9/23/2015
Current Word Count: 7821

Woe is me. Actually, today is a day for celebrating. FIRST DRAFT COMPLETE!!! And it’s been posted up on Scrib for critique. I have to say, waiting for those critiques to come in is agonizing. It’s horrible. It’s wonderful. It’s scary. It’s exciting. Kind of like Christmas morning. (And the lead-up to it!) But the biggest part of Christmas morning is the not knowing. What will everyone think? Will they like it? Will they hate it? Will it be awesome and only need a few upgrades/improvements, whatever? Or will it be a complete mess that never should have been posted in the first place? We’ll find out.

Current Word Count: 2401

It’s always interesting when you write a conversation between two characters who will never see each other again only to find out that character is vital to the story, and will show up again – on a rather regular basis, even though it’s just a short story. Yep. That happened. She just rescued a homeless kid and got a meal in his stomach for the first time in four days. And I’ve changed her name. Again. She’s now Nikki. It could be short for Nikeela still, but Nikeela just doesn’t feel right. And my brain keeps going back to Nik or Nikki anyway, so I’m running with it.

Oh. And did I mention Felix isn’t exactly a prison guard anymore either? He’s a chef. A Cajun chef. He took over his grandfather’s restaurant.

8/30/2015
Current Word Count: 1,190

So… I guess she’s not really a redhead. You know, I was up by 3k more than what I had last time. But alas, there was sum fun had by Scrivener – first problem ever from the program. I closed it up on Wednesday night, and on Thursday morning, the file had reverted to what it was three days before. Not just one day before, but three. So I’m working on getting those words back. And I’m beta reading a book one of my friends wrote. So… yay. Now… back to beta reading Crazy Beautiful Lies by Kathryn L. James.