I have now won three times in my six attempts. I am tired of writing. Words hurt. What's next? Permanently Shelved goes away for a month so that I can rehabilitate my right brain and enjoy the holidays. Then, since this is probably the best of my 3 attempts, I'll start editing it in January and put it out there to be read. me rest head now on soft thing...zzzzzzz ...
Thanksgiving and NaNoWriMo
Happy Post-Thanksgiving! We drove to Michigan to spend the holiday with WM's clan. Twelve and a half hours there and thirteen and a half hours back. Deep fried turkey was eaten, and Max and Ollie got to play with their two gigantic German Shepherd cousins. Incidentally, have you ever seen two German Shepherds be scared away by a snarly terrier the size of their tails? It's a funny sight. Plus I tried my first Tim Horton's coffee. So good. So darn good. Better than Starbucks. Of course I ...
NaNoWriMo update!
We're slightly over the half-way mark, cookie crumbs, and it looks like I'm still ahead of the game by barely a day's worth of writing. I've yet to fall behind on my word count - a first for the six (!!) years I've done this. My success so far is due to hiding in a conference room every day at lunch and writing. I'm also writing on the train on the way to work. On the way home, I go through my crappy notes and see what scenes need to be written. I write a lot to get ahead during the week so that ...
Wordless Wednesday: Lunchtime novelling
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Stupid Beading Tricks: Earrings for Coworkers and Election Day woes.
Happy Election Day! We voted a little after 7am and then got coffee and a donut at Dunkin' Donuts to celebrate. There was no line and we received no stickers. I have never received a sticker for voting. Eh, no big. In other Election Day news, I am staying off of Facebook for a few days. When I made a plan this morning to post a picture of agreen "X" illuminated next to Roseanne Barr's name just to piss off everyone there ("Hey, guys, I listened to ALL of you and voted for candidate that NONE of ...
Progress Report
Novel progressing horribly. I'm still completely confident I'll finish by 11/30. Life progressing well. After almost 5 months, I'm starting to find my "normal" again. Starting to go back to doing some of the little things I used to do, like make bread in my breadmaker and curl my hair. Starting to sit on the floor and play with the cats again. Starting to cook meals again. And on Saturday, I think I'm going to join the local gym. Small steps...little things from the past life that I'm managing ...
NaNoWriMo update
(apologies to feedreader people...having WordPress issues for the first time EVER tonight.) Well gee whiz that election post was ...fun ... wasn't it? Let's get back to more...um...stupid things to talk about. NaNoWriMo update! My NaNoWriMo setup I cranked out over 2700 words tonight and earned my first green box on my NaNoWriMo Progress Report. And I'm only on plot point 6 of the fourteen that I've written out. That doesn't count the 6 or so I need after that in order for my intrepid ...
Can't post…writing…
I have a plot. I have protagonists. I have a setting, 2 corpses, and even some motive! Now I just need to find coffee pods for my new good friend and I'll be golden. Edited to add: I sketched out mini-profiles for 11 characters in my novel, and outlined my plot up to the climax. Writing's going much easier now that I've done that. Wish I did that last week. There's also a cool widget that tracks your word count against someone else's. A Word War, if you will. Now you can watch my Mom kick ...
The answer
Why don't people off themselves by age 75, depressed from watching people die? Because your kind authoress here forgot something quite important. Because we also watch people LIVE. Babies are born, kids grow, and we get to see the tired and weary things about our world made Technicolor-new by viewing it through their eyes. Holidays regain their luster and excitement. The pile of leaves that I ignore as I walk by it alone once again becomes a tempting lure when a young one comes near. ...
Letter to a brown canine
Dear Max: When I come home from work and I'm already wearing my sneakers, this means that I have been to Curves already. And I've exercised already. And I most likely am tired and sweaty and do NOT want to take you for a walk. We have a yard big enough for you to wear yourself out while running around it. It is full of trees and shrubs for you to pee against, and gardens for you to poop in. You and I have taken over 1100 strolls together since we brought you home. A break once in a while ...
NaNo NoMo!
WINNER!!!!30 days136 pages1,966 paragraphs6,191 lines50,117 wordsiI've accomplished nothing of this magnitude before. This story isn't fantastic at all. But it's my novel. And it's done. And it's my very own. And it's going to be tucked away until January, when I can take the time needed to polish it up into a shiny imperfect gem. ...
KiMeNowPl
That means, "Kill Me Now, Please." My NaNo novel is at 44097 words, and I can't write any more tonight.I've written over 7600 words in the last two days, and to finish by midnight 11/30, I'll have to do 2952 words tomorrow and Tuesday. In reality, I feel as if I can finish tomorrow after work. It's the home stretch, cats and kittens.In other odd developments, I'm not worried about work tomorrow in the least. If you take into account the fact that when I DO worry about work, everything turns out ...
