From Twitter 06-01-2010

• 09:59:35: Goals for the rest of the week: Finish Demonised, job-hunt, don't lose temper with Touchy Feely Temp
  
• 10:44:37: I have already failed at one of my goals.
  
• 10:54:54: Happy release day to my fellow Damnation Books authors! http://www.damnationbooks.com/
  
• 11:40:25: @ObsidianInk I got angry at the temp! (Quietly though)
  
• 14:50:17: I just experienced a really weird bout of homesickness for Liverpool, after five years of not living there...
  
• 14:50:26: I'm not moving again, dammit!
  
• 15:05:45: @janjonesauthor I might have to arrange a trip up there later in the year to get it out of my system!
  
• 15:51:08: Probably shouldn't get wound up by this sort of thing, but man... http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2010/05/steal-this-ebook.html
  
• 15:51:34: Not only is the whole experiment fundamentally flawed because Konrath is offering his book for free, rather than having it pirated...
  
• 15:52:01: ... But why would you want to encourage the idea that authors don't need to be paid for their work?
  
• 15:52:32: I shall watch with interest, and maybe see if Tesco will let me try some of their products for free before deciding to buy them
  
• 15:55:12: @leatherzebra I think the phrase "controversy creates cash" fits rather aptly here
  
• 16:09:51: @Scarimonious Yeah... I admit I'm not terribly knowledgable about file-sharing, etc, but I maintain this whole "experiment" is flawed
  
• 16:19:58: @Scarimonious Lol, I guess that's always good. I wouldn't have downloaded it in any case coz I don't like his books...
  
• 23:42:55: RT @yolandasfetsos: BOUNDLESS: Book 3 of the Alyce Kerr Faith Healer Trilogy is now available: http://bit.ly/96J0F3 Yay!
  
• 23:50:00: RT @DamnationBooks: Take a look at the thirteen new books just released! http://www.damnationbooks.com
  

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Signing up for Summer Camp!

So, moving on. I've signed up for kaz_mahoney's writing summer camp. My goal is to have the first draft of BAD DOGS done by August, which I think is quite reasonable, since this is about the same time scale I took to write SILVER KISS last year. Admittedly I'll be starting a bit later because of Ethan and his damn chain-smoking, but I'm still confident. I'm not setting myself any daily word counts; I'm just going to chug along and see how I go. I learnt whilst re-writing Wild that I really cannot do hardcore daily writing anymore without the arm injury flaring up and putting me out of action for a day or so. Especially on top of the day job. So I'm avoiding guilt-tripping myself with word counts, and settling for "write something every day."

Work on BAD DOGS commences on Saturday after Dad and I have visited the local recyling centre (my life! So glamourous!). Tonight, Ethan's adventure comes to an end, no matter how late I have to stay up to finish it. I'm so nearly there, it kills me to have to be at work when I could be at home writing. Just like the rest of the time...

This novella is a mathematical impossibility!

 How can something be 101% done? It can't! In other words, despite my best efforts, Demonised is still not finished. I'm now giving myself until Friday, because I really am thisclose to the end. Ethan has met the bad guy, he's in the bad guy's lair. His trusty canine companion is there. The sidekick is on her way. Everything is set up for a Dramatic Confrontation. But look, there's this documentary on about teenagers who are addicted to porn* and it's pretty hilarious, so...

 

30187 / 30000 words. 101% done!

*Experts are disturbed to find teenage boys watch porn online! ISN'T ANYONE THINKING OF THE CHILDREN!?