The Post November Hangover
I feel as if I am hungover and need to recover from a long night of drinking. I’ve never made the correlation between NaNoWriMo and a really good party, but there it is. It’s the end of NaNoWriMo and the beginning of the holiday season. There is a let-down after all the hype of November, at least in the writing world. The build up begins during October and, if you are lucky, lasts all the way through the end of the month. It did for me. I spend the month of November, happily typing away on my novel reaching my required 50,000 words before the end of the third week.…
Life at Midweek
It’s time for another Wednesday post. And it’s a Wednesday in the middle of a normally dreary month. Except that, this month hasn’t been dreary. We’ve had some fantastic weather, meteor showers – I hope you were able to see them – and it’s Thanksgiving, with mashed potatoes. What could be better? I’m sure you thought I was going to say turkey except that I don’t eat that so it is mashed potatoes for me. This month has more than just the things I listed above. My mother and my daughter both have birthdays this month. We celebrated with my daughter by going out to dinner and antique shopping. It…
Time is Always Against Us!
So, this is one of the many lines from The Matrix movie but this is the thought I’ve had all day. A day that began much too early. For some strange reason, Pippa the kitten decided that 4:00 am was a good time for me to get up. Every so often she does this thing where she gets restless and decides she needs an audience. Maybe she was inspired by the gorgeous full moon. I did get up and spent some time writing. With NaNoWriMo coming up quickly, I still had some planning to do. This morning I made what is called a beat sheet, which is a general list…
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