The book is on track (for NaNo purposes) at 30,927 words. About half of those words are trash — I restarted about half way through, because the book was way off base. But in NaNo, you don’t delete words. I had a late night chat with Tammy Jones, and she … Continue reading →
Was like pulling teeth most of the day until the last hour and a half. We got a little insight into why the game works like it does today. Ajax is more tolerant of the kittens. Number One seems to have taken to Ajax. The kitten sat next to Ajax … Continue reading →
I was a couple hundred words short, so I introduced seventeen characters to be participants in the gay guys’ Earth Mother enclave. My characters spend too much time living life in their heads. I figured if I’m going to have some kind of Earth Mother cult going, I may as … Continue reading →
Just squeaked out 1699 words today bringing the grand total for the month to 11, 805. I no longer know where this story is going. It just took an interesting and major change in direction today. Are my villains part of the good guys? Are the good guys really the … Continue reading →
I got caught up after yesterday’s short day. We didn’t do too much else today — just cruised a few yard sales, went to breakfast, and picked up a few items from Wal-Mart. Hubby made more dirt, and we both played with kittens for a lot of the day. The … Continue reading →
Five hundred and four words today. This puts me behind about eight hundred words. We got errands run and groceries bought today. Spent time with hubby. Didn’t get much writing time. UPDATE: Wouldn’t you know it. I type that I’m done, and then I get a burst of a few … Continue reading →
I scraped out an additional 2085 words today bringing us to a grand total to date of 7092. As in previous years, I’m trying to get a little ahead early on. Writing by the seat of the pants makes that challenging at best, because the story isn’t in my head … Continue reading →
Count for today was 2014 — I was a little behind after yesterday, so I knew I had to catch up a little. Cut more on another tree that will not die today. I removed nails from old fence sections that are being broken up. Did some laundry. Played with … Continue reading →
845 words for Day Two bringing us to a total of 2838 for the month. Took down a dead tree to the fence height. Trimmed the pitisporum bushes. Cleared brush from the corner of the yard. Voted. Pulled a few weeks. We’ve been watching election returns and playing with kittens … Continue reading →
Good, solid start. Introduced three characters. Two more to go — maybe. Can’t complain about 2093 words. We got a solid start on the reasons we’re spending this month in San Antonio. I removed one dead tree that was threatening the phone and cable lines coming into the house. We … Continue reading →