so close

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I literally count words, and by my estimate, I’ve got about three hours left on Bad Neighbours, which I think has a different published title.

Bad Neighbours was only ever the working title.

You’ll see. Probably next Tuesday, by my estimate.

Target: 1400 words
Written: 1197 words, novel: Bad Neighbours

Read: Soon I Will Be Invincible, Austin Grossman (seriously, pick this one up)
Comics: Fables 77-78, Jack Of Fables 27-28 (thanks, authors, for pointing out that if you squish the title together, it's JackoffAbles)
Music: Vanishing Point, Mudhoney

under pressure

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Coming down on me, it’s Queen’s best song.

Which is ironically, half-David Bowie.

Says a lot, don’t it?

Target: 1400 words
Written: 891 words, novel: Bad Neighbours

Read: Soon I Will Be Invincible, Austin Grossman
Comics: Fables 75-76, Jack Of Fables 25-26
Music: 13 Fluid Ounces, Sublime

down to the wire

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It’s basically this weekend and done. I’m aiming to be done before Christmas, so I can work on lighter shit during the holidays. And take a break and gather up all the agents and publishers I’m going to send this to.

All of whom will hate it, I’m sure.

That is, if The Mungk was any indication.

Maybe they just hate my reach, or lack of it.

Target: 1400 words
Written: 2431 words, novel: Bad Neighbours

Read: Soon I Will Be Invincible, Austin Grossman (see, this is why I write - brilliant)
Comics: Fables 73-74, Jack Of Fables 23-24
Music: 13, Blur (Coffee & TV is a total earworm)

running out of time

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My god, deadlines are hard. Also, I do recall chastising myself for burnout the last time I tossed it all and started over; it’s supposed to be forward progress, not hard lines.

Remember, dork. It’s supposed to be fun.

Target: 1400 words
Written: 710 words, novel: Bad Neighbours

Read: The Zombie Survival Guide, Max Brooks
Comics: Fables 69-70, Jack Of Fables 19-20
Music: 12 Bar Blues, Scott Weiland

sunday, sunday

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Today, we feast.

Not for Christmas or whatever, but just because.

Tuscan chicken in a sun-dried tomato cream sauce, garlic spinach, arugula with a high quality balsamic vinaigrette, Italian vegetable soup and marinated mozzarella cubes.

I do like to cook. Would that I had the time and money to do it right, on the regular.

Fucking cost of living bullshit.

Fucking time of living bullshit.

Why can’t we all just be dead, happy and full?

Target: 1400 words
Written: 1220 words, novel: Bad Neighbours

Read: The Zombie Survival Guide, Max Brooks
Comics: Fables 67-68, Jack Of Fables 17-18
Music: 12 Angry Months, Local H (great album)

funny how you can’t remember stuff

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I completely blanked on the concept of a truck bed. What it was called, anything.

I literally had to google it.

Some days, brain no function. Thinkee bad.

Target: 1400 words
Written: 1468 words, novel: Bad Neighbours

Read: The Zombie Survival Guide, Max Brooks
Comics: Fables 63-64, Jack Of Fables 13-14
Music: 10-31-97, Hallowe'en Bash, Live as Nirvana at the Double Door, Chicago, IL, Local H

final draft

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I’ve got thirteen days before I hit my self-imposed deadline.

So far, the first couple of scenes, I think they’re pretty tight.

The problem is, I know there’s at least two that needs dramatic overhaul.

Not in content necessarily, but in execution. Can I handle that before Christmas?

I guess we’ll find out.

Target: 1400 words
Written: 1365 words, novel: Bad Neighbours

Read: The Zombie Survival Guide, Max Brooks
Comics: Fables 61-62, Jack Of Fables 11-12
Music: 101 Punk & New Wave Anthems - CD5, Various (this is a great series, minus Devo's Jockorama.  What a piece of garbage that was.)

final draft

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I mean, there’s the manuscript after, but I finished this in six (seven, if you count the manuscript, which I do), which better than the thirteen drafts it took for The Mungk.

I’m either getting better at this, or sloppier.

I can’t tell which. Part of this feels so sloppy, where The Mungk felt so polished.

Is this turd polished?

Is it a turd?

Fuck, it’s a turd.

Goddamnit.

Target: 1400 words
Written: 1047 words, novel: Bad Neighbours

Read: Tesla: Man Out Of Time, Margaret Cheney
Comics: Fables 59-60, Jack Of Fables 9-10
Music: 101 Punk & New Wave Anthems - CD4, Various