As of the writing of this post I'm waaaaayy behind on my NaNoWriMo word count. However, I do have today off of work, so I'm hoping to catch up a bit.
NaNo always happens at the worst time of year. With the Thanksgiving holiday comes a lot of responsibilities for me as a mom to four students. There are band events, school plays, book fairs, meetings, fall festivals, and so much more. I've had a lot of running around to do. Still, If I were to be completely honest with myself, I'd admit my word count would be higher if Facebook didn't exist. Of course, then I'd just find a different site to play around on.
Anyway, my current word count as of the end of today should be 36,673. I'm sitting at 14,670. Yeah. Over 22,000 words need to be written in the next twelve hours. My best is usually 2,000 per hour if I really go at it hard. So, the 22k isn't happening today. But I am hoping to hit 40,007 by the end of Sunday. That's about 8,445 words per day over the next three days. It could happen.
Want a little taste of what I'm working on? Here ya go:
(unedited excerpt from Crossing Death)
None of
the men so much as blinked until another man walked up behind them. He wore
black cargo pants and a black t-shirt that looked ready to pop from his bulging
muscles. The blond hair on his head was cut military short. He came to an
abrupt halt behind the armed men and used two fingers to give Rex a quick
salute. ‘T-Rex. I see you got your package here safe and sound.”
“You
doubted me, Mad Max?” Rex asked with obvious amusement.
Max didn’t
even crack a smile. “Never, brother. Never.”
With that
he spun on his heel and the other men lowered their weapons. Rex chuckled and
motioned for Jana to follow Max. Doubts assailed her as to whether that was a
good idea, but it did beat the alternative. She was safely tucked away
underground behind a brick wall, chain-link fence, and amongst heavily armed
men. Yeah, she’d go where Rex told her to go.
Max led
them into what looked like the control room. Television screens lined one wall
and appeared to show the entire perimeter of the prison. One view was from a
guard tower. It was high enough to make her dizzy so she quickly looked away.
Fluorescent bulbs that had long ago been outlawed in WH lit the room with a
yellow tint. Max settled into a chair at a long, rectangular table. Rex sat in
one of the other nine chairs and she sat beside him.
“So,” Max
began. “What brings you to my neck of the woods, T-Rex? You only stop on your
way to the big D if you run into trouble.” He blatantly eyed Jana up and down.
“Have you?”
He was a
good looking guy but something about him gave her the creeps. She fought the
urge to move her chair closer to Rex. He cleared his throat and leaned back in
his chair, throwing his arm over the back of hers. “In a way. Jana was ejected
from WH but we don’t know why. I was hoping you could help us figure it out.”
She fought
the urge to look at him, though she wondered about his lie. They knew exactly
why she’d been ejected, even if he swore it wasn’t the truth.
Max rubbed
his chin and looked her over again. “Payment?”
“The
usual.”
He shook
his head. “I don’t need ammunition right now, my friend. In fact, I’m craving
something…a little more delicate.”
Rex’s hand
settled on her shoulder and he pulled her close to his side. She didn’t fight
him. He shook his head. “I don’t think so. You know I don’t like to share.”
Max tensed
and beneath the table Jana barely made out Rex slipping a pistol from his
waistband. He settled it in his lap. She still gripped his knife in her hand
and prayed she wouldn’t need to use it. Finally Max smiled and his shoulders
dropped the slightest bit.
“Yeah, you bastard, I remember.”
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