Update #4 – 17,822 Words

Posted by on Nov 21, 2006 in dish | 0 comments Advice to those of you who want to try NaNoWriMo: Don’t get the flu mid-month. Unfortunately, this is the voice of experience talking. I have managed to get way, way behind thanks to a nasty combination of headache, sinus pressure, and fatigue. Now I have to dig myself out.Of course, my normal distractability has reared its ugly head as well. Endless checking of Google News items? Check....
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Death on Toast

Posted by on Nov 15, 2006 in dish | 0 comments Ugh. I am so, so sick right now. I stayed home from school Monday, dragged my butt there on Tuesday (I should spare myself the heroics), and got the cosmic smackdown about it today. Spent most of today on the sofa, too. Head hurts, body’s stiff, head’s full of crud.I hate getting sick. I especially hate getting sick when there are THINGS TO DO around here, like clean and cook and...
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Update #3 – 11,113 Words

Posted by on Nov 12, 2006 in dish | 0 comments Jeff (Baty, founder of NaNoWriMo) said it would happen, and it has.I’m in the doldrums.I have found that breaking the “go back and futz with what you’ve already written” habit is very hard to do. I keep wanting to go back and reread, fix that word, trash that sentence, etc. etc. rather than forging ahead with the manuscript. There’s also that nasty “but...
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Barbara Samuel, GODDESS

Posted by on Nov 11, 2006 in dish | 0 comments Lucky me, I got to spend today in a voice workshop with the marvelous Barbara Samuel. Barbara, who collects RITAs the way most of us collect parking ticktes, is amazing, plus gracious and fun and very, very helpful.Some things I discovered: I really, really like writing in first person. Guess my natural voice is chatty and straight from the horse’s mouth. Focusing on the South is the right...
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Update #2: 9633 Words

Posted by on Nov 9, 2006 in dish | 0 comments Gah! Seems like once you get behind, there’s no catching up. I had high hopes for a very productive day today, but all for naught. I’m a good 3,000 words behind where I should be, so either something’s going to kick out the stops tomorrow, or I’m in deep doodoo.Saturday should be interesting. I’ll be attending an all-day workshop on voice with the wonderful Barbara...
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