DID YOU SEE THAT WORD COUNT, FOLKS? 25,152!!!! Zoooweeemamma! Got up this morning. Pulled up and opend the laptop. Wrote 973 words in the comfort of my comfy bed. Then the kids woke up. Time to stop, but not before doing a word count. I'm passed halfway! Rejection letter, reshmection letter! I'm writing a novel,… Continue reading NaNoWriMo – Day 18 – Word Count: 973 Total: 25,152

I did my writing differenlty yesterday. I didn't get up in the morning to write. I slept in. I needed it, my body and my mind. I got home from an art show opening at SB Contemporary to an almost sleeping house. I grabbed my hubby's laptop that was hiding under our bed, and pulled… Continue reading NaNoWriMo – Day 17 – Word count: 1931 Total: 24,179

'Twas a solid morning of writing.  Got up at 6:15. Wrote 'till 7:30am.  The fire alarm went off. (In my story, that is.)  Blazes. Blazing. Everywhere.    Received four letters of rejection in one week.  Was a blow.  But still writing.  Never stop. Suck it up. Don't make it mean anything.  I write on. 

Margaret Atwood said: A word after a word is power. (Thanks, Carlinda! I 'borrowed' this quote from the signature in her email message!) Isn't that the rootin' tootin' truth! (Did I just write rootin' tootin'? Surely these two words should rarely or never be written word after word...) I was up and at 'em by… Continue reading NanoWriMo – Day 14 – Word Count: 1191 Total: 20,930