November 2013

A New Addition!

I have a new cat! His name is Earl. I mean, Duke. Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke of Earl, Duke, Duke… Yeah, I keep singing that. Today we went to the volunteer orientation at the Humane Society. We signed up for the other classes we want–dog handling, to be followed by dog walking, fostering, and cat […]

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NaNo Day Whatever

NaNo Day Whatever

It’s going to be okay. It is. I decided to burn down the village, so it will go better now. Destruction takes up lots of words. I’m just tired and not feeling well, so I will get another bit behind. But I will not give up, and I will get this done, and it will

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NaNo 2013: Day Two

NaNo 2013: Day Two

Made wordcount again. I just have to keep telling myself it doesn’t matter if I’m getting the characters’ voices wrong. Writing is how I’ll figure that out. Yes, my first drafts are often more like elaborate outlines. I’ve known that for a while. And sometimes, they’re a map to what I don’t want to do.

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NaNo 2013, Day One

NaNo 2013, Day One

This morning I started right off typing, but I only got to 104 words before I had to go to work. Then I came home, made dinner, did a few other things that really needed doing, joined my friends in my Friday night chat that I rarely miss for about the last seven years…and then

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