CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

 Pushing it late, but the words are done for Day 7 of NaNoWriMo and Day 7 for this novel. Starting Words: 13,208 Finishing Words: 15,382 Total Words for the Day: 2,174 Extract:  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ “Follow the child,” Florey ordered. Oliver scowled. “What ch…” He stopped as he saw her. She was slight of build, not scrawny, so someone cared for her. “And you’d do well to remember that.” Florey’s voice had all the warning of an approaching storm…or a mother watching over a cub. He tried to stifle the thought that, if the child was so precious she shouldn’t have been involved in the operation, and failed. “Do you want to get off the moon, or not?” she asked, her voice sugar sweet. “More importantly, how much do you want to reach your destination alive?” It was not good business practice to threaten you client, but Oliver understood where she was coming from. ...

 Today's words for the NaNo novel are complete, and I'm about to shift into the words-for-hire project (which I also adore). Stats and extract for today are as follows: Starting Words: 11,150 Finishing Words: 13,208 Total for This Project for the Day: 2,058 (and I didn't want to stop, but I have a long list of time-sensitive items to get through, today) Extract: In which Oliver learns that sometimes our friends are not what we expect. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Oliver was so stunned he almost stopped. “Don’t thank me,” Li added. “I’m still keeping count.” That broke the tension, and Oliver chuckled. “Four, right?” “Nice try, Landy. It’s five…six, now, and you know it.” “Six?” Oliver found the hatch he was looking for, and groaned as it opened in front of him. “Sure. You don’t think I keep this thing locked for fun , do you?” “You’re not going to swear me to s...

 Words from today's run went well, and it looks like our characters might be in luck... Starting Words: 8,512 Ending Words: 11,150 Words Written: 2,638 Extract: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oliver sighed. That hadn’t been a place he’d ever wanted to go—and then he’d gone right there without Lewis’s having a say…so he’d taken himself off the grid, while he tried to work out what he was going to do next. Which meant no one who had his implant link should have been able to find it, and that absolutely no one should have been calling it. The incoming call sign pinged, again, and Oliver debated whether or not to answer. The debate was over before he’d had time to decide. “I hope you don’t mind,” a female voice told him, “but I knocked and there was no answer, so I let myself in.” Oliver gaped at her. The woman gave him an overly bright smile, extending a mental hand. “My n...