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How was your day? Mine was good. We'll see about tomorrow.

#chill vibes #relaxed life

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#deep cut

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“I’m finding these drugs a bit mathy.” - Adam Douglas Thompson

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Monday, I reviewed the VVE.

Tuesday, I reviewed the Epilogue and VVE.

Wednesday, Act I.

Thursday, Act II.

Friday, Act III through the end.

Notes: It’s now at 98,334 words, so all the polishing put me up by 625.

I have taken the Act III prelude and made it the Act II postlude instead, because really, it fits better as part of II than III. It does mean that Act II is quite enormous, but I think that’s okay.

Speaking of which:

Act I: 24,757 words

Act II: 39,528 words (11,3675 prelude; 10,008 postlude)

Act III: 19,203 words

Epilogue: 9428 words

The VVE: 5387 words

(Yes, I know that’s not 98,334 words; I didn’t count Act titles and such 🙂)

And in turn, speaking of Act titles, I’m at last satisfied with them all, especially when the obvious title for Act II popped into my head driving home from work last night.

I’m so, so glad that I wrote the VVE. I’m happy with how it turned out, and it accomplishes what I wanted it to. I’m still amused, though, that it’s over 5000 words. Given I originally figured it would be about the size of my pinkie fingernail, it came as a pleasant surprise.

And now, to work up the courage to send it to my test reader, and to leave this alone until next Saturday. And in the meantime, to rest.

#writing #writerslife #ntmt #tsoou

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oh uh. scuse me. just a lil snail crossing your dash

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Now, on the matter of 60 being divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6... Coincidence, correlation, or causation?

there IS actually a reason why seconds and minutes (and degrees for geometry) are in base 60 instead of base 10, and if you want to blame someone for that, blame the very specific way Babylonians counted with their fingers.

#mathematics #super composite number #finger counting

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I had this idea for a looping animation in which a single dot has a pretty long loop, but the animation as a whole is much shorter. Because of the repetition this animation is only 1 second long!

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reblog if you wear glasses. too many mutuals don't know they have glasses wearers in their midsts

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Someone captured the solar eclipse on an airplane

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hey here's a website for downloading any video or image from any website.

works w/ youtube, soundcloud, twitch, twitter (gifs and videos), tumblr (video and audio), and most other websites you're probably lookin to download stuff off of.

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occasional posts from users

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That's because there are no cyclic numbers in hexadecimal, or in any base that is a square number, barring a few trivial exceptions.

A project for a rainy day: automated long division in excel

#cyclic number

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[Connor MacLeod glowers, arms crossed] I don't like it.

[Duncan MacLeod squints, and his face lights up] I can see my house from here!

Glenfinnan Viaduct and Loch Sheil, Scotland

#highlander #there can be only one

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Y'all are amazing. Reblog to hug the person you’re reblogging from.

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20 apr 2024 Stats

Total word count: 97,709

Net increase today: 2473

Note: This… is the announcement.

It’s written.

I don’t have much more to say, really. I still need to:

Re-read and polish Act III and Epilogue

Re-read and polish the whole thing

Leave it alone for a week and/or turn it over to my test reader

Re-read and polish the whole thing again

But.

It’s written.

ps The VVE turned out to be 5166 words, which makes me laugh.

#writing #writerslife #ntmt #tsoou #there will not be a fucking fourth draft

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19 apr 2024 Stats

Total word count: 95,236

Net increase today: 3989

Estimated final count: n/a

Words remaining: n/a

Days remaining: 5

Target daily word increase: n/a

Note: This isn’t the announcement, either. But I’m close. I’m ridiculously close. However, when the VVE has turned out to be nearly 2700 words and counting, something’s gotta give.

Also, I’d like to start for the record, the bit I’m writing now made me cry.

And yes, I gave up on the estimates. The problem is the estimate is now lower than my actual word count, so there’s no real point.

#writing #writerslife #ntmt #tsoou