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June 16, 2006

If I Was Any Closer, I'd Be Done

Today I banged the flippers at the keyboard and managed a very surprising 2600 words. I say "surprising" because it just kept going, like it was writing itself. Which of course is what you want; it's just that it's been a long time since the scribbling has gone quite this well in a single day. In the course of today's session things got incredibly intense, painful and wonderfully disturbing for Our Synthetic Hero, easily the most intense passages in the whole book. When I was done I stopped and had to catch my breath. Phwoar! Manuscript now stands at 113,000 words, and all things being equal it should be finished inside 115K.

All of which is good, because today Publisher Brian wrote to ask, in part, how soon he could see the book, and strongly hinted that having it done by next Tuesday (!) would be good. I don't know about Tuesday, but who knows? I think it might need all of next week, even if I actually finish writing the MS by Tuesday. The whole thing will need re-reading, and further patching and spackling, and filling in any missing research details.

Still, so close! Soon, it will be over, really over, and I can celebrate properly! Yay!

Now to settle back, enjoy the weekend, and build up some energy so I can sit up really late on Sunday night to watch the Socceroos battle Brazil. Yikes!

Posted by adrian at June 16, 2006 09:18 PM

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Alas for the Socceroos. Although, to be fair, they acquitted themselves exceptionally well against such a tough side (rather better, I suspect, than England will do if by some miracle we end up meeting them...)

Posted by: pastamasta [TypeKey Profile Page] at June 19, 2006 09:19 PM

Congrats, old bean! Nice to see Brian's so eager to see it too, gotta love a publisher who can't wait to see your next book.

Posted by: Charlie [TypeKey Profile Page] at June 17, 2006 03:26 AM

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