Herc-o-meter: Nonna’s Past

[cathschaffstump]

Things are really getting jumbled now in the rough draft, but still the word count continues, and while yesterday was super, super lame, today’s work looks keepable with expansion.

I also find it very nice to be working on my Mac Air in the living room while Bryon is working away on our computer. I love modernization! And I’ve checked out the tutorial on Scrivener, and will probably upgrade to fully operational soon. Given that I’ve started writing HH: PW via word processor program, I will probably keep that up, and then switch over when I begin the rewrite. Does anyone know if Scrivener does word count before the final draft, or are my achiever days of posting word meter bars over?

Anyway, today’s word count!

18,509 / 75,000 (23.0%)

And yesterday’s answer was Zeus, or Jupiter, or Jove, and I think Kurt got all three.

Today: In which labor did Hercules actually have to settle a dispute in a court of law?

And finally, Herculean wisdom.

“Why do the gods hide, Nonna?”

“You know, Bianca, sometimes the gods just want a chance to start again. All your uncle really wants is a chance to be an average guy, to love someone like Polly, maybe to have a family of his own again.”

Yup, even the gods need a century or two of down time.

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