Last posting unless...

I have been kieeping up this blog almost(?) daily for the past two months and intermitently for the three months before that and, as far as I can figure, I am getting only about 3 or 4 readers a day (the same ones I am guessing). The idea of the blog was to help people find my books and to generate interest in them. But, I have never heard from anyone, so, unless I start receiving postings telling me I am doing the right thing and that people are interested and, I start getting an increased readership (your friends, colleagues, whoever), I am not going to keep writing the Blog. I can, instead, use the time to write on my books.

Which, BTW is not yet finished because I was sick last Friday and now have a swollen ankle (from blood problems) and can't see sitting in front of the compter in my off hours (I am a programmer all day - and the wife is pressuring me not to do it). I am trying to work out some kind of method of writing in a livingroom chair, but I'm still working on that. I have tonight and tomorrow night to finish and still make it within the month. I only have 1/2 chapter left and am over the 75,000 word self-imposed minimum.

I will post again when I am finished, but that will be my last daily-type post unless something changes (outlined above). I will probably still post every couple of weeks to let anyone interested know my progress on the new books (I am not stopping writing books, no matter what).

split chapter 30

I  decided that chapter 30, was a bit long so I took part of it  to incorporate that into chapter 31, and finished that chapter (2,564 words). Now  chapter 30 is 1,933 words  for a total of 83,874 words or  approximately 112% of the total  word count I was after.

 I think there will be only one more chapter. But that's still to be discovered, hopefully today.

Split 27 and 28 into 27, 28, and 29

Yesterday I split chapters 27 and 28 and 2, 27, 28, and 29. I found a logical way to do it in the chapters. They were a bit too long for my tastes.  Then I wrote chapter 30 yesterday (2,964 words).

 I now have 81,486 words or 108.65% of 75,000 words.  I think there will probably be two more chapters, and probably about 5000 more words.

I hate to admit it but I was pretty lazy today

I said  in yesterday's post that I might write some more at the end of the day after having written chapters 24 and 25 yesterday. Well I did just that and finished chapter 26 (2,918 words) yesterday as well. (Three chapters in one day, wow, I'm impressing myself. Someday I'm going to break my arm patting myself on the back.) Now if I can just gain some type of readership to make all this work worthwhile. Not that it matters. I didn't have a whole lot else to do this weekend anyway. Besides, I stll managed to wash a weeks worth of dishes (my wife is out of town right now), clean out the drain in my sink, and do a little work in the garage.

I  slept in longer than I have been doing  the other two days this weekend.  I slept in till five. I was also rather lazy because I  watched TV several times and worked in the garage  some of the time. I'm not sure how, but I still managed to finish chapters 27 (3,784 words)  and 28 (3,227 words).

I now  have 78,410 words which is 104.55% of the 75,000 words I was shooting for.  unfortunately, I guess, I'm not finished yet. . There are still three things I have to do for the conclusion of the book. I don't know if it's going to be three more chapters two more chapters or four more chapters, but I'm guessing another 6,000 or 7,000 words at least.

The nice thing is that today is only the 20th and I got the 75,000 words I wanted in only 20 days.   Which is pretty good if I do say so myself.

 By the way,  if you're at all interested, I posted a whole bunch more interesting quotes  on the tab "On Interesting Quotes". I  included my own pithy statements.

I have finished chapters 24 and 25 today

I  have finished chapters 24 (2,687  words)  and 25 (2,570  words)  today and it's only 4:30. I even took time out to do some dishes today.  I think I'm  going to eat supper now and watch a movie,  but I will probably write some more before the evening is over.

I'm  now up to 68,481 words which is 91.31% of the 75,000 I'm shooting for. Not too bad considering it's only the 19th of the month. And I have tomorrow off  for Presidents' Day.

Finished Chapter 23

It's  almost 8 o'clock and I've only finished chapter 23 (2,187 words). I don't know how much more writing I'm going to get done for the rest of the evening,  but I'm going to try and write a bit more.

Now, I have 62,676 words or 83.57% of the 75,000 words I am shooting for.

Been up since 3

As normal on Saturday I got up early. I don't always get up at 3,  but I couldn't go back to sleep so I just thought I'd get up and write. I was tired last night so I didn't get much. This morning I finished chapter 22 (2,348 words). I hope to get two more chapters done before the day is out.

I'm up  to  60,325 words which is 80% of the 75,000 words. I'm shooting for. I think I have about eight more chapters to write. Which should easily get me done before the month is out. Not  That, I guess. Two books in two months.  I have some serious editing to do so.  Maybe I'll spend next month writing only half a book and editing the rest of the  month.  It's hard to stay away from the writing though. When  I have ideas, I just have to get them into the computer. I guess I shouldn't complain because some people don't have ideas. Not that I was really complaining anyway. I was just merely making comment.

Been up since 3

As normal on Saturday I got up early. I don't always get up at 3,  but I couldn't go back to sleep so I just thought I'd get up and write. I was tired last night so I didn't get much. This morning I finished chapter 22 (2,348 words). I hope to get two more chapters done before the day is out.

I'm up  to  60,325 words which is 80% of the 75,000 words. I'm shooting for. I think I have about eight more chapters to write. Which should easily get me done before the month is out. Not  That, I guess. Two books in two months.  I have some serious editing to do so.  Maybe I'll spend next month writing only half a book and editing the rest of the  month.  It's hard to stay away from the writing though. When  I have ideas. I just have to get them into the computer. I guess I shouldn't complain because some people don't have ideas. Not that I was really complaining anyway. I was just merely making comment.

Just a quick note

Yesterday  and this morning I finished chapter 21 (3,120 words). The nice thing,  that I have mentioned before, is that I have a three day weekend coming up. I would hope I can get two chapters per day done. If I dan do that in addition to the chapter I should be able to get done today, that would give me 28 chapters with only two or three to go. I should be able to  finish the book by the end of the month which is what I was shooting for when I started it.

Thus  far the book is 57,278 words or 76% of the 75,000 words I'm shooting for.  11 days left in the month.

I have finished chapter 20

I have slowed down just a bit, but I'm still getting  approximately a chapter done  every day. . Yesterday I finished chapter 19 (2,301 words) and today I finished chapter 20 (2,952 words).

I  now have 54,158 words  or approximately 72% of the total of 75,000 words I'm hoping for. I have the book planned out through chapter 31, and I have a three-day weekend coming up. I'm hoping to get two chapters a day,  but we shall see. I still haven't done any more editing on the first book and I need to do it.

Chapter18 done now

I finished chapter 18 (1,998 words) on Monday.  Only the first draft of course.  I was hoping to have 18 down on Sunday and then 19 and maybe 20 done on Monday, but it just didn't happen. I talked to my daughter on the phone for a couple of hours last night.

Total is  48,610 words right now, which is 65% of my goal of 75,000 words. . Not bad for 13 days, I guess.

Short of my goal

I feel on chapter short of my goal. I finished chapters  16 (2,347 words) and17 (2,875 words) yesterday but I was hoping for 18 also. I  took a little bit of down time and watched a movie.  that turned out to be a waste of time because it was a dumb movie. It  was a movie that was recorded from the sci-fi channel and some of their movies are worthless. . I knew it as soon as I started to watch it,  but most the time when I start a movie I finish it. It's  a bad habit. I ought to learn to turn off the movie that I don't  want to watch.

I Now have  46,451 words towards my goal of approximately 75,000 words per book, almost 62% of what I need and it's only the 13th.  I guess I can live with that. (Not that I have a choice. What's done is done. . Or maybe better yet what's not done is not done,  referring to chapter 18).

Slowing down a bit

I have finished Chapter 11 (3,412 words) and Chapter 12 (2,662 words)   and have 1,075 words of chapter 13. Not too bad, I guess,  since it's only the 11th.

I now have 34,706 words which is about 46% of my goal of 75,000 words. Hopefully I'll be able to get chapter 13 finished  then write 14 and 15 today. I'm  hoping to get in 16, 17, and 18 done tomorrow. We  shall see. I  really should be editing the first book this weekend and I may if I get bogged down writing. . Otherwise I'll just write.

Haven't done real well

I haven't posted since Sunday morning, but I haven't done real well. I have only finished Chapters 9 (2,491 words) and 10 (2,249 words).

I am up to 27,557 words which is about 37% of my goal of 75,000. 9 chapters in 8 days. Still not too bad I guess. Since I have to edit the first book, I may not make it by the end of the month though I do have Monday, Feb. 20 off for Presidents day, so maybe that will help.

started work at 3:30 in the morning

This morning I started working at about 3:30.  I worked until breakfast time at about eight o'clock. Then I went back to work till about nine o'clock when I had to take my shower for church. After  that I got a little more time writing before we left for church. After we got back we had tea and played games as we always do. Then in the afternoon  I have been working  for about an hour and a half. I don't know how much longer I'm going to be able to work, so I thought I would take the time to do my posting.

Today I have finished  chapters 6 (3,442 words), 7 (3,388 words) and 8 (3169  words).

Total count thus far is 22,570 words, approximately 30% of the 75,000 words I'm shooting for.

split chapter 3 into chapters 3 and 4

As  mentioned yesterday, chapter 3 was getting quite large so I thought I might split it into chapters 3 and 4.  Well,  I continued to write on chapter 3 and I, in fact, did split it into chapters 3 (3,110 words) and 4 (1,952 words). I got up at about a quarter of four this morning, so I got a bit of work done. I have now finished chapter 5 (3,442  words).  Five chapters  down and it's only the fourth of the month. Perhaps I have a shot at finishing the second book in the second month of the year. But I mustn't forget  that I still have edits to do in the first book.

Word count so far  is  13,427, which is 17.9% of 75,000 which is what I am shooting for again. I think that makes a nice size book without getting too large as to be unwieldy.

BTW I  have posted two  more Ram's Ramblings.  The first one  is from the first book and the second is from chapter 5 of the second book. Enjoy.

Gotta be quick

I only have a few minutes before I've got to go to work, so this will  have to be a quick update.  I wrote chapter 2, but it got so big that I split it into chapter 2 and 3. I finished chapter 2 (2,811 words)  and now chapter 3 is 3,390  words, so I will probably split it again into 3 and 4. Not  too bad  considering the chapters were written on weekdays and I have at least three chapters, and it's only February 3.  Maybe I'll get  book 2 done in a month (February) as well. But maybe not since I do have to do  editing of  book 1.  We shall see what I get done over the weekend.

Word count is currently  8,313.

Started book 2

I have finished the editing for book 1, and have started book 2. I  will go back to the editing of book one for a second edit after I have finished several chapters of book 2.

 I finished chapter 1  and it has 2,103.  my original layout for book 2  specifies 27 chapters, but I have already expanded the  layout  for chapter 1 to chapter 1 and 2  so I imagine that will happen to at least one or two more chapters and I'll end up with about 30 chapters, like the first book.

Back to work. Keep  reading and I'll keep updating you.

Just a quick note

Only hae a few minutes before I have to go to work, so just a quick update. I  have edited all the way out through chapter 29. That means I only have two chapters left to edit so I'll be done today. . Now the book is a bit over 80,000 words. I imagine I'll add additional words in additional edits as I discovered things that I have missed.  In odd moments, such as lunchtime at work, I have outlined book two,  so I am ready to go as soon as the edits are finished. I will work on that book for at least a week and then edit the first book a second time.
That's all for now. I told you it was gonna be just a quick update.  I will let you know if I finish today with the edits.