19,682 and counting

Apparently, being delirious agrees with me. I've been sick the last few days, with my third cold of the year. I haven't been sick this many times in I don't know when. I knew I was going too many nights in a row without enough sleep last week when I felt something coming on, and sure enough, by Monday, I had no voice and today I've even had fever.

The only good thing about being sick is I've been able to nearly double the amount I've done on Trading Faces. I am nearly to 20,000 words! That's about 80 pages in book format. The only problem is, I'm only about 80% of the way through my second section and I really want to have at least three or four more. That means this book could get pretty long, which might not be a good thing for a pre-teen book. I've started not concerning myself too much about my vocabulary, just writing as it comes to me. It could end up with an older audience after all, or I might have to cut lots out and really bring the vocabulary level down later. I'm not worrying about it right now, though.

Okay, if I can drag my delirium out for another day or two, who knows how much I might accomplish! I am sick of being sick, though. Cold medicine always did make my mind work in weird and unusual ways.

Did I say I was going to quote lyrics, by the way? What I meant to say was that I would quote lyrics or parts of books that grabbed me for some reason. :) I even marked a spot in The Horse Whisperer, which is what I'm reading now, to quote when I blogged again, but it's in the other room with my sleeping husband, so I won't bother him by making noise to go get it.

I guess tonight I'll have to be satisfied with lyrics. The one running through my head today is fun.

Lyric of the Day

Follow my lead

And yes, indeed

You will be:

Popular!

You're gonna be popular!

I'll teach you the proper ploys

When you talk to boys

Little ways to flirt and flounce

I'll show you what shoes to wear

How to fix your hair

Everything that really counts

To be popular

I'll help you be popular!

(From Wicked, the soundtrack, which I bought for my girls...and me...thanks to my friend Gail's lead, and we've been listening to nonstop since Sunday in our house. Appropriate for my book theme, I think!)