My alarm went off at 5:45am this morning. It was a soft harp sound, gently waking me from a deep sleep. A real sleep. I haven't slept so deeply in weeks.  I realized something important: alarms work. I usually find myself waking up every hour on the hour from 4am on, letting my body jolt… Continue reading NaNoWriMo – Day 3 – Word Count today: 2046 – Total: 4373

  Got up at 7am this morning. Shuffled downstairs to my office and trusty Mac. Wrote 504 words before the kids woke up and started calling for me.  Day Two: 504 words The day's not over yet.  Hopefully, I'll get more in...    

I did it. I started writing (or continued) my YA novel through National Novel Writing Month.  I started at 11am.  I finished at 12:10pm.  I wrote 1544 words.  Here's an except: Normal 0 0 1 123 702 5 1 862 11.0 0 0 0             “Did we kiss?” I asked.… Continue reading NaNoWriMo – Day 1 – Word count: 1544