I’m supposed to be writing right now. Don’t tell Mary I’m here. She’ll whip me extra hard tonight.
How are you all doing? I’ve missed you. Truly.
There’s only 10 days left of November and I have over 25 thousand words to write still. Can I finish? I suppose there’s always a chance I might.. There’s also always that chance that my house will be clean for Thanksgiving. And the chance that my dog will be house trained before Christmas. And the chance that monkeys might fly out of my butt.. But lets not hold our breath now, okay? Okay.
I was hoping to at least be able to post an excerpt for you by now.. But I just don’t seem to have anything excerpty enough yet. That’s okay. I’m sure you’ll all be patient and not harass me about it. Right?
Anyway. I think I seemed to give the impression in my last post that I was giving up. I am most certainly NOT giving up. I don’t give up. Just not me. Ask my husband. But I am prone to accepting defeat. Confused? Me too. I did it last year too.. just a few days before I crossed the 50k line and won. Still, I think accepting the fact that I may not finish this is a healthy thing to do. I will keep writing. And I will keep writing as much as my brain and fingers will let me. I want to do the best I can to help out my region (the CIA) and make sure that we beat not only France but also Ohio in words per author and total word count.. I think that’s what it was. I can’t remember. But the CIA is number 75 in over 400 regions world wide. And you don’t get to 75th with a bunch of quitters, no sirree. I’m also aiming to stay neck and neck with the great and wise Schmutzie. We’re writing buddies. We seem to write at the same speed. It’s nice to have someone to lag behind with. Really.
I’m babbling. Sorry. NaNoWriMo ate my brain.
So I will press on, friends.. I will keep feeding my dog fruit loops and my kids kibble three times a day… er. wait. Um.. I’ll keep writing. And I’m gonna win this bitch if it kills me. Right? Write.
get it woman! get it and make it yours!
Just keep swimmin, just keep swimmin…
“Excerpty”.
With a word like that, my dear, you’ve already won!
we can do it! just keep writing.. just keep writing.. writing.. writing.. what do we do? we write write write…
nano ate my soul too :/
You have 25 left, but that means you already wrote 25. Glass is half full, right? You’re ding great. Keep up the good work. Even small successes at Nanowrimo are HUGE.
Hey Megan! Keep writing. I know it’s going to be great. I’ve always enjoyed your excerpts on your blogs.
Oh yay! I’m so glad to understand that last post a bit better.
I am most certainly not a writer. But, from my limited experience, I have found that sometimes you can trudge through days at a time, working HARD, and have very little to show for yourself. That is, until you hit that stride. Where you get to the point where things click together, and your gain a little momentum. I hope you were able to find that point for yourself. I would love to see some excerpts at some point. I mean… writing a book? Wow! I can’t even imagine. I have found that I often lack the words to write a 10 page paper. LOL
Good luck to you, rock star.