There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book. ~ Marcel Proust

[Reading Time: 2 - 3 minutes] “Aaahhhhhhhhh!” “Feel better?” asked Jack. I looked around and remembered I was in a building filled with people. I was not alone. “Not really,” I replied. “Are you feeling alright?” Livie, my kid sister asks me, “and did you just answer me before I asked the question?” “Huh? No, [...]

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§47 · December 13, 2009 · NaNoWriMo, Short Story · 7 comments · Tags: ,


[Reading Time: 10 - 16 minutes] Note: This is completely raw and unedited. After what seemed an eternity I fell asleep. Not that sleep was much better than the tossing and turning I was doing while awake. In my first dream I dreamt I was adrift at sea. The waves crashing against the side of [...]

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§45 · November 20, 2009 · NaNoWriMo · 8 comments · Tags:


[Reading Time: 2 - 3 minutes] I thought I would share a snippet of one my steamier scenes. I read through it and feel it’s PG enough for this blog. ********************************* His arms draw me backward and into him. It would seem he was in a state of undress as well. His hands wrap around [...]

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§43 · November 13, 2009 · NaNoWriMo · 6 comments · Tags:


[Reading Time: 2 - 4 minutes] So, here I am procrastinating again. Sure, I’m ahead on my word count overall, but I worry I will fall behind at some point. Must keep up the momentum ~ and cook ~ and do laundry ~ and everything else. I wrote this in one of the first days [...]

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§41 · November 9, 2009 · NaNoWriMo · 8 comments · Tags:


[Reading Time: 1 - 2 minutes] 447428 – my id numberasbender – my NaNo name13387 – Total Word Count− Day One21272009-11-01− Day Two42532009-11-02− Day Three57082009-11-03− Day Four100662009-11-05− Day Five100662009-11-05− Day Six113712009-11-06− Day Seven133872009-11-07

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§40 · November 7, 2009 · NaNoWriMo · Comments Off · Tags:


[Reading Time: 2 - 2 minutes] The widgets are not functional just yet. With all the many persons participating it is much more important to have the site functional than the widgets. Maybe tomorrow. Hopefully by the end of the week. Today’s progress was pretty decent. I was a bit worried I would not meet [...]

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§39 · November 2, 2009 · NaNoWriMo · 3 comments · Tags:


[Reading Time: 2 - 2 minutes] What an exciting day! I managed to get more than 2,000 words written. No, they are not in order. In fact, they are parts of the story which will be put together much like a jigsaw puzzle as I find those pieces to fit. But I am writing and [...]

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§38 · November 1, 2009 · NaNoWriMo · 2 comments · Tags:


[Reading Time: 3 - 5 minutes] I cannot tell you how excited I am to find a writing program for Mac! Okay, I did not find it; it found me. No, I did not get this program for free, unless you count the free trial everyone gets. The program happened to backlink to one of [...]

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§37 · October 29, 2009 · NaNoWriMo, other · 5 comments · Tags: ,


[Reading Time: 2 - 2 minutes] It is that time of year againto pick up your paper and your peneleven more days til November is heretime to get your writing in gear Thirty days a novel you writedo not despair, just keep it light the challenge is on, the gauntlet is thrownday after day let [...]

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§34 · October 21, 2009 · NaNoWriMo · 6 comments · Tags: