Brainpower slowly returning

Vicodin is a tricksy bastard. Now that it's out of my system, I'm actually thinking again, and something like writing.

500 words earlier today on the flapper Tindalosi story. I think it actually has a skeletal plot--I just need a macguffin to hinge it on. We are going to ignore the Spunky Prostitute who looks to become the Hardboiled Hero's sidekick, even though she's the only girl who's shown up so far. Sycorax and the Tindalosi twins are still off shopping. And when they get back, Nathan is going to have a lot of clothes to describe.

And then I added about 7 new words to TDC, but they are very important words--the names of the city districts. Now people are no longer going to X Y and Z districts. After I succumbed to the first temptation, the names became a joke. So I have Straylight, Heronmark, Lioncourt, Harrowgate, and Riverside--and, now, Saltlace. I couldn't think of cute cookies for the last two one, so I'm using Jadewater as a placeholder. If anyone can think of replacements, feel free to suggest them.

And that wrong character visualization thing happened to me again. I need to reset my brain from "80-year-old Christopher Lee" to "60-year-old Christopher Lee with Iggy Pop's abs." Iggy Pop's abs... La. I'll be in my bunk.

Progress!

The Drowning City

37,001 / 90,000 (41.1%)

Woot!

And oh, I have thought of an extradoubleplus-mean thing to pull on someone, if in fact she survives this book. Don't screw around with fertility spells, boys and girls. Err, as it were.

And that's it for today, because in 10 minutes I go home to don stompy boots and eat food (that is still soft) and go see KMFDM! I bought a new skull and crossbones necklace for the occaision, as my last one lost half a crossbone and is now a differently-abled skull.

And tomorrow, Bowie lightning pr0n! The Prestige!

I need a stompy goth icon--I have baby-bat, Milton-goth, and literate-Von, but no good concert icons.