Its 12:30 and I'm tired. OK, my totals are:
Chapter 1 - complete, 2517 words.
Chapter 2 - Half way - 1277 words
Total 3794 - whee! No where near the 8 to 10K that others have, but I like what I've written so far.
Got in 4 hours toight - I was hoping for 5, but between work and gym time I'm running a little ragged here.
I promised an excerpt, so here is the first paragraph
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Mara opened her eyes slowly, focusing on the unreal splendor of the sun setting over the ocean. She was foggy, hazy almost - the stupor induced by the meds making it hard to remember anything. She sat up on the couch for a minute, closing her eyes to regain her composure. The meds. Oh yes, she was taking meds. She was taking them for…depression, that was it. She was depressed, but why? She had never needed them before. It all came back to her so fast she almost felt she’d been struck. Peter was lost. He was gone and he wasn’t ever going to come back, was he. He had been the light of her life, truly her soul mate. She had waited for him after she’d been cheated of the sweetheart who’d grown with her since childhood. She’d waited thinking that it could never happen again - one woman just doesn’t get two chances at fulfilling love like that, but she had. She had felt supremely lucky. And now she’d been cheated again. It just wasn’t fair…
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