Update #4 – 17,822 Words

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. Obsessive emailing? Check. Snacks! Check!

Time to bust out the tiara. I need some serious mojo working for me if I’m going to swing 32,000-odd words in the ten days left in November. Thank the Lord we’re having Thanksgiving at mom’s this year!