Thursday, August 7th, 2003 - Farmhouses! Whoot! I wrote tonight (Wednesday)! I finished the rough draft for the story I'm submitting to the Strange Horizons workshop. I'd written most of it by hand (well, I thought I had), but by the time I typed it all in last night, I was too tired to write more. Tonight I sat down and wrote 2100 words for a total of 3600! Yay! Go me! You have to forgive me. This is the first time in ages that I've managed to log a decent night of writing, and it feels really good. You kinda get worried, even if there are outside things keeping you from it, that your knack for cranking out words has gone for good. I owe inspiration to Jenn, Jen, Tim and, most likely, the Honorable Mention in the Year's Best Fantasy in Horror. It's so nice to be back in the saddle again! Again, I forgo cat stories. But I have so many! But I am tired! Let me hear you say, "Whoo-hoo!"

Exercise Log: Walking quickly so as not to linger in the sun. Carrying a kitten in a cardboard cat carrier. Stairs. Writing log: Words written since last entry: 2100 (total with typed in handwritten bits, 3600) on "SWF" YA Novel Wordcount: 20,140 Current Publications: "Famishing" in Strange Horizons. My first pro sale! "Wetting the Bed" and a collab with Tim Pratt, "A Serious Case of Fairies" in Floodwater Currently Reading: An Invisible Sign of My Own by Aimee Bender Donate money to my teeth, our moving fund, our wedding fund, or our writerly projects (Floodwater and Flytrap!). Every little bit helps!

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