Well, I’ve passed the 30,000 word mark today and I’m pleased with that. I am quite a bit behind though if I want to make the goal. I was, unfortunately, hit with a case of the flu this week that totally knocked me on my ass and I’ve been sicker this week than I’ve been in several years. Plus it made me miss a day of writing which threw me off my rhythm.
But I’m on the mend and back at it. I’ve got a difficult scene to write to night yet and I’ve been procrastinating a little. But I’m not letting myself go to bed til it’s written.
I did find something else to listen to besides ‘Alice‘ on repeat. All I have to say is thank goodness for the iPod Touch. There is an app called Ambience that has hundreds and hundreds of sort of ‘white noise’ sounds and you can make playlists and have favourites and well it’s the awesomest thing ever. I built a thunderstorms and ocean waves playlist, I let it go and man it helps me tune everything out so I can focus.
I wish I could be one of those cool writers who can listen to their favourite tunes while they write but I’ve learned that it just distracts me. I start singing along, doing big air drum solos, serenading my cat… Not very good for the writing thing. So if you’re like me, I recommend the Ambience app in iTunes. Only 99 cents.
OK enough of that. Time for an excerpt:
“How do we find Starkweather, Max?” asked Charlotte.
“Well – and I’m only guessing here darlin’. I’ve never had the need to find the man meself. But I have heard that the man tends to keep to that fortress of his he calls Athenaeum.”
“Athena-what?” CherryPop asked.
“Athenaeum. It’s a great beast of a building. Used to be an insane asylum before the war and then both armies used the place as their headquarters depending on which side was winning at the time. The Shark sort of made it his own when he arrived here.”
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