HB 2 Me, and Progress Report: Fast Draft, Day Two

[rj_anderson]

I got a bicycle for my birthday! A shiny new bicycle from my husband, who is wise in the ways of cycling! Yay! I think this may be the first new bike I've had in my life. And it's certainly the first one I've owned in over fifteen years. *huggles it*

My other birthday present: spring weather! It was positively mild today, and the snowbanks are rapidly shrinking. Dare I hope that by next week they will be gone?

In other news, I fail at writing today -- only 572 words so far. But my head feels like it has been stuffed with cotton wool, and I just can't seem to get my thoughts to cohere. So I have been using the time to do character maps, timelines, and other useful things. At least that will keep me from feeling completely unproductive.

It's embarrassing to admit how hard I have to think to do a timeline, though. I'm constantly counting things on my fingers with my tongue stuck out one side of my mouth, trying to figure out how much time has passed between on event and another -- and even after I've done my best, I'm sure I've got it wrong. Why do numbers hate me so?

I also fail at intuition. I really thought that by now I would have some word from Agent E. about Knife. However, no news is at least potentially good news, right?

Comments

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Yeah -- the problem is that I'm charting events over a twenty-year span of time (most of these are offscreen in the book, but it helps me to know when they happened) so the calendar option isn't that useful, alas.

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

Not even one with twenty rows for years and 12 columns for months? Ah, well, I'm sure you'll think of something.

Anyway, I meant to say, Happy Birthday! May you have a productive year, and grow lots.