ROW80 Round 1 - 7th Update

As predicted in my last update, not much progress was made on the writing front this week. However, I did have some fun catching up with some friends for barbecues and DVD-watching sessions (yes, I occasionally DO leave my lair and brave the sunlight to socialise), so the time wasn't entirely wasted. I've also continued working my way through the Sherlock Holmes books, and though they are an entirely different genre and style to my own works (and to the books I normally read), I am finding them quite engaging, and they seem to be helping to kick my creativity back into gear.

I also ordered myself a Doctor Who sonic screwdriver keyring torch from eBay. Because it was just too awesome not to have.

Plus, I cleaned my desk. And trust me, this needed doing desperately, as I was starting to forget what the top of my desk actually looked like. I managed to empty out two drawers worth of junk, as well as clearing all the crap from the surface, so now it's all nice and ready for me to mess up again.

This morning (before going to a friend's house to gorge myself on grilled chicken and entertain a baby by making idiotic noises/facial expressions while eating said chicken), I sat down and wrote a bit more of chapter 2, as well as jotting down a few brief scenes for chapter 3. I also attempted to rewrite some unsatisfactory sections of my outline, but since I couldn't think of anything that was even slightly less unsatisfactory, I ended up leaving it for another day.

I have the next three days off, and most of the time I should have the house to myself, which will help me get a lot more done (I work best when no one else is home to annoy/interrupt me all the time). I am starting to wonder if it will be possible to get all four chapters for part 1 finished during this ROW80. Especially since I will be back at uni in just over a month, and working on my thesis - along with my normal subjects - will consume a lot of my time and energy.

I'm going to see how I go over the next week, but I may end up revising my goals for this ROW80. In my original goal statement, I said that I wanted to have the first four chapters of part 1 completed. If I do decide to adjust my goals, I will instead aim to just have the first three chapters completed. Not only will it leave me with a decent amount of chronologically ordered prose, it will also give me enough to use as a sample for the technical part of my IT/Multimedia thesis (which - without going into too much detail - is going to focus on eBooks).

On a side note; if anyone has links to interesting sites/articles etc regarding eBooks, feel free to leave them in my comments :) Though I have a rough idea of what I'm going to do, I'm still trying to define a more precise direction for my thesis, so anything that might spark a brilliant idea will be more than welcome.

Here is Judgemental Dog being lazy. The furry little hypocrite.

A link to other ROW80 check-ins is here.