Clouds

Some of you have seen my postings on Facebook. Each day, I have been writing 750 words. That's roughly three pages. It's at least that number each day, and then I "share on Facebook." The post on the page reads something like this:

Mark Henderson wrote 1,144 words on Thursday August 19, 2010 - 750 Words

To the left of the text, there is some cutesy icon that represents an achievement, like writing ten days in a row, or writing without interruption, etc. Lately, I have been posting clouds, and someone asked why. Interestingly, the website tracks a lot of items about my writing. (Those are available through this link: http://750words.com/entries/share/238407.) One item is the weather during the time that I write. The rationale is that the weather could be affecting the mood of my writing (which the site tracks through an algorithm applied to the content). Am I sad when it's cloudy? or Am I feeling "self-important" when it rains? I don't know yet.
Some have asked, "Are you writing the book in these words?" I started out writing on 750Words.com to add content to my manuscript (it's already 250 pages). That was successful for a while. But the writing I do online is not explicitly related to the book, The Soul of Atlas. It's not related to any book, per se. Instead, it generally helps me get the cobwebs out of my brain first thing in the morning. Kind of a warm up, like stretching before a run, or playing scales before a concert. It's not a distraction because then I move into the heavy lifting and end up writing even more, and more to the point. Thanks for asking. As always, love your comments. By the way, if you don't see any images, take a peak on the Soul of Atlas blog directly: http://www.soulofatlas.com/