Guns & Magic

 

A Simple Habana Melody (from when the world was good) by Oscar Hijuelos.

 

-David

 

Horse Girl: 1068 words (most in chapter 12)

 

Yup. Finally finished chapter 11, and made a good start into chapter 12. I can definitely see the end of this project ahead of me.

 

-David

 

A 2000-word summary of Monday night’s gaming session.

 

As I get my daily schedule back in line, I should be able to work on Horse Girl again tomorrow. And/or Friday.

 

-David

 

Horse Girl: 937 words (chapter 11)

 

-David

 

Horse Girl: 1033 words (yup, still in chapter 11).

 

Chapter 11 is now over 6000 words. Not yet the longest chapter. But trying to get there.

 

I say it again: I could be writing total crap. But I hope I’m not. I’m actually beginning to like this book again.

 

-David

 

Horse Girl: 939 words (chapter 11)

 

I’m running through something like a check list of items that have to covered/wrapped up in this chapter. At the rate I’m going, this chapter will be the longest in the book. So I’ll probably have to split it up in editing.

 

-David

 

Horse Girl: 1046 words (chapter 11)

 

I’ve decided that I just don’t know if this book is good or bad. And I don’t know if what I’m writing is total crap.

 

But I’m going to write it anyway.

 

Because I’m going to finish this book.

 

-David

 

The Art of Discworld by Terry Pratchett, illustrated by Paul Kidby.

 

That’s the last of my current stack of Discworld material generously loaned to me by a friend. He has more.

 

-David

 

Horse Girl: 1013 words (chapter 11)

 

Writing while simultaneously researching what you’re writing is … uh … fun. Sorta. Go Google!

 

-David

 

…must be, more than anything else, familiar. If the lyrics are also in a foreign language, that’s a bonus (I wrote The Indie Game Development Survival Guide listening almost exclusively to Rammstein).

 

Anything new and different distracts me.

 

“Mood” or tone of the music and lyrics isn’t that important. Or maybe it is (I wrote The Summoning Fire while listening to a lot of Blue October; there’s a lot of self-hatred in both my book and their music). But I suspect that, more than anything else, I select music based on my mood more than that of the book I’m working on. Usually the mood of the book  is established in development, long before I start working on the main text.

 

So, yeah, no breaking in new bands while writing. There’s plenty of time for that in the afternoons when I’m working on software.

 

-David