I have wanted a nap since before the write in this afternoon. Thank goodness I not only got a scene idea in the shower this morning, but I went to a local coffee shop this morning when I was reasonably awake and got most of it down Before the write in this afternoon.
The write in was cool-- in addition to myself and Wee Hob (who immersed himself today in "research", aka playing his computer game) we had the two women I met yesterday, plus a homeschooled 8th grade girl writing in longhand about Pirates, and another young woman from UC joined us later, plus her boyfriend and the girl's dad (who bought us all little squares of chocolate. Obviously, he knows what writers need. His daughter is a lucky kid.)
It's kind of weird to think it, but I believe I can win nano this year. It's weirder to realize that not one of the three stories I'm writing on this month will be finished at month's end, even with all this time and word count I've been logging. But the experience of forcing myself to write when bank robbery or marine biology sound like much better propositions has in itself been invaluable.
Progress meter says:
41,654 / 50,000
(83.3%)
Oh-- check out my new Snape Icon. I thought I should have a few, considering, and these were linked in
snapenews tonight. They're by
knobbykneazle if anyone wants to check them out. Good night, everyone.