You see… my NaNoWriMo characters made a jail break last week. I was able to hold them to the overall plot for a while… well actually I sent them to Guantanamo… long story… but now there is no way around it. They are causing me headaches and it is interfering with my mojo, and there is just no other way to do it… they need spankings, the both of them.
I guess I knew the middle would get hard (it usually does). I planned for it, hitting 25K on Wednesday and only intending to be to 30K by Sunday, but I am going to need to plan in extra power walks this weekend if I am going to get these two back in line, and fast.
On better writing news, the Trilogy is moving along… I am rounding the halfway mark and it is going nicely. I finished chapter 16 last night (of 30, I think) so it I can keep going, I should finish it well before Christmas, giving me some down time to write the LAST book…
Miserable January is just MADE for editing, wouldn’t you say?
And Now Some RANDOM Stuff!
(paying digressionary pennance)
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear
Fuzzy Wuzzy has no hair
Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy, was he?
I normally don’t approve of fur coats, and I would never ever condone fur over nudity on a human, but I think I need to go on record as telling this poor guy to put his fur back on…
Reality Loves Me: I may not be having any luck getting my novel published (though I still have that partial out… 5 weeks now), but the scientific world seems to love me lately. My boss and I have had two manuscripts accepted this fall and I sent a revision today that should also make it. Guess I’ll take my fame where I can get it.
(the pic is a year old, but I'm a bad, negligent mother without a vast supply of pics on my computer... so here are the childings...
3 comments:
Ellie took MY energy too. It's funny, because it really makes sense when they say that carrying a girl in your womb is far more draining than carrying a boy. I was ill for most of my pregnancy on Ellie, and my hair and nails were AWFUL. She definitely drained all of the good stuff (and still does on most days).
I'm roughly in the middle on my NaNo and am experiencing problems too (which is why my word count hasn't changed for two days). I need to hit 32k by the end of tomorrow if I want to keep to my personal target, so that's almost 8k that needs to be written. Erk. Still, will dutifully plod away...
Cute, cute picture! They look like you....must be strong genes you have!
Your NaNo characters have had an exciting week, it sounds like!
Elizabeth
Mystery Writing is Murder
Tara-my hair got thick and curly with Natalie (in fact it's been curly since--never really was before that) and I was much more 'ill' with Sam (I actually think that may be a later pregnancy thing) but yes--girls are definitely more work! Good luck with your NaNo! (and if you hit your 50K you WIN, even if you finish the actual BOOK a week or two into December, so don't get discouraged)
Thanks Elizabeth! On paper my husband and I 'look alike' (coloring, height) though our bone structure is really different--my daughter is my spitting image but 'brighter' (blonder, better skin tone, brighter eyes) where my son actually looks like a cross between my husband and I--that dimple is his very own though.
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