Despite some modest interruptions to my routine this morning, I’ve already written 1,746 words today on Extra Body.  Some comparatively remarkable and momentous things are beginning to happen in the story now–well, there have been remarkable occurrences throughout, but now we’re getting near to the final “confrontation” of the tale.  The story is over 40,000 words long already, though I plan to reduce the total significantly in rewriting/editing.

I slept a bit better last night than the night before; it’s a low bar, but I did clear it, if only by a few more hours.  Still, I’m physically just worn out but unable to sleep.  Also, the tinnitus persists in my left ear, though not as bad as the right.  My right ear is chiming away at what seems like a subjective 70 decibels or so.  I’m almost to the point of reversing Vonnegut’s quote and saying, “Nothing was beautiful and everything hurt,” but there are a few non-painful things.  Or, well, at least there’s one:  writing fiction.

Anyway, tomorrow is Thursday, so I’ll write my traditional blog post then.  In the meantime, have a good day.