{"id":1578,"date":"2016-11-13T15:47:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-13T19:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/?p=1578"},"modified":"2016-11-13T15:47:04","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T19:47:04","slug":"nanowrimo-2016-day-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/nanowrimo-2016-day-13\/","title":{"rendered":"NaNoWriMo 2016 – Day 13"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ending Word Count: 27, 667<\/strong><\/p>\n

In fairness, it was 27, 666. But I just added an adverb (with apologies to Stephen King<\/a>) to the last sentence. Superstition and all that.<\/p>\n

I’m getting through the final couple chapters of act one. Exciting stuff is happening and I find myself typing so fast I’m forgetting things like conjunctions, spaces and punctuation.<\/p>\n

I really should have paid more attention in that typing class in high school.<\/p>\n

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Oh God…I’m SO old…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last night had a Skype call with a good man. Emmett Spain (a fellow writer and comic book fan) and I are working on an interesting piece. It’s a steampunk\/heist novella\u00a0with\u00a0the working title:\u00a0Scoundrels of Paradise.<\/em>\u00a0I have to be honest–he and I laugh so much during these collaboration sessions that less gets done then we plan.<\/p>\n

Spending the rest of the day\/evening outlining, plotting, and generally making characters of mine spanning multiple genres rather miserable. Ah well, such is the life of a writer. Blame it on the strokes.<\/p>\n

Here is a snippet of today’s #NaNoWriMo<\/strong> work. Enjoy and be at peace.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cSymon!\u201d shouted an angry voice with a familiar Irish lilt. \u201cWake up ye gob!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My eyes flew open. The ring on my finger instantly transformed into the black staff,\u00a0Celtic\u00a0runes came to life with a pop and a hiss,\u00a0burning an angry red.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’d just started to get out of my seat when the world turned on its side. There was\u00a0a horrendous metallic screech and a gut-wrenching lurch.\u00a0My brian barely had time to register sheer terror\u00a0as the Green line train jumped the track and plowed into the heavy Boston holiday traffic.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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