Day six is down and I've crossed the 10,000 mark in my novel! I still have yet to name the novel...I hope to accomplish that soon! I topped out at 11,712 words tonight. Tomorrow I will be over 12,000. It's exciting and more characters are emerging and others becoming more complex and complete. I'm really... Continue Reading →
Day four woes….
It was a bit harder to get my word count in today...actually, as I type this I still have about 500 words to pound out. Busy week at work. Crazy day today. All this has led me to not have much motivation at all.I'm still busy developing my characters and trying to piece together a... Continue Reading →
NaNo Day THREE!!
5,495 words.That is where I stand on my third day of National Novel Writing Month. The novel has taken an unexpected turn already and one person, who I rather liked, had to go. It's weird how we grieve our characters. Sara, who died tonight, was a lovely person. Successful, pretty, had all the ingredients to... Continue Reading →
NaNo day TWO!!!
Well, day two is a shining success despite the fact that I sat down to the computer with a very bad attitude in regard to my book. Once I got started, I threw myself into the plot and the characters and am feeling much better about things.So here are my stats for the day:1,946 words... Continue Reading →
NaNo Day ONE!!!
Day one of National Novel Writing Month is officially a success! You're encouraged to write some 1,600 words a day to keep on schedule. Today I wrote, 1,718 words. At this pace, I will finish right on time, though I'm hoping to finish a couple of days early like I did last year.This year I'm... Continue Reading →
National Novel Writing Month and an introduction
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER! And I couldn't be more excited! 50,000 words in 30 days, that's what it's all about. This year I plan on picking up where I left off last year and finishing what I started. So, another 50,000 words here I come! Last year came complete... Continue Reading →
Been quite the long while!!
Yep, it's been FOREVER since I've written in here. Guess nothing has been striking my fancy. I did start another blog...a photo blog to post daily photos. It's part of Project 365 where you upload 1 photo a day for a year. Yeah, we shall see how long it lasts. I haven't been doing really... Continue Reading →
365: Day five
Well, today with elections pretty much was a flop. Today's assignment was to work with something you collect. Well, I collect dog clothes. So here's my dogs in clothes....and they wouldn't sit still. Sorry for the cruddy pictures!PJ in his hat.That's totally not the way to wear a hat!!Mayiah in her scarf and Chewie looking... Continue Reading →
365: Day 4
What do you get when you walk five minutes, see a stick and a piece of frayed tarp? A tee pee. What else? :0)Today's project centered around taking a five-minute walk and then making something with the matierals that you see. It was a challenge making my tee pee out of a stick and a... Continue Reading →
365 Day 3!!
Welcome to 365: Day three.Today's daunting task was to make something out of a piece of paper -- without using glue, writing on it or scissors. This proved to be hard and I ended up not being so creative. Since my internet is being spotty you just get the finished product. It's worth a metal.... Continue Reading →
The Wandering Pigeon 