is the current word count of HEATSTROKE HEARTBEAT, with all longhand work transcribed. This doesn’t count the prologue novelette, which is currently around 14,000 words, and could possibly go longer. I definitely need at least 5-10K to wrap it up, but I now have all of March to do it, which is nice. (Although I’ll… Continue reading 97, 543
Tag: Heatstroke Heartbeat
Work week 2023-02-14
Maker: NA Manager: Continue transcribing HEATSTROKE HEARTBEAT (46p left). Marketer: Complete book list for Shepherd; publicize WINDBURN WHIPLASH go-live on social media. This week’s picture is sunset over the Delaware, from the Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex parking lot. The nights are getting shorter, is the point. Currently listening: IF BOOKS COULD KILL: “The End… Continue reading Work week 2023-02-14
Work week 2023-01-23
Maker: Figure out January newsletter content Manager: Continue transcription of HEATSTROKE HEARTBEAT Marketer: WINDBURN WHIPLASH to socials and blog for real this week, you god-damned animal Today’s featured image is a drawing my 11-year-old daughter made when she discovered her Kobo is apparently also an Etch-a-Sketch? Recently watched: THE RENTAL, dir. Dave Franco. I might… Continue reading Work week 2023-01-23
Work week 2023-01-17
Maker: NA Manager: Transcribe HEATSTROKE HEARTBEAT to end of manuscript; if done, decide on fate of SNOWDRIFT STARLIGHT plotline Marketer: Couple of blog posts; WINDBURN WHIPLASH preorder to socials. (Sometimes it helps me to have notes on my intentions, so I can at least know I’m doing what I’m not supposed to be doing. Format… Continue reading Work week 2023-01-17
The Nona maneuver
Just marking this as the day it occurred to me that the Streets of Flame Quartet may need to become a quintet. This all relies on very, very raw turns of events in HEATSTROKE HEARTBEAT, which only exist in my head and a notebook, so all of this is highly abstract and none is guaranteed.… Continue reading The Nona maneuver
Heatstroke Heartbeat progress, 2022-09-18
I added the raw word count deficit (i.e., total minus target) because that feels like potentially a motivating data point; rate to finish is cool, but this early in the project, it won’t move much unless I get ahead or behind by an enormous amount. Whereas moving the deficit below zero (i.e., getting ahead) is… Continue reading Heatstroke Heartbeat progress, 2022-09-18