December 03, 2005

Back After 50,000 Words

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It's my fault. I'm sorry I wasn't able to update you guys. Work is really killing me, and I know it isn't an excuse, but I've got no other reason other than that.

I think at one time I was able to type 12,000 words in a day. See? It's possible. My story however sucks, and it ended with one protagonist marrying an alien, and the other two unknowingly achieving a dream that they had during their childhood. What can I say? It's bad, but it isn't that bad. I'm happy.

Another thing that I learned that I was strangely consistent with my characters. Jess, the aspiring singer, had been a bully because she wanted attention. What happens when she has a rival getting all that? So there's tension. Eric was a prank mastermind, and Bob was a master prankster, described in the middle of the book, so they were able to sabotage the rival's concert. Yes, it's weird, but in a way, everything falls in place. That's what I'm happy about.

I thought now that's over, I could sleep for a whole day. Not so. Turns out I've been missing a lot of activites (such as blogging) and that means some more work, and I'm really tired. Oh well. I've deleted a lot of email, some of those were from friends. If I was not able to reply, you know why (hey, that rhymes!)

Well, back to writing.