One thousand words on sequel novel today. I am trying not to be a word count guy on this manuscript so much as a “time put in and making headway” guy (I have discovered that when I write to a set word count it’s easier for me to produce wretched prose than it is when I write to finish a scene), but I’ve been feeling like a lazy slug re: writing for the last week or two and this much progress feels pretty darned good. I keep thinking I’ll reach the end of the chapter, but I’m working with a bunch of sail jargon and inventing conditions my mist sailors have to deal with and I still haven’t reached the chapter climax. Maybe if I could just write all day long…

Howard