Status update, now with fewer ponies

I did more than make character ponies yesterday, I promise. Here is yesterday's wordcount as evidence.

Title Redacted Big Gay Hamlet
(It's only a loose interpretation of Big Gay Hamlet, but still. There's a ghost.)

Words yesterday: 797
Words total: 4656
Reason for stopping: end of scene/chapter

A couple of faithful beta-readers looked at the chapter yesterday and informed me that the pacing was wonky and it didn't have enough exposition. (Yes, I can actually under-exposit sometimes. They also said there wasn't enough setting.) Since I'm writing this for a proposal, draft cannot in fact suck, so I'll be going over this again to try to get it right.

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This week I also traded in my ancient-but-noble 1999 Honda Accord for a 2009 Civic. I felt bad abandoning the Accord at the farm dealership, but it's awfully exciting to have a modern car, that does modern things like play CDs and iPods. And accelerate without wheezing.

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Today is home inspection take two, having replaced all our smoke detectors. The old ones were nearly old enough to vote. Hopefully this will go more smoothly.

Shameless solicitation

I'm loath to ask for money when I'm not giving something in exchange for it, but what the hell.

The Krewe de Coeur Maudit has started Kickstarter campaign to fund this year's Halloween parade. This is the Krewe's fifth parade year, and will be the third I've marched in. They have giant puppets and a drum line and all sorts of fabulous costumes, are definitely the coolest thing moving on 6th Street on Halloween night. Sadly, giant puppets and parade permits aren't cheap. Hence the fundraising.

The campaign has nine days left, and is nowhere near its goal. If you're in the Austin area, you should totally join and march with us. If you're not, but have a few extra dollars, please consider funding an amazing Halloween spectacle. I can't offer much in return but gratitude, and pictures of my Circus Tresaulti-inspired costume, once I start building the wings.