Mar 13
			
                        Posted:  under the writing life.
Tags: progress report  March 13th, 2009
			2612 words today, for a total to date of 115,093. The plotbomb may have more to say, but I’m done for the day. In the interest of more enticing and informative post titles,  I’ve decided to date progress reports from now on. [...more]
			2612 words today, for a total to date of 115,093.
The plotbomb may have more to say, but I’m done for the day.
In the interest of more enticing and informative post titles,  I’ve decided to date progress reports from now on.
						 
  
			
			 
		
			
			
                        Mar 13
			
                        Posted:  under Contents, the writing life.
Tags: characters, dwarves, gnomes, plot bombs, the writing life  March 13th, 2009
			Those of you reading my LJ last year (before this blog existed) may remember the series of plot bombs that landed on me in the last third of the book. Plot bombs are events/characters/situations that I didn’t anticipate and that propagate new plot and lots of words all of a sudden.  They disrupt my train […] [...more]
			Those of you reading my LJ last year (before this blog existed) may remember the series of plot bombs that landed on me in the last third of the book.
Plot bombs are events/characters/situations that I didn’t anticipate and that propagate new plot and lots of words all of a sudden.  They disrupt my train of thought and break things open.   But, being creative and not truly destructive, plot bombs are always–well, almost nearly always completely–right.
The first true plot bomb of the second volume exploded in my head this morning.
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