I don’t think I will make it to 50 K

I started off well in my pursuit of 50 K words, but then I had two large projects (paying ones) that I had  to complete. One was 40K on my new water storage book and the other was 5k on a weight loss manual. So between them, they sucked up 45K- not much time or energy to complete 50K of fiction- however, I will continue to write on that story as it is going well.

The Dead Bronte Society

 

Ok, maybe my standards are too high. Maybe my vision of what a bunch of writer’s meeting would look like may have been lofty and idealistic- but when I walked into Panera Bread tonight, what did I find? One adult and a bunch of adolescent girls. Really? This is the local NANOWRIMO write in?

I just could not bring myself to join the group. It would felt, I don’t know, creepy. So I ate my sandwich, drank my coffee, wrote some novel type words and listened.

“Who here has read Harry Potter?”

Hands raised. And no I am not kidding.

“Who cried when Dumbledore died?”

More hands raised- still not kidding.

My disappoint was vast, my writing was prolific, so I guess it balances out? Right?

Day #2

It is the second day of NANOWRIMO, and I have about 500 words. Not my best effort but I had a symphony rehearsal yesterday, although I did some writing before the first downbeat.

For me, when I am doing creative writing, handwriting it first flows so much better and then I will type it. The keyboard for some reason does not allow for my creative MOJO as much.

Tonight, I plan to go to meet some other local authors at Panera Bread in Lewisville. Log on to nanowrimo.org for more details.

I think I have a good start. We shall see.