Catch up..

Managed to catch up on my  daily word count by today ....phew.
Monday was scrapped because of computer problems and me losing my temper with aforementioned machine.
Tuesday life got in the way and I was up to my neck in issues.
Today however has been good, got writing done including back-log, socialised with my elderly neighbours and still had time to go for a walk. Aaaaaah......................

Still writing

Not feeling quite as bad as yesterday, but definitely unwell. How far this is down to the Hay-fever and how far to all the meds is debatable. The sun is shining and I'd love to be working the garden, but.

I wrote another flash piece this morning, under 600 words but I don't think it needed more.

Bad day

Woke up feeling odd, right eye swollen, soon followed by left eye. Went to doctor, as I thought ....it's part and parcel of the damn Hay-fever. Given eye drops; by the time I got home I had a sore throat. By lunchtime a fever.

Somehow I still managed 400+ words, but I haven't re-read them so they're probably trash.
Need to sleep.
Bye

plodding on

Only managed about 650 words over the last two days. I've been drowning in nautical terminology. First I have to learn what some technique or piece of equipment is and how it's used (reference books and Googling, which are far too distracting),  then I have to use the technique/equipment correctly in the story which involves brain working on 2 levels; then I have to use my hero's actions and thoughts to try and put it all in simple language. Phew.....
 I'm sure it will need loads of editing, but at least he doesn't spend the whole novel aboard ship!

I took Monday off because I did a short story over the weekend, so I am more or less where I should be in the week's work. I could really do with a holiday on a sail training ship to get it all clear in my mind.

New story

Wrote a new story over the weekend. You can see it over on 'Whatever comes' as usual.
It was a tougher assignment, but fun once I got into it. It's entitled 'Three Wishes' and had to deal with 5 characters in 1500 words...phew. The formatting went haywire halfway through writing it and I had to re-write a chunk  because I couldn't solve the problem.........Aaargh curses. 'Open Office Writer' is good, but the Help sometimes isn't very helpful.

460 easy words

The words flowed today.
I was tempted to write more but maybe restricting myself to 3-400 a day keeps the juices flowing better. In the past when I've hammered out 2000 words at a time I've felt exhausted mentally and then can't face the repetition of doing it again the next day. Today I stopped at a critical point with a sea battle to fight next time.
Bonus.... the weekend is coming up and I haven't had that Friday feeling in a very long time

Another day done

I managed another 400+ words today. I had to write through a bit of gloom but made it.
Weather improving. Dog now nagging to go out.