Admittedly, a lot of it was filler - made-up conversations about restoring old cars, lists of chores done in one afternoon to try and preoccupy the FMC, an internal debate on whether the bath salts the FMC's daughter bought as a gift one Mother's Day/birthday/Christmas/etc. are strawberry-scented like it says on the jar, or more flowery-scented like a lavender aroma?
Never mind. Despite all the prose, the plot's chugging along nicely, and I'm hoping to finish Act 1 if not tomorrow night then by Friday at the latest, leaving me a clean-ish slate to start Act 2 over the weekend.
I had the thought today that I should compile a list of what songs I've been listening to while I've been writing on this particular project - I won't remember all of them now, but here's a few that spring to mind:
- Frank Ocean's Channel Orange album (just about all of it, but the songs on heavy rotation are 'Monks', 'Sweet Life', 'Super Rich Kids', 'Bad Religion' [this one particularly poignant])
- Lana Del Rey (yes, say what you will...), particularly 'Off to the Races', 'Blue Jeans', but especially 'Lolita'
- 'Seven Devils' by Florence + The Machine (but again that whole album Ceremonials is pretty good)
- Ball Park Music's new one Museum
- I was also listening to 'Time and a Word' by Yes off their Keys to Ascension live album, and every time I saw John Farnham's Ford ad, I've have to crank a bit of 'You're the Voice', or even worse, 'Touch of Paradise' (yes okay I admit it...)
Anyway, I'm off to bed, to rest and recharge ready for a new day (of work though, unfortunately), buoyed slightly with my better-than-average wordcount achieved for today. Hopefully in the next few days, with performances like these, will get me back onto par!
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