Today's Accomplishments

1. Wrote 8,000+ words of my novel.  All perfectly good words, although not necessarily well-arranged.
2. Viewed visual arts exhibit at Petit Palais.  As is typical for Parisian museums of any size, they were arranged chronologically, from Antiquity to Present-Day, with rooms numbered starting at about 20.
3. Purchased and consumed some delightful food, including an almond croissant, an interestingly-shaped small bread, and some raw-milk Camembert.
4. Read a substantial portion of Persuasion.  Still not 100% sure if I've read it already, not that it matters.
5. Browsed in yet another bookstore.  Read and thought about the process of novel-writing.  Thought about differences among Austen novels; to me it seems like one of the biggest differences between her popular and unpopular novels is authorial distance, but this may be more a function of my own familiarity with the popular stories through repeated reading, viewing of adaptations, etc.  Does Elizabeth Bennett seem like a much better-fleshed character because she was written differently, or because I've nearly memorized the book?  But, actually, Eliza is the least-described character in the whole book; everything is in relation to her but nothing is actually about her.  She doesn't even have an opinion of Mr. Darcy, really, until he has one of her.  This is perhaps Austen's trick, writing in such a way that everything she says is implicitly the main character's opinion and yet the voice remains ostensibly third-person omniscient.
6. Thought about other Important Life Issues and made judicious notes in my moleskine.  Gave nasty looks to hideous Parisian men attracted by moleskine. 

That's it.  No other accomplishments... Tomorrow's stated goals are (1) possibly go for a run, and (2) walk about and eat things.