#nano-17

is over.

I didn’t update yesterday because I forgot and I was tired. Either way, I finished.

The whole damn book. The last ten thousand words or so are a giant fucking mess, but they exist. And maybe I wrote the last few hundred words past midnight, but I did hit 80k before that, so I’mma say it’s fine.

You’re getting a snippet today, but it’s not random and it’s not good. It’s just the last line, because it feels so damned good to finally have written it.

I’m done. It’s all done. I can rest now.

Just over 2k today. I could do more, easily. Still an hour to midnight and this is y most productive time of day, but I have a job interview tomorrow (!!!) and want to go to bed early if I can.

I’m getting so close to the end of this thing, honestly. Just a few more things left before I can really get into the climax, and there’s a week left of the month.

Here’s a snippet:

“No. He’s not quite coherent at the moment.”

I broke through 60k!

Also today, I wrote 2k+ words of a single, drawn out, mass murder and its immediate consequences. Also the original single murder that the mass murder was a consequence of. It was fun.

I described the air as tasting like glass in this. I’m rather proud of that one.

Here’s a random snip:

“They.” Mav stood up now, looking rather stressed herself.

Hmm, you managed to get the single uninformative line squashed between a major spoiler and a joke. Oh well. Tough luck.

3k today. We’re really closing in on the end here. I broke 70k today and I’m not slowing down. Not now. This is the last thing that needs to happen, but my outline of it is also a mess. I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what had to happen when and how I should have it all hang together, so I’ll just work with what I have and hope.

Also, at least one of you said you liked the snippets, so you’re still getting those. Lucky you.

Here you go:

Because it was shaped like a circle, the village. When the tide of the veil was at its peak, they pulled the whole marketplace through in one solid piece, taking up all the space it could and crushing anything in its way. The buildings of the village had been built around it, even when the marketplace itself was elsewhere. Most of the demons would be inside, though at night, some of them would venture outdoors, protected from the environment however they could, to show their wares.

Well. You’re actually getting something this time.

Not surprising. My writing was very rambly today. Lots of big paragraphs.

This whole thing is probably a spoiler, honestly. But hey, you wouldn’t be reading this if you were worried about spoilers of this book. I hope.

Over 2k words today, and another thousand after midnight. Finished one of the more dramatic parts, and the first actual death appears. No one we’re attached to, but it has its consequences.

Have a snippet:

He ignored them, for now. He knew how valuable the pendant was. He was more attached to it for its uses than its price.

Ah, yes. Finally some uses come from this fancy Checkhovs gun I’ve been dangling about. There’s an actual gun as well, but that won’t be fired until later. :P

Also, I’ve been thinking it’s about time to post some excerpts on the actual nano page soon, and maybe not randomized ones, this time.

Today was not a great writing day. We’ll see about tomorrow.

Have a snip:

Mav twitched beside him. Of course she did, with the friends she kept, but Eris forgave her. Needs must. That was all there was.

Not even trying to explain this one.

Actually, does anyone even care about these snips, or could I just stop posting them without anyone minding?

A bit past 3k today. Thaaaat’s better. Now I just have to keep that up...

Have a snippet:

“I’m sorry,” Parsi said.

...Really?

Really. Random number generators don’t want to give you the long paragraphs. Sorry about that.

(If you ask nicely I might show off some more.)

In other news, I passed 40k today. So that’s nice.

This part involves aaaall the backstory, a lot of worldbuilding, and a strong defence of polyamory.

The polyamory surprised me as well, but eh, I like it.

The exclamation point is actually warranted this time, I feel. I wrote 8282 words today.

Didn’t quite double my wordcount, but I did beat my previous daily best, and since that happened a day I dind’t sleep at all during the night and also did nothing but write, I’m pretty sure this is a greater accomplishment.

Anyway, you get two separate random daily snippets today. Because I’m proud of myself and also wrote a fuckton of words holy shit.

The path widened. The sound got impossibly louder. Someone tripped.

Ah, lucky you. You get a sentence from the middle of the actual avalanche happening, where everyone are so scared and confused and frantic it’s basically impossible to figure out what’s going on. Oh well

Oh well, if she was awake, she was awake. Laying here until someone decided to carry her home was not an actual option, no matter how tempting it sounded.

I know the feeling, Werohe. Unfortunately, you’re in the middle of the mountains and need to reach shelter before the next sundown, because you don’t want to sleep outside any more than you absolutely have to. Not after an avalanche like that.