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I wrote 2200 words this evening, determined to make up for the missed days during the week. The ship's on its way, and the heroine is learning about her new environment.

(Chatterbox teenage girl makes a useful infodump-vehicle, but I almost stalled when I had to think of a suitable bit of approbatory teenage slang. I settled for 'Keen', but may revisit that later.)

General updatery; five random things

I've watched the first three episodes of Firefly and enjoyed them as gritty escapism; I doubt it's going to become my favorite show ever, though.

The trouble with wearing a new necklace today was that I had to explain at least twice that I didn't buy it in Hawaii.

My protagonist is getting infodumped on by everyone she meets. It's a quick way for me to find out how the world works, but sometimes it raises more questions than answers. I think this one is going to need a fairly serious second pass to integrate all the background.

I have three more new dresses, courtesy of Sears.com. Two of them are exactly what I had in mind for everyday hot-summer wear; the third is fussier than it looked in the online picture, and not really suitable for 100-degree weather, but pretty enough that I don't think I'll be returning it.

It's hot. Also dry. Pretty standard for the time of year, but not my idea of fun.