Is this what real writers do?

[digitaldiscipline]

Okay, I have no idea if it's a good idea to compare myself to real, successful, published-type authors, but there are a few of you around these parts, and you all have interesting things to day, and intriguing statistics to share.

Since I'm butt-in-chair and committing to my first novel-length thing (in collaboration, but still, this is orders of magnitude larger in scope than anything I've previously put to paper or type), I will do what has worked in the realm of picking up obnoxiously heavy things, and emulate the practices of the more-accomplished-than-me people in the immediate vicinity.

So, apologies to individuals named Lake, Bear, Priest, Valente, et al, from whom I am shamelessly cadging some bloggardly habits.

Project: Snarky Robot Noir
Deadline: There is no whooshing noise approaching at this time
New words written: 1150
Present total word count: 1150
Reason for stopping: Topped arbitrary 1k bogey set by collaborator
Mean things: Everyone fakes everything, offstage beheadings, shady finances
Fun things: Ceiling squid, robots doing the pee-pee dance

Comments

[etcet.livejournal.com]

It's a melange of her and elizabeth bear, at least right now, so, uh, yeah.

[ivy]

I like the "mean things" and "fun things" categories, that'll be entertaining.

[arielstarshadow.livejournal.com]

Looks like an excellent start to me. :)

[etcet.livejournal.com]

(that would be the recap, not the writing itself. i haven't read enough of cherie's stuff to know if i'm riffing on it, and this sounds nothing at all like any of bear's stuff that i've perused)

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Yeah, those made me laugh! A great way to turn personal account-keeping into something interesting for outsiders, as well.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

It's also a good way to make sure that what I'm writing is worth reading; if nothing worth remarking on gets written... that's not good, is it?

[julian-griffith.livejournal.com]

Maybe I ought to start up my daily count!

This is rikibeth, btw. Currently about 15K into MY first hope-I-can-publish-it novel-type thing, so I did a journal-grab on the pen name I hope to use.

Robots doing the pee-pee dance? This I GOTTA read.