My Personal 10K Day Progress- Day Two, Part II:

I reached my goal! I reached my goal! I reached my goal! :D

A lot of what I wrote is romance, but there is also danger, action, and important conversation. Claire is learning to trust Arjun, in spite of what she's been through in the past. She has finally opened up to him about her background since her family moved away when she was sixteen (back when they knew each other in their youth). If it's changed anything about his feelings for her, it's made him admire her courage to make it through the hell she's had to endure.

They are closer than ever now, but he still feels irredeemable. He hates himself for getting her involved in his life. He doesn't believe he's good enough for her, and nothing she says convinces him otherwise. Still, the fact that she's opened up and is beginning to trust him gives him hope.

My progress for the day, and my grand total for both days:

This session: 5,181 words
Total for Today: 7,767 words
GRAND TOTAL FOR BOTH DAYS: 13,181 words! :D

Here's an excerpt (beware of one profanity):

Claire was asleep on top of the covers, and he sat down beside her. Unwilling to disturb her, he sat still, watching her sleep.

He hated himself for dragging her into his messed up life. He wished he could go back in time and change things. If he could, he never would have stopped in the diner where she'd worked. That one little decision changed both their lives forever.

“Shit,” he muttered.

Claire stirred and looked up at him.

“When did you get back?” she asked.

“About three minutes ago,” he answered, picking up the bag of food and setting it beside her. He handed her a cup of coffee, and she took it gratefully.

“You know, you give me caffeine at this hour, and I won't be able to sleep,” she smiled.

“So, what's new? We don't sleep much, anyway.”

“True,” she grinned, leaning over to kiss him.

“Look, I've been thinking,” he said, changing the subject.

“About what?”

“A friend of mine mentioned having a cabin in Montana. I think he said it was outside Butte, near Deer Lodge Pass. I'm sure he wouldn't mind it if we stay there for a while.”

“Cool,” Claire said, taking a bite from her burger. “How long would it take us to get there?”

“If we leave at nightfall tomorrow night, we should be there by sunrise,” he said thoughtfully. He looked at her. “That's assuming we don't run into trouble along the way.”

“If we do, we'll make it through,” she said, displaying a trust in his abilities that he didn't share.

“I hope you're right,” he said.

“I am,” she said with conviction.

“Well, we're stuck here for the night, so we might as well make the most of it,” he said. “We'll hit the road again tomorrow night.”

I had so much fun during this writing session that I couldn't stop to post until Jeff came home! :P

Well, that's not entirely true. I had a phone call, and talked for a while, then put my mom on to talk. That break aside, I wrote straight through. :)

Current Music for Inspiration: My Arjun Dhaval playlist- currently "Carry Me," by Luna Halo, and "Better Off," by Pete Stewart

Current Snack for Energy: Ozarka water, a few Tostitos Blue Corn chips

This is my last update for the day. Tomorrow, I'll be working on home stuff. If I can get some writing in, I definitely want to. It will depend on how much weeding out I can get done.

Lois

My Personal 10K Day Progress- Day Two:

I got a later start than anticipated again, but I've put a good amount of work into my story: 2,586 words, so far today. :D

I've just finished the "calm before the storm." It was mostly romance, but there was a particularly hair-raising experience when an intruder entered where he shouldn't have been. Now that that's over with, Arjun and Claire are about to hit the road again, where they'll get into more trouble. ;)

Current Music for Inspiration: My Arjun Dhaval playlist- currently "Living On A Prayer," by Bon Jovi, and "In the Valley of the Dying Sun," by House of Heroes
Current Snack for Energy: Ozarka water (gotta keep hydrated, after all)

I'll try to check in again between 1:00 and 1:30.

Lois

Another Day of Writing

I'm going to try to write another 5K words today, then tomorrow, I'll be back to sorting through things. I want my total for yesterday and today to be at or beyond 10K.

I'll be working on Redemption, my Arjun Dhaval story. It's the story I worked on yesterday.

I let my mom read the excerpts I posted, and she liked them. :)

It's sunny, hot, and muggy here. The weather will be about the same as yesterday (it got up to 106° with a heat index of 115°). I'm hoping Jeff will get home ultra early.

Well, I'd better hurry up on here. Again, I doubt I'll have time to check my F-List, so if you want me to see a post of yours, please comment here, and I'll see it later this afternoon or tomorrow.

Have an awesome day! :D

Lois

My Personal 10K Day Progress, Part IV:

I've come to a scene that's "the calm before the storm," and I'm really anxious to write more, but it's time for me to take a shower and start dinner, so it'll have to wait until tomorrow.

My progress, so far: My most recent session just garnered me a good 1,277 words, bringing my total word count for the day to 5,414.


Here's another excerpt:

Claire sank onto the bed and laid back. “I'll be glad when this is all over,” she murmured.

“I'm sorry I got you into this,” Arjun said, sitting down beside her. He ran a hand along her hair and face. “It's my fault you're miserable.”

Claire rose herself up on one elbow and looked at him. “Did I say I'm miserable?”

“I just assumed...” Arjun began, completely taken aback.

“Never assume, Arjun. I feel more alive than I've felt in a long time. I'm just tired. I'm sleepy. It's a normal thing for humans to be sleepy, you know.”

“Yes, I remember,” he said, running a finger along her neck to her collar bone. “We Vampires need sleep, but not much. I can live on an hour or two.”

“Well, I need eight hours or I'm no good to anyone,” she said, getting up and heading for the bathroom..."

This is a lighter scene, and there's no imminent danger, as far as they know. However, something bad will happen soon. As I said, this is the calm before the storm. :)

Current Music for Inspiration: Spoken's Last Chance To Breathe CD
Current Snack for Energy: A few Tostitos Blue Corn chips and Ozarka water

This is my final update for today. I'm going to make tomorrow another writing day with the hopes of writing 10K over the course of two days. I'll likely be working on this story. I'll work on my screenplay and the storm story later.

Lois

My Personal 10K Day Progress, Part III:

I'm making good progress, but it's going to end up being a 5K Day, which I don't mind. It's 5K words I didn't have before, right? ;)

My progress, so far: My most recent session garnered 1,941 words, bringing my subtotal for the day to 4,137.

Here's another excerpt:

“Wait!” [Arjun] cried out. “You didn't answer my question.”

The man turned back and sneered. “Nor did you answer mine, but I'm in a bit of a charitable mood tonight. I'll tell you who killed your sister, then I will have my fun with your strumpet.” He smiled evilly and moved closer to Arjun so that he could whisper in his ear. “The Archdemon, Xephan, killed your sister. He has asked that I hold you here for him so he can kill you himself.”

“Why?” Arjun demanded.

The man tsked, waving a finger in Arjun's face. “I didn't say I'd answer more than one question.”

“What happened to that charitable mood you claimed to be in?” Arjun spat.

“That will depend on how good your girlfriend is.” The man turned to go again.

“Wait!” Arjun called after him.

The stranger turned to look back. “Yes?”

“Who are you?”

“I am the Archhunter, Lascue. I have been after you for some time now, but it seems I am not the one destined to kill you. That is Xephan's good fortune. I wish you all the pain and anguish Xephan can put you through.”

“Why? What do you have against me?”

“No more questions. Good night, Mr. Dhaval.”

With that, Lascue turned and walked away, leaving Arjun alone with his horrified thoughts of the agony the Archhunter would soon put Claire through..."

Admittedly, this is some dark subject matter, but I'm really pushing my character. I want to see what he's capable of. You see, he's out for revenge. He's redeemable, but doesn't know it. He won't know it until the end, but I can tell you that love is what redeems him.

Current Music for Inspiration: Last Chance To Breathe CD, by Spoken
Current Snack for Energy: Nothing but refreshing, sweet Ozarka water

I'll try to check in again between 4:30 and 5:00, then I'll be done for the day.

Lois

My Personal 10K Day Progress, Part II:

I've been writing, but with having to do other things too, it's slow going.


My progress, so far: 875 words, bringing my subtotal for the day to 2,196.


Here's a very brief excerpt:

“How did you...?” [Arjun] began. “Don't tell me. All in a day's work, right?”

Malachai grinned broadly. “Something like that.” He walked to his own bike and mounted it. When he turned back to Arjun, his face held an expression of grave seriousness. “We'd best be moving if we don't want to be caught out here after nightfall..."

I'm loving this, so far. I just wish I didn't have other stuff to do, too. I'd get a lot more writing done. ;)

Current Music for Inspiration: Atreyu
Current Snack for Energy: Baby carrots

I'll try to check in again between 2:30 and 3:30.

Lois

My Personal 10K Day Progress:

I got a later start than anticipated, but I've put a bit of work into my Redemption storyline: 1,321 words, so far today. :)

I'm about to resume writing the actual story, but first, I've got to go get an Emergen-C packet and a multivitamin.

Current Music for Inspiration: Atreyu
Current Snack for Energy: Baby carrots

I'll try to check in again between 12:30 and 1:00.

Lois

I Could Reach 50K By the End of Day 11!

I'm making today another 10K Day. I may not reach 10K, but I'm going to try.

I'm almost at the end of my novel. Once I reach the ending, I'll go back and start adding more descriptions, actions and more scenes as it needs them. I want to add some scenes from Xander's past, since this has turned into his story. I also need to incorporate some traditional Mi'kmaq stories. I still have a lot of work to do on this first draft, but I'm loving it! :)

After I finish this novel, I want to resume writing the Fox Redman story I started in October. I'm writing that one without an outline, but I may outline the remainder of it so I can stay on track.

And, as if I don't have enough to do, I also plan to make Xander's story into a screenplay in April during Scriptfrenzy! I'll be outlining and storyboarding it before April first. I can't wait! :D

I'd better finish up on here so I can get busy with the writing!

Have an excellent day! :D

Lois