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1:28am JST Friday 28 December 2007 (day 13792)

I've made it to 46060 words in my novel. Despite a post on nanowrimo, the final 5000 words aren't coming any faster than the first 45000 words, but I will admit I have fewer words to go than before (as promised in the entry).

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David

1:37pm JST Friday 28 December 2007 (day 13792)

Made it back with 15,000 yen extra in my wallet. That's nice, and I met some cool kids as well, including David, who knoew a lot more about owrld politics than I, while I knew a lot more about internet than he. Nice chat on the bus and plane back to Tokyo.

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Today

2:43am JST Saturday 29 December 2007 (day 13793)

Fell asleep while writing a chapter called "monkey" in my novel while on Toyoko Line on the way home. Ami met me at my apartment (Sakura House) and we took a nap for a few hours. Then she got up and made ramen while I typed a bit in my novel.

Chowed yummy ramen, did dishes, did each other, and then cuddled and played silly games for a while until it was clear the weather would not become clear anytime soon, so she headed home in the drizzly rain.

I wrote a bit more than 800 more words (the file monkey.txt now has 1146 words) for a total now of 47,427 words. I just need to write 1286.5 more words "tomorrow" and the next day to reach the goal of 50,000 words in my first draft.

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Zzz Laura chat

me:  I want to thank you for encouraging me to write.
 Laura: Did you get to 50K?
 me: I'm at 47427
 Laura: Awesome!
I am so proud of you!
Hooray!
 me: so just 1300 words per day for 29th and 30th and I'll have done it.
thanks!
On their site it says the last 5000 words are easy, but I haven't found that to be the case.
but anyway, thank you, and I'll be glad to show you once I do an initial round of editing (spell check and sanity check)
 Laura: Sounds great, I'd love to see it.
 me: [nose smile]
You'll be one of the few to really appreciate it, I hope
You and Gary Scout Seven
I can't find Nim nor Deek...
 Laura: Heh.
 me: but I really want to get their blessing for this
but anyway, I'm off to sleepin' land now.
 Laura: Who knows, maybe there's a market for completely off-the-wall fantasy novels.
 me: 3am here.
 Laura: Maybe you can market it as a kid's book.
 me: yah; it's like fantasy sci-fi silliness and parts that just logically don't make sense.
true
 Laura: Nighty-poo!
 me: nighty night!
 Sent at 2:59 AM on Saturday
 
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