Another NaNoWriMo done and gone

This year went smoother than the past few years.  I'm well into the writing 'habit' of writing every day best I can.  I didn't get crazy ahead but steadily built what my mind's eye told me was to go onto the page.  I do what NaNo folks say we aren't supposed to do - I edit.  I can't help it.  I like to reread a few pages back to find the right tone or voice and then a bit more usually has crept into my brain in the mean time.  *shrugs*

Sand already has 16 episodes sent so I'll spare her the rest until 3 months or so have passed.  I liked the dark twists and turns of these bad vamps.  My new character isn't necessarily 'truly' evil but then he's never going to be one of the good guys.  It's just not who he is.  I always figure if you've been around for a couple hundred years grumpy would be the least of the problems. 

Weather actually went to 'cool'.  Seriously for here it was 57 yesterday when I went into work and today it was 55.  That's some frost on the pumpkin weather for here.

NaNoWriMo week 2

The pep talks arrive and I scan them at NaNo.  Most of them are amusing to some degree.  Others I shrug and have to acknowledge the odds of me ever reading the author's own works slide into the abyss of 'no way'.

My weekend was full and I actually kept my word count on track to my amazement.  I did in fact make chili and a triple chocolate cake (both in a way 'reward' for me).  I also got my oil changed and filters replaced as a nod to RidgeWalker and his past job.  I can't say it was a career because it was little more than a job while keeping his sanity in an upside down world.  I felt smug at having met my car's most basic needs.  Weird huh?

Suzanne and I got some sun and story read in between brief sprinkles.  We also consumed a bottle of wine each over the two days.  Decadence in the most extreme.  Add in she brought a monster club sandwich we split I considered it was a good weekend.  A healthy respect for the rumbles of thunder kept me from actually getting in the pool.  Next weekend weather permitting. 

The Complex - my NaNo - is going along in a nice fun pace with some twists and turns my sleep deprived mind can concoct.  I really have no choice - I have to write. 

NaNoWriMo is here

So my dear friend Sand absolutely wasn't going to do NaNo this year.  I could post links to the rants from earlier this year but why?  She's already kicking my butt in word count.  I am at 5400 or so as of last night and haven't chewed on any more words so far this morning.  Not to say they aren't rolling in the deep of my mind but just saying they aren't 'out' yet. I have done NaNo ever since I first heard about the challenge.  Only one year I didn't finish due to life and whatnot.  The first year I wrote it all in long hand and then sat at the computer and keyed it all in - basically meaning I did 100K words plus.  Weird huh?  At that time I wasn't secure in writing my novels on the computer.  I felt like it robbed me of my creative spark from the pen to the paper effort.  Over time I got over that fixation and find I use both skills.  I tend to edit my work in long hand and write in long hand when out having a meal or somewhere without Internet access. 

Work has been hectic.  My direct supervisor had her father-in-law pass away and was out half the week and another employee was in an auto accident and has yet to come back to work.  He has some degree of whiplash and as the incident wasn't his fault he has indicated he is going to be very careful not to aggravate the condition.  Yeah, work can be aggravating right?  That meant I absorbed a few more job related things this week.  Month closing was slow but we were to the penny balanced so I was pleased. 

Weekend is supposed to be sunny and cooler.  I am hoping to get some warmth in my bones and Suzanne said she'd make it over to come listen to my latest story and enjoy the sunlight with me.  Now hopefully it wont pour rain defying the weather idiots.  Fall weather is some of my favorite.