FM-PMS

current chapter word count: ...is still changing
research of the day (1): Nozomi Shinkansen (everything from station layout, interior layouts & coloring, amenities, car order, car style, lavatory layout, vending machines, phone booth, service personnel, time table, attendant uniforms... AAAAAAARGH!)
research of the day (2): Battle Royale - cover of the original novel published in April 1999 (yes, it is possible to spend 4 hours on amazon.co.jp without being able to read anything but numbers and still finding what you were looking for!) [and it is a hassle if the corresponding movie was released in the same year!]
research of the day (3): I don't know yet...
on the plus side: the scene definitely works! And solves the delayed issues from 16. Giving Subaru time to think things through is useful (sometimes)!

...more later. Except I start rereading my translation of Battle Royale! :)

FM-PMS (2)

current chapter word count: 3145
scene written today: on the shinkansen to Kyoto
scene finished? no.
because... long scene with lots of important content to be presented in the right order and appropriate terseness
character drinking bitter coffee while thinking about sex: Subaru
character blissfully asleep with a book beside him: Seishiro
issues to be addressed in this scene: (in no particular order) Akiko, Seishiro, Omi, mutilated spirits, the Dao, Kamui, Kamui, a biting dragon, a slashed dragon, grandmother, tactics, Sun Tzu, reading, job offer
surprisingly useful plot devices so far: Battle Royale, bitter coffee, railway attendant, station announcements, Fuji-san, green class comfy, somebody else's kids
research of the day: see here!
quote of the day: It was one thing when the head of a house didn't lie with his wife...