Only got Chapter 20 up to 2,715 words tonight, with a total of 267 new words written and a story total of 73,801--but got in some valuable plot discussion with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mamishka (who is really great, I must say yet again, for tossing ideas I've already thought of off of, and getting her to reality-check them and help me polish them), risu, and solarbird (who also brought me a couple of welcome reality checks). As a result of this discussion I'm going to have to modify Chapter 19 slightly, because I need to add in an action by a character which is going to have important bearing in Chapter 20. I'd save this for the second draft, except that this is important enough that I think I need to go ahead and put this in. Ergo, watch this space for an updated version of Chapter 19 in the next day or two, with the finished Chapter 20 to follow as quickly thereafter as possible!
Big thanks to Meems and Rebecca and Dara for the plot brainstorming. :D
In the meantime, I went for a third viewing of Master and Commander today, along withveiledpanda. Noted with satisfaction and pleasure that she laughed at all the funny bits, and that afterwards she did in fact attest to enjoying the movie. Yay! Afterwards, invited her to come hang out at the Murk for a bit and we yakked a lot and I played her a bit of Great Big Sea as well as the Grunts' rendition of "Folsom Prison Blues".
Also had a workout--which was entertaining as I'm working back up to using my 20 and 25-pounders now, so I'm getting back into the territory of workouts that feel like actual workouts to the rest of my body as opposed to just therapeutic recovery exercise. My arm gets to feeling a little shaky after lifting the really heavy weights, but that passes. And I've noted with intrigue that over the last couple of days, my arm has had this weird feeling over the point of the break as if I've got a cuff on there. I'm wondering if this is because I am developing more muscle mass and my arm is adjusting to the presence of it, or what. It's not a constant feeling, and it fact it appears to have passed, but I get a twinge or two every now and then.
Lastly, finished off J.D. Robb's Imitation in Death, for light fluffy murder mystery/romantic suspense goodness. I need to read something with a bit more substance now, though; maybe it's time to tackle the fourth Aubrey/Maturin book. ;)
mamishka (who is really great, I must say yet again, for tossing ideas I've already thought of off of, and getting her to reality-check them and help me polish them), risu, and solarbird (who also brought me a couple of welcome reality checks). As a result of this discussion I'm going to have to modify Chapter 19 slightly, because I need to add in an action by a character which is going to have important bearing in Chapter 20. I'd save this for the second draft, except that this is important enough that I think I need to go ahead and put this in. Ergo, watch this space for an updated version of Chapter 19 in the next day or two, with the finished Chapter 20 to follow as quickly thereafter as possible!Big thanks to Meems and Rebecca and Dara for the plot brainstorming. :D
In the meantime, I went for a third viewing of Master and Commander today, along with
veiledpanda. Noted with satisfaction and pleasure that she laughed at all the funny bits, and that afterwards she did in fact attest to enjoying the movie. Yay! Afterwards, invited her to come hang out at the Murk for a bit and we yakked a lot and I played her a bit of Great Big Sea as well as the Grunts' rendition of "Folsom Prison Blues".Also had a workout--which was entertaining as I'm working back up to using my 20 and 25-pounders now, so I'm getting back into the territory of workouts that feel like actual workouts to the rest of my body as opposed to just therapeutic recovery exercise. My arm gets to feeling a little shaky after lifting the really heavy weights, but that passes. And I've noted with intrigue that over the last couple of days, my arm has had this weird feeling over the point of the break as if I've got a cuff on there. I'm wondering if this is because I am developing more muscle mass and my arm is adjusting to the presence of it, or what. It's not a constant feeling, and it fact it appears to have passed, but I get a twinge or two every now and then.
Lastly, finished off J.D. Robb's Imitation in Death, for light fluffy murder mystery/romantic suspense goodness. I need to read something with a bit more substance now, though; maybe it's time to tackle the fourth Aubrey/Maturin book. ;)
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