flushed.

darling:
Shanna led her along what might have once been a path but had long since deteriorated into the ghost of a game trail, overspread with tree roots and moss. No dead leaves here; the trees had long since given up their raiment, standing mutely bare, emaciated arms raised to an uncaring sky. A solemn, wistful sadness permeated the scene, and Nikki was unsurprised to see ornate wrought iron gates rising out of the distance.