mmerriam: (Finished)
mmerriam ([personal profile] mmerriam) wrote2008-09-17 04:33 pm
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We Have First Draft!

2700+ words today, but still no title.

Untitled Weird West Steampunk Novella


*Fallsdowngoesboom*

[identity profile] will-couvillier.livejournal.com 2008-09-17 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
So. tips of your fingers bruised from all the speed-typing?

Congrats on meeting (almost) your deadline! Now on to your speed-reading first readers...
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[identity profile] mmerriam.livejournal.com 2008-09-17 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
You know if I could get 2700 words a day every day...

I would be exhausted.

[identity profile] bondo-ba.livejournal.com 2008-09-17 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow. Those 22K words sure came quickly! Congrats!
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[identity profile] mmerriam.livejournal.com 2008-09-17 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Now I have to go back and see how badly they suck! Still, plenty of time to repair it before the end of the month.

[identity profile] joelarnold.livejournal.com 2008-09-17 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Congrats!
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[identity profile] mmerriam.livejournal.com 2008-09-17 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! It was a hard haul.

[identity profile] kmarkhoover.livejournal.com 2008-09-17 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Woo hoo! It's always a good feeling with a story is finished....
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[identity profile] mmerriam.livejournal.com 2008-09-17 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes indeed. I think I'm going to reward myself with delivery for dinner tonight.

[identity profile] mela-lyn.livejournal.com 2008-09-17 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
1. Congrats!!!! I'm so jealous... but so happy for you! As soon as it comes out, I'll buy a copy and read it. :) I'm curious how a weird west steampunk novella reads. Never read one before.

2. AWESOME icon. Heehee... so appropriate! Here's my 'over did it' icon.
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[identity profile] mmerriam.livejournal.com 2008-09-17 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I think right now the publisher is look at an end of October release.

I love that icon you used! Poor, tired hoppy bunny.

[identity profile] mela-lyn.livejournal.com 2008-09-17 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
That soon? Fabulous!! Just make sure you post where we can get out hot little hands on it. :) (And by 'we', I totally mean that in the royal inclusive, of course...)
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[identity profile] mmerriam.livejournal.com 2008-09-17 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
That soon, which is why I have been writing like the wind for the last two weeks.

[identity profile] neutronjockey.livejournal.com 2008-09-17 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
*applause!*
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[identity profile] mmerriam.livejournal.com 2008-09-17 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
*bows*
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[identity profile] mmerriam.livejournal.com 2008-09-17 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks!

[identity profile] queenofillusion.livejournal.com 2008-09-17 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
**envy envy envy**

Wish I had written that many words today, but instead (kicks stone) I had to go to stupid work...still, the evening awaits.

IMO, sometimes the title seems to come first and sometimes it turns out to be the last and most difficult thing to find. Does that happen to you?

Garnet

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[identity profile] mmerriam.livejournal.com 2008-09-18 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. Either I have the title right from the start, or I have hunt around and look for it after I've finished. Rarely do I start without a title and find it in the middle of the draft.

[identity profile] beth-bernobich.livejournal.com 2008-09-17 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Outstanding!

*applauds*
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[identity profile] mmerriam.livejournal.com 2008-09-18 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
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[personal profile] pjthompson 2008-09-18 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
Yay!!
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[identity profile] mmerriam.livejournal.com 2008-09-18 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks!

[identity profile] darkwolf58.livejournal.com 2008-09-18 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
ROCK! You speed demon, you!
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[identity profile] mmerriam.livejournal.com 2008-09-18 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
That was exhausting.

[identity profile] cristalia.livejournal.com 2008-09-18 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
Wooo the draft!
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[identity profile] mmerriam.livejournal.com 2008-09-18 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Now to fix it.

[identity profile] csinman.livejournal.com 2008-09-18 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesome! I can't wait to read it.
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[identity profile] mmerriam.livejournal.com 2008-09-18 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
i'm looking forward to reading everyone's stories.

[identity profile] donein.livejournal.com 2008-09-18 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Ta-da! Congratulations!

BTW, I think you somehow gave me what you had. I'm feverish, dizzy, and I have a stuffed up nose. Is this another way to have a computer virus?
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[identity profile] mmerriam.livejournal.com 2008-09-18 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
There are several members of my flist right now who are sick with what I had. I probably shouldn't have coughed on the monitor while reading my friends list...