I passed the half-way mark today! I’ve still got a lot of work to do, but there are plenty of things left to write about that aren’t even the main plot. Finding the right balance of main and non-main plot advancement is pretty tricky. I probably won’t get it perfect (ever), but it’ll be better than last time. Maybe next year it’ll improve to the point where I don’t feel bad about it. The crew of the Drexler One has run into some problems, and now it’s time to see how they deal with them! The fate of all humanity is at stake.

Well, even though my car’s in the shop so I should have lots of extra time to write that I’m not spending driving, I’m somehow still 2500 words behind schedule. Thankfully I’m coming up on a weekend, eh? I’ll watch a little star trek tonight and then dive back in, and hopefully end up with a nice lead come Monday. It being Friday the 13th and all, I’m trying to work in something a little paranormal into today’s writing. See if you can pick it out when (if!) you ever read this steaming pile of wordy crap. To infinity and beyond!!

“Lagrange Control, this is Drexler One, ready to go,” she said.
“Lagrange Control acknowledges. Good luck and God speed.”
“Drexler One acknowledges.” All eyes turned to her. Her face could have been carved from marble, and the suspense was thick as an oversized kidney bean. Suddenly, her face broke into a lopsided grin. “Shit, I hope this thing don’t blow us all to Hell. Light this candle!”

It’s actually kind of bizarre. I spend all my time in front of a computer typing, and yet I find I have difficulty actually getting the letters of English words to come out of my fingers in the right order (never mind the spelling beyond that!). I guess I spend so much time coding that I end up being able to match parentheses quickly but the finger movements for English words are sort of a secondary skill. Anyway, my novel is becoming covered in little red squiggly lines indicating that my story telling brain is outrunning my poor little fingers. But spell checking comes with editing, and all of that is in December. Now I have to go write! I broke 10,000 words!!

Despite my suddenly-crazy work schedule, I’m almost on schedule. At this point I’m less than 100 words behind. That’s a lot better than I was expecting. Hopefully I’ll be back on track by tomorrow and can get ahead a little over the weekend. I’m pretty pleased with how the introduction is coming.