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Daynote - Sun 16th Jun 2024

And that's a wrap on PROJECT SHARD.

Published by David Goodman in Daynote Share

It's been sent off to the beta readers who said they wanted to read the revised version, but it'll be off to my agent tomorrow. I am extremely relieved to have finished.

ON DECK: 408 new words in aggregate today, and I think about twelve scenes edited and two new ones drafted, as well as a really heavy rewrite of the last couple of scenes to account for a completely changed relationship dynamic. I quite often do this kind of push-to-the-finish when I'm really close to the end of a book like this, mostly because I just want to have it done. I got up pretty early today, but it still took longer than I thought it would.

LISTENING: I finished the Scavengers Reign soundtrack halfway through writing today and it just rolled into some weird, rolling mix of film and videogame soundtracks but it was honestly perfect? I don't think it's a playlist I can link to though, just the free association of the Apple Music algorithm.

WATCHING: Bit more of THE ACOLYTE last night. Still going pretty well? I like it.

READING: Still reading Flesh and Blood, while also critique reading a novella by the same author which got extremely messed up at the end of the chapter. He's a chap with a range, is what I'm saying.

UP NEXT: Outlines! I'm working on some ideas and developing some existing book pitches next week. THEN, omg, something entirely new I hope.

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