Slightly hung over from the Newport write-in last night, which took place at a bar, and because I had some wine when I got back to the house and continued writing on my own. This is not necessarily a bad thing - after writing close to an entire chapter about my characters vision-questing on psychotropic berries in the desert, a little hang-over might help bring things back down to earth.

I'm really happy with the writing that happened last night, ch. 3 really came together.

However, I only wrote about 1200 words yesterday. They were good words, carefully considered. But at that pace, I will not finish by the 30th.

So I'm making a new rule for the rest of my stay: no internet until I've filled my daily quota. And I'm guessing, since that means I'll be writing in the morning, no alcohol either. At least, not until the next write-in held at a bar.

The write-in's really help, by the way. There's something about just being in the presence of other writers who are writing, that really catalyzes the process...

Total word count: 16,232
Words to be written: 33,768