lagilman | Clarion Update, Day 7 (and other things)

I have been a most boring correspondent recently, I know. Between dashing about while folk were in town for RWA, and teaching, and the ongoing work commitments, and G getting ready to head out for several (6!) weeks of work-travel, I haven't had much time to blog. I'm not sure that's going to change much in the next few weeks either. Twitter suits my dash-and-dart social networking windows better, right now. Say you still love me?

And yes, I've seen the season opener of Leverage, no worries. Although being sans TNT makes it tricky....

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Title: "Strong Earth"
Starting point: 1,100 words of outline
Goal: 20,000 words of story
Today: 562
Total words: 4680
Research: more timeline sorting, musical instruments

Excerpt:

“Be careful, girl,” her mother went on.... “The casualness with which we speak of this… it is an aberration, even within the family, since there are none to whom it is secret in this house. But where you go, no-one must know what you do, or how. They must not even wonder at it. It has not been so long since dark times reigned in these lands, and our Gifts would have been considered darkest witchcraft.”
"I understand.”
Her mother sighed, a worry-crease touching the clear skin of her forehead. “No, my dearest, I don’t believe that you do."

Dead Bodies: none
Wardrobe changes: one
Things magical: oh look, a grimoire!
Set changes: one

And we move from one location to the next, and the story ratchets up a bit...

For those of you who've donated to Clarion, thank you! If you're considering: http://www.theclarionfoundation.org/writeathon/wrtn-writerpage.php?writerID=4954