Word count -- BLACKOUT.

[seanan_mcguire]

Words: 9,190.
Total words: 33,533.
Reason for stopping: finished chapter seven/book one. Time to watch some TV.
Music: random shuffle, lots of goth and punk.
Cats: Alice, unknown; Lilly, curled up on my bed; Thomas, curled up behind my chair, making chirping noises. Again.

As of tonight, I am a) done with chapter seven, b) done with Book I, c) officially over 30,000 words, and d) officially over 100 pages. Since this book is projected at 145,000 words (welcome to Stephen King territory, please keep your hands inside the car at all times), this is kinda awesome—I really needed to be moving into these regions. This also means that I am now at the top of the first big hill, and can begin to PLUMMET RAPIDLY DOWNWARD. Woo!

I'm terribly excited about this book, and terribly dismayed about the fact that I can't really discuss it with anyone, beyond "well, there are words on pages, and the pages are turning into a manuscript, and it's all very exciting," since it's basically one big REDACTED FOR SPOILERS at this point. Ah, well. Soon enough.

When will you rise?

Comments

[soundingsea.livejournal.com]

I will rise at 7am, because I am up too late to set my alarm for my normal 5:30am central, which is 3:30am in California Blonde Time. ;) (I know, I know, but I had to answer it straight-up.)

Also, eep and congrats on Major Book Progress! I can't wait to read the next one, and the fact that this one's progressing makes this reader very happy!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I appreciate your directness!

I'm both excited and terrified. It's fun.

[the-liz666.livejournal.com]

"Alice-Unknown"

Likely trying to find a stealth maneuver to get herself more food, since her human slave has put her on a diet without her permission. ;-)

Woot! More writing!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

She turned out to be flopped on her back in the hall, displaying her soft underbelly to the world.

[yellowblackhaze.livejournal.com]

I'm also very pleased that this one is steaming along. Very eager to get my hands on Deadline later this year.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Heeeeeeeeeeee!

[rhoda-rants.livejournal.com]

YAY--I'm excited for you! That is a fat, fat book you're working on there.

(Seriously, how do you do it? I can barely squeeze 70k out of my longest manuscripts.)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I do not know.

Seriously. Feed just happened, and now I have to match it.

[piratejenny.livejournal.com]

This has nothing whatsoever to do with your book, but I saw this yesterday and for some reason, I thought of you. Zombie blood:

http://www.livingwithbloodlust.com/zombie/

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Hee!

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

I feel like I've already risen with the migraine. Can I unrise when it goes away?

Now, I have a technical question for you. I've see you (and other people) talk about projected word counts and I was wondering how do you know? Besides the little word counter thing in *Word processer of your choice*, how do you know how many words a story is going to be before you even start it? Or is it something that the editor/publisher says you need to hit?

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Mostly, it's the last of these, and probably the topic of a blog post all its own.

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

Is there much more to it than that? I suppose on the other end of things there are.