Day 24 word count = 2120

[hobgoblinn]

I have a respectable word count today. So why do I still feel so horrible? So much like I should chuck it all and give up now to avoid the rush?

Some of it is crazy female hormones. Thank God it didn't hit me at the beginning of the month, just as I was trying to start this insanity.

I did start editing "No Malicious Haunting" today-- the working title of my sequel to "Lost Boys." Even though no actual word count came from that-- in fact, if I had kept track strictly, it would probably have resulted in a net loss. Maybe tomorrow I can get something going there and not feel so useless. I really should feel proud of getting a couple of scenes in the other two stories written, even though they suck. But I don't.

I know I'm being irrational, and as close as I am to getting 50K words on the month I should shut up and stop whining. But I can't seem to help it.

Anyway, here's antennapedia's progress meter:

47,944 / 50,000
(95.9%)

And thanks to everyone who's offered support/ sanity throughout the month. I really have appreciated it.

Comments

[lady-clover.livejournal.com]

Chin up. I have a solution.

Now... put on your warmest jimjams and your fuzziest slippers. Heat up a nice warm mug of milk, and put your feet up, and do nothing else for the next 24 hours. That's an order!

[hobgoblinn.livejournal.com]

I'll do that tonight when I get in probably, unless I am on a roll. I'm at the last write in of the season now, and as you can see from my entry today, I'm feeling a little more perspectivized. Thanks, though. I'll have a look at your story (which is really, really cool-- have I mentioned that?) too.

[lady-clover.livejournal.com]

Aww thanks. I looked up Niel's pep talk and I'm at that point that he mentions, where I want to chuck everything and pretend it never happened. So I guess that everything is right on track.

I need to start taking my own advice and take a day off but there's no time.

[usedtobeljs]

You've really done a great job. Congratulations!

[hobgoblinn.livejournal.com]

Thanks, lady.