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November is always freaky.
You ever notice that? Cancer diagnoses come in November. And the return of old friends. Sort-of novels sort-of get written. Sometimes they don't. Normally freaky freaks me out. No really, it's true. I love my chaos but I've found I love it more in tiny bite-sized morsels, like chocolate chips in a cookie. Cookie isn't as good without them but too ( Read more... ) -
November
I read an essay at Salon detailing why NaNo is a waste of time and that non-writers should just give it up and accept their non-writer status. Unfortunately it was like a box cutter across the gut and now I am standing here in shock watching my motivation spill out onto my shoes. -
Yup
It's November and I am at it again. Currently behind schedule and lacking a head of steam I yet have faith I can pull it off. -
Why why why
Why don't I use this place anymore? I hardly even check my friends list. It must be the attention deficit as I've been laying all over Facebook and refusing to get up. It's just too easy to lurk and comment and occasionally post pictures or whatnot ( Read more... ) -
it's been blah but ok
What I thought would be a triumphal Winter after finishing my first novel quickly turned sour with illness and a death. I've been feeling better than I thought I would thanks to a lot of love and understanding; so those of you who might worry about me don't need to. I'm doing alright and looking ahead to even better times. -
NaNo Journal
Day18: (7:15am) Spent most of yesterday's writing time plotting; trying to find the next scene to write. It was a tough day. Today, I am in kindergarten so it's early writing. I'm now pushing up against hard and when things get hard is my usual cue to give up. Need to keep this momentum going ( Read more... ) -
Nano Journal
Day13: (11:30am)Ensconced yet again in my corner at Boulevard. I'm happy with the 1500/850 I did in yesterday's two writing sessions. Kinda stuck where I am in the story so I went to a flashback and the words just poured out. Introduced a side character that was just a name previously. Now I want to feature him more prominently. He's still pretty ( Read more... )
