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Monday, January 21, 2008

Today’s Word Count

This morning I wrote 2,107 words of a short story called “Welcome to Val-U-Mart, Motherfucker.” It’s for an anthology, and is due soon. I want to make sure I get it finished in time to do some revisions.

I'll work on Bitter Water Blues after the kids are in bed tonight. I expect to get in another thousand there.

NOTE: Having just Googled "Val-U-Mart" and found it to be a real store, I now have to come up with a new name. No big deal.
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2 comments:

Jen said...

I like to use Thrifty*Mart, myself. Of course, there are Thrifty Marts existing everywhere, but I feel like the asterisk makes it my own. And simultaneously makes it clear who I'm referencing.

Nice new digs, by the way.

22/1/08
Patrick Shawn Bagley said...

I'm going with Big-Buy for now. All the "associates" wear red, white and blue vests.

23/1/08

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