When I write, I like to have chunks of time on either side. I need time before I write to get my act together, and I need time after I write, so that I’m not rushing through what I’m doing on account of the fact that I must soon leave to meet someone. So on […]
NaNoWriMo – Day Eight
Today was very good. I mean, I didn’t get any chores done, but I had coffee with a friend, and then drove home in the slanting light of an afternoon in November. Then I had curry and rice for dinner, and was well disposed to work out the issues where Jack doesn’t know how to […]
NaNoWriMo – Day Seven
Friday is always a good day, but today is especially good since I have managed to make it seven whole days, writing every single day. My fingers seem to remember what to do, and my brain (and subconscious thoughts) seem to be following happily after. I think I am well on my way to creating a […]
NaNoWriMo – Day Six
For NaNoWriMo, I decided to do something differently tonight, and that is, do my writing the first thing I got home. I had ideas last night, as I lay in bed, and no time today to grab any of my beloved 3 x 5 cards to write anything down. So, while my two baked potatoes […]
NaNoWriMo – Day Five
Oh, my goodness, I’ve hit day five! For a good part of the day, I kept thinking to myself, “Yes, today is the day I might stop. It always happens on the fifth day.” But with my thoughts of other Nanowrimo writers all around the world working so hard, and with my indie author friends […]
NaNoWriMo – Day Four
Day Four? It’s a miracle, a miracle, I tell you! I had a busy day at work; it was my one year anniversary at a job I truly enjoy, so that was good. But then I came home and experienced that curtain of fog that overcomes me around 5:30. I think it’s really just a […]