Tuesday, July 30, 2002 ( 7:00 AM ) During this long 10-day break from novel writing, I worked on designing and writing content for my new webdesign website. It still isn't quite ready to go live - but soon will be on the web.

Today I wrote on the Alyssa Project again - about 1050 words - a courthouse scene. Now the project stands at 20037 words total, and is probably less than half done. I'm not going to stress about the total word count needed this time, but just take the novel through to the natural conclusion and see what I end up with.

Yesterday I wrote a short article for Happy Camp News about the tragic deaths of three firefighters in the woods near where I live. Now I need to write another article about the memorial service last night.

After all the tears I shed there, I came home and slept right away. By 3am I was awake again, ready for writing. For a change I wrote my three morning pages out right away (I usually wait until noon) and then worked on the novel. If I can change into a morning person I think it would help me get more work done. I love the way the dawn feels - I just haven't seen much of it in the last year.

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