Wow, that sucked

Hello Earthlings,

I think that it's a good thing that I'm writing things that are so hard for me to express and heart me so much to put into words.  That said, the first bit of Mongrel has really put me through the ringer and now I need a little break.  I'm going to post what I've got so far but expect another posting tonight as I am still 2500 words from my goal for today.

Random factoid: I have this deep and abiding fear that as I sit here with my big ol' whopping earphones on, writing and listening to classical music, I'm breathing really loud and annoying everyone else in the store.  I don't seem to breathe loud when I have the earphones off, but I can't shake the paranoia.

I feel icky

Hello Earthlings,

Man, this chunk was hard to write.  I'm sitting in the library with my friend and, while I've managed to get a lot of words out, I know that this part is going to require extensive editing in the future.

A quick note- some of this might be a bit uncomfortable to read.  It was very uncomfortable to write.  Don't worry, things will get much worse.

Short Day

Hello Earthlings,

Just a short bit for you today, but I'm hoping to make that up with a very productive day tomorrow.  I have plans to hit the library early and no plans to go home until they kick me out.  For tonight, though, I need to delve more into the mind of Jack, as I find myself struggling to understand his psyche.

Day One- Success!

Hello Earthlings!

Well, despite my distressingly slow start, I managed nearly 3000 words on day one and I'm rather proud of myself for that.  This story is just flowing from my fingertips so far and I'm very excited to be writing again.  I will need that extra word cushion tomorrow, though, as we're going to be meeting some friends to go out for dinner.  (Indian food, yum!)

A note about the following section to anyone who is reading it.  My book involves a race of aliens.  I have yet to come up with an acceptable name for these alien folks.  For the moment, I'm just referring to them as the masters and mistresses.  If you see a capitalized Master or Mistress, you know that it's referring to a specific alien, but lowercase means the race in general.  I'll be updating that when I come up with a name for the species, but for now please be patient with me.  :o)

Second note: Sorry about formatting ickiness. This thing doesn't copy and paste from Google Drive to Blogger very well.  :o(

Slightly less right :o(

Hello Earthlings,

Unfortunately, I didn't get the early start that I'd hope for.  I didn't sleep well last night and so didn't get up early.  Then I had a really crappy morning, but I won't go into details.  I did manage nearly 500 words over lunch though.

So, without further ado, I bring you the first snippet of my novel, which has been given the working title "Mongrel."