2016 Wrap-up

Imagine my surprise when I logged on to do some updating and realized my last post was in November of 2015.  That pretty much sums up how my writing has gone for the last year.  Non-existent. It’s been a crazy year, in a good way.  we decided  in the fall of 2015 to sell our home and … Continue reading

Day 29 NaNoWriMo

It happened.  I finished. 50,050 words written in 29 days.  There is something tremendously fulfilling about completing this challenge.  This is the 4th year I’ve won.  I love it every time. As usual, I built up a good buffer at the beginning of the month which I had to rely on later in the month … Continue reading

NaNoWriMo Day 15

The big 15.  Today is the halfway point for NaNoWriMo.  I can’t believe it’s already been two weeks and that the month is half over.  The time has flown by. To give you an idea of where we should be at, the goal for day 15 is 25,000 words.  As of today I am at … Continue reading

NaNoWriMo day 11

Goal: 1667 Written: 4645 Today was a HUGE day for several reasons.  First. I wrote over 4,600 words.  That’s a lot of words.  The Gettysburg address was 272 words.  The Declaration of Independence has 1,458 words.  Heck, the entire constitution only has 4,543 words (according to Google – I didn’t count myself).  Now, before you … Continue reading

NaNoWriMo Day 9

It’s been a few days, so I thought I would drop a quick update. Goal: 1667 Written: 2368 As of today, I should be at 15,000 words.  But, I am at 18,609, which gives me just over two full days of buffer. I had three, but I wasn’t able to get anything written yesterday.  I … Continue reading