Success!
By 2pm on Monday I had washed the dishes, done some laundry, eaten sourdough pancakes, and written 3,000 words or so, for a weekend total of 10,101.
Yes, I did go back and add two words to make a pretty number. So?
I’m up to 28,000 words on the whole thing. I could have sworn I had more than 18K already, but that’s not what the little counter says. Anyway, that’s 10 solid chapters, plus a lot of fragments. Paper Magic is starting to look like an actual novel, with characters and plots and subplots, and even a bit of set-up and foreshadowing.
I feel rather virtuous. I hope now that I’ve forced myself back into it I can keep up a steady but slower pace on this project.
I believe I will celebrate by mowing the lawn now.