Writing
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Coaxing the Words Out
It’s the first full week back to work for me and I was so ready to be back. I intended to write a post filled with links and advice on how to get back into the swing of things after a break. But after my own dismal attempts last week and this weekend to add anything to my current WIP – I gave up on that.
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Back To Work
It’s snowy and cold here. It’s also the first day back to school after winter break for the kids and my first full day back to work since the 23rd of December!! *deep breath* I had hoped I would be a workhorse over the break but little did I remember how chaotic winter break can be. I managed at whopping 3079 words from 12/23 – 1/4. *takes another deep breath to calm the growing anxiety about going so long without working*
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Words, Words and more Words
Another Friday is upon us! Break out your coffee or spirits! Whichever you prefer!
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Nano Update
Just a very quick Nanowrimo update: Up until yesterday everything was going very well and I passed the 25k word mark on day 7! Then I woke up with a sore throat on day 8 and it got progressively worse as the day went on. The good news is I did my duty and got out to vote yesterday. The bad news is by the time I was done my eyes were burning and it was hard to breath easily with my nose stopped up and my word count suffered drastically yesterday for it. Only about 345 words were written yesterday so bleh. Definitely not as good as my 6100…
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Friday!
Yay! It’s Friday and day 4 of Nanowrimo! So far so good for me this Nano but I don’t want to jinx it so I won’t put into words just how awesome and great I feel like this week has been going. Or, you know, more words than I just did. Tomorrow, Saturday, November 5th is Double up Donation day for Nanowrimo. It’s a day that encourages you to double your daily or total Nano word count and to also double up your donations to the site. There will be virtual write-ins and word prompts all day long and a chance to win awesome prizes all day long on the…
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Nanowrimo!
Just a quick update for the first day of Nanowrimo. After several fantastically successful writing days at the end of October of course November first had to give me fits. But I’m pleased with how the day turned out after such a rocky start. I’m going to end the day with a final first day word count of 5,803. Not too shabby. I believe it’s the best start I’ve ever had and I’m fairly confident in saying that most of those words were not terrible. Any day I can say that is a great writing day.
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Friday!
Happy Friday!!! Now a little something that will hopefully make you smile:
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Happy Friday!
It’s Friday! It’s also the boy child’s birthday and party this weekend so the next couple of days are packed for me. I have relatives that will be pulling into the driveway any minute now so this is probably going to be a very quick update/accountability post.
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Illness and Seminar
Oh buddy! I missed last week’s accountability post and for that I’m sorry. I’ve been ill and the medications I’ve been trying are taking their toll. It’s hard to write when it’s a monumental effort to get out of bed without the room swaying. I’m finally back to functioning status which means back to work. Woo! To kick off my recovery, yesterday I attended an online seminar about writing short fiction hosted by the wonderful Mary Robinette Kowal. It was fantastic and if you get a chance to take the seminar: Do it! A thousand times: Do it! Throw your money at this lady because I came away with some…
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Accountability
Accountability Friday but on a Saturday! Sorry about that. Friday was a hectic day that ended with me playing nursemaid and being generally exhausted. A good chunk of the evening was spent watching episode of the Office before I even got to work on my book.