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Okay my candle-of-the-day is almost burnt out. I had some long dry spells because I had to think up some important plot points--since these 50 000 words are going to be part of the novel I'm working on, I can't put down just any old crap. I don't mind if I write stuff that I later decide will need changing, but I need to make the best momentary decisions I can.

When I did this same story two nanos ago, the goal was just to get a bare bones backstory worked out for my heroine, so all I needed to do was generate ideas. Now that I'm re-writing it, and it's going to actually go into my book, it's got to be a fully workable draft.

Anyway, I got past some of the humps, and I think the last 8000 words should come easier-ish. I've left my heroine in the California Hospital in LA, the Jacobs are about to flee to Europe, and Pearl is going to bring about the next important plot point. We're just getting into the thick of the stuff that will drive my Henry V character several generations later. Yay! I can safely get to bed, then.

(Look, once I got around 39 000 words my progress bar went from yellow to green. So cute!)

KITTY PICS: Minion Helps With Word Count

"Hm yes. You definitely need some padding."

"I put big bum on keyboard."

Song of the Day: There's another Canadian Justin! I better one! -> Justin Nozuka "Swan in the Water." No idea how this song got into my library--must have been an iTunes song of the week that I downloaded and then ignored.

I loved this soundtrack

Was probably my first real exposure to good rap music. John Singleton and Spike Lee always had the best soundtracks. But I can't listen to these songs for long cause they remind me of the movie (Boyz N the Hood) and then I get all sad. And then I have to think about how gorgeous Lawrence Fishburne was in that movie, and that makes me happy. Also I wish my name was Furious Styles.