Boom, baby...times three!

I haven't dragged out the Reggie Miller Writing Continuum in a long, long time. However, after a blockbuster weekend of writing, I needed to do it. I hit the hallowed level of "Reggie at the Garden" on three consecutive days, churning out more than 15,200 combined words on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

I'm hoping to finish the first draft of III Crimsonstreak before the end of July. The draft currently stands at about 60,000 words and I'm aiming for 80,000 to 85,000. That does not, of course, include any supplemental materials.

Current Kindle reading list

Here's what I'm reading (or planning to read) at the moment:

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (reading right now)

On deck:

The Age Atomic by Adam Christopher

Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu

Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds

Micro by Michael Crichton

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor by Matthew Stover

Scoundrels by Timothy Zahn

Tales from the Cobra Wars edited by Max Brooks

World War Z by Max Brooks

Ascension by Drew Karpyshyn

The Godfather Returns by Mark Winegardner

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Update on projects

Writing production was non-existent last week. I read through some projects but didn't write anything new or revise III Crimsonstreak.

Shame on me.

I'm usually good about writing five or six days a week--it just didn't happen this time. It's okay; sometimes you're going to have a bad week. Usually, I'm able to eke out a few words even when I'm feeling a little stressed out, but I just felt stretched thin. The important thing is not to allow last week's drought to turn into a drought that drags on for several weeks.

I'm working on revisions for III Crimsonstreak tonight. I've also read through The Franchise as notes trickle in from Beta Reader Extraordinaire. I expect to work on final edits for II Crimsonstreak, first draft/revisions for III Crimsonstreak, and reworking of The Franchise simultaneously. This will leave blogging at a premium...and content is at a dearth as it is.

On the plus side, I finished reading Jurassic Park and hope to write a book/movie comparison soon. It won't be comprehensive, but I'd like to talk about the key differences and what I liked/didn't like about each version. I've also started reading Les Miserables to give myself an infusion of the classics.

My reading list is waaaaay too long, FYI.