{"id":4140,"date":"2017-11-30T23:14:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T06:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/?p=4140"},"modified":"2017-11-30T23:14:40","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T06:14:40","slug":"75k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/30\/75k\/","title":{"rendered":"75K"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was going to write “And from his labors, he rested” but that’s entirely to uncomfortably Messianic for me, so here’s the scoop: on the last day of Nano, I have stopped at 75,282 words.<\/p>\n

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This somehow all magically happened because I never lost my momentum after the Night of Writing Dangerously, oh, and because this is Cinnamon Frost, and she’s awesome!<\/p>\n

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This is the most I’ve ever written in Nano, by a long shot – almost 10,000 words more. Not quite, and I’m not super motivated to make it exactly 10,000 words more. If I think of more words tonight, eh maybe.\"\"<\/p>\n

Oh yes, the traditional excerpt:<\/p>\n

The first challenge was easy\u2014spirit. Awareness. Being aware of faerie.<\/p>\n

The second challenge was harder\u2014mind. Intellect. Learnin\u2019 the logic of faerie.<\/p>\n

The third challenge was the hardest of all. Body. Emotion. Feeling faerie in your bones.<\/p>\n

A huge cacklin\u2019 thing bursts out of the water. Its head is as big as Krishna\u2019s, a huge green dripping thing under a mass of hair, its wide smooth but mottled nose remindin\u2019 me of a diseased muppet. We can\u2019t see the thing\u2019s eyes, but its arms loom around us. Ben and Surrey screams.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you care?<\/em>\u201d it screams, openin\u2019 a maw filled with giant teeth the size of playing cards. I think it could swallow any of us whole. \u201cDo you care if you diieie?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAaaah!\u201d Benjamin and Surrey screams. \u201cWe care! We care!\u201d<\/p>\n

The thing looms further forward. \u201cThen flee, mortals, or you may perish here!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t flee,\u201d I murmurs. \u201cOr you may perish elsewhere\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2014we will not flee,\u201d Surrey cries.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor we may perish elsewhere,\u201d Benjamin says with sudden insight. Did he hear me?<\/p>\n

\u201cBut stay here, and death will be certain, mortals!<\/em>\u201d the thing cries, loomin\u2019 over them.<\/p>\n

\u201cStay anywhere, and death is certain, for mortals!\u201d Benjamin cries.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you don\u2019t care if you die,\u201d I murmurs into Surrey\u2019s ear.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd we don\u2019t care if we die,\u201d Surrey says. \u201cWhat? Ci\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSurely death comes to all mortals,\u201d Benjamin says. \u201cWhy should we care?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI could make death hurt,<\/em>\u201d the thing cries, stretchin\u2019 its arms out like a giant Muppet.<\/p>\n

\u201cOr we could die in our sleep,\u201d I murmurs. \u201cBut I<\/em> can make death hurt him<\/em> more.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I actually have practically finished BOT NET,\u00a0 so next up is Cinnamon Frost #3, ROOT USER! Oh, and editing Dakota Frost #4, SPECTRAL IRON! Due in about 4-5 months. Aaaaaaa!<\/p>\n

Onward!<\/p>\n

-the Centaur<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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