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Earlier in the week, I had one of those lightning-bolt-of-inspiration nights, the kind where I have to get up out of bed at 4:00 in the morning (hubby says – with a laugh, by the way – “I hate it when you do that.” He …
NaNoWriMo Ending Stats 37733 words, out of 50000 Total Novel Stats, as of 12/1/08: 49633 words 150 pages four sections mostly done (of six), the fifth section is well plotted out, and there are ideas for the sixth (ending) – and the sections will have …
I finished reading Twilight by Stephanie Meyer (500 pages) in less than 24 hours, lol. Yes, it was that simple. I was skeptical about all the hype, and it turned out to be just that – hype. Simple is a good summary of it. Nothing …
Amazon gift certificate time! I love debit card points 🙂 Hubby and I got about 20 books, and it only cost us about $40. There are too many to list, but I’m most looking forward to: Self-Help, by Lorrie Moore Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer (just …
I used to write songs about love, and loss, and God, and the tragic but hopeful state of the world. Today, Dylan and I wrote a song, and the lyrics go: “Apple tree, apple tree. Apple juice, apple juice.” I’ll save love and loss and …
My most natural writing pace seems to be about 1000 words a day, under the 1666 I need to keep on track for the 50,000 words in November. I’m not stressed out about it though. 50,000 words wouldn’t have finished the novel anyway, so I’ll …
Oops, I missed a day. I usually do, during this NaBloPoMo thing, at least once. And it’s usually for no better reason than I just had a simple brain-fart and forgot. The novel was not forgotten though. I actually managed to poach some ideas and …
I wrote 91 words yesterday. Good God, I rock! LOL! I did well for today, but still, I’m very much behind at the moment. I need to pull about 3000 words out of my ass, on top of my daily quota. Not looking likely. NaNoWriMo …
“Whoes saur.” It’s two words, pronounced: (whoes, rhymes with clothes, and saur like from dinosaur). I have no idea where he heard it. He’s been saying it forever, and we had no idea what he was talking about for the longest time. We still don’t …
Crap. I’m having just as much trouble trying to figure out where my characters are going to go to college as I did choosing where I would go to college myself! The second college I’ve chosen for them just fell through since I found that …