Let's see...What did I do this week to further my writing career? Sadly, not as much as I had hoped. But as I always say, "Something is better than nothing." And that just means there is plenty of room for improvement. I did manage to get two blog entries in (three if you count my sock review, ha!) and I even put it out there on twitter for people to follow. Although that would probably be more effective if I actually had people following my twitter account. I suppose the biggest thing is that I finally came up with an idea for a sci-fi short story, even completed two whole paragraphs of it! It involves dark matter and the paranormal. Do I have you on pins and needles yet? Now I just need to finish it. I will have some extra time while my youngest son is at preschool tomorrow so the plan is to work more on it then. The same son also has piano lessons on Tuesday nights which is the perfect opportunity to sit for an uniterrupted hour with my laptop. I am giving myself a deadline of the end of the month to complete the first draft. Wish me luck!
I have found myself home with no errands to run, the house is somewhat clean, and I still have almost two hours before I pick up the kids so I figured this was the perfect opportunity to post something. Yay me!! My last post was about National November Writing Month, fondly known as NaNoWriMo. It is an opportunity to sit down and write like a crazy person. You have the entire month of November, thirty days, to write 50,000 words. By the end of it you have either a rough draft of a novel, or at least the start of one. And it's not only 'writers' who participate. Perhaps you have a story in you that you just wanted to get out on paper, see where it takes you. I first participated in 2010 where after coming down with a cold followed by strep throat and then an extended trip to Portland for Thanksgiving, I managed to get just over 32,000 words. While I was disappointed to have not made it across the finish line, I was excited that I had hammered...
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