Tick, Tock

You know you're on a deadline when you start thinking of your life in terms of hours and minutes and seconds. Time slips quickly through my fingers with each tick and tock of the clock. (Oh, wait, I actually have a digital clock - which means the minutes go by completely silent, completely unnoticed). Every day, I waste this precious commodity. Every moment I spend away from my story brings me closer to my deadline and sends me further from my goal.

Today is the official halfway point. Shall we recap?

I began this blog in April, just four short months after starting my writing quest. I had completed 5 chapters in 97 days. I now have 182 days remaining. I have 17 chapters in beautiful shape (12 chapters in 2 months!), all ready for a second/third draft. 4 more ugly chapters await my magical editing wand. Currently, I have 150 pages total - including the ugly chapters - and my goal is 250. Whew!

Since I started writing this post today, 480 seconds have passed. Time is a cruel master.


Novel update: Working hard. The last half of anything always goes faster than the first. I finally understand the term, "racing the clock". Allow me to retrieve my sweat band...