Too many holidays in November ( Read more... )

I knew I was coming down with something, but I thought I had it beat. Wednesday I had body aches and my tummy was cranky-pants from some post-nasal drainage. Thursday, I felt fine. Friday, I was a little achy. Saturday, after Piper's birthday party, was when it hit me with a big WHAMMO-- a cold ( Read more... )

NaNoWriMo!

National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.

Why are you doing this? What do you get out of it?NaNoWriMo is all about the magical power of deadlines. Give someone a goal and a goal ( Read more... )

Oh, man. I can't believe I forgot it was NaNoWriMo this month. With all the Halloween and cleaning and other things, I completely spaced. I know it's not too late to start writing, but I haven't the heart anymore since November is nearly half over ( Read more... )