I've been behind in my NaNo novel since day one, but at least I'm keeping up a decent pace on it. With any luck I can catch up by the end of this weekend. I think I'm sketching out a decent story arc, so that's a good thing. I'll have a lot of blanks to fill in later ( Read more... )

It's almost here, ladies and gentlemen. NaNoWriMo2010 is upon us. I had a flash of inspiration yesterday and have completely changed the novel I was going to write. I've abandoned the gypsy idea in favor of one about the elements personified, set, most likely, in ancient Greece or thereabouts. I'm very excited. Of course, actually finishing this ( Read more... )

So, I was feeling fat and grumpy yesterday, but it turns out I actually did really well. Despite having McDonald’s for lunch, I was able to keep my calories actually really low - I had one of the mini meals, so it was a respectable calorie count. Of course, it gave me indigestion all day; lesson learned. But after tallying my cal eaten for the day ( Read more... )

Friday morning, always a happy time. I managed to get up on time to take the train for the first time in a couple of weeks. It felt good. I wasn’t stressed or rushed trying to get here, I got to sink into my book for a solid 45 minutes, and I’ll get another 45 of that on the way home. Plus, I had time to go to Safeway before work, get a pot of ( Read more... )

The three day novel madness starts tonight at midnight. I am excited and trepidatious. I have no idea whether I can even come close to doing this thing, but I'm game to try. I'm trying to do so much other stuff this weekend though, I may have to stay up all night writing ( Read more... )

Spinning was extra hard last night. That teacher is nuts, I forget her name. But nuts in a good way. Managed to get up on time again this morning, though I absolutely did not want to. But it does make my mornings so much better to leave on time. I moved desks yesterday, and I have a lot more privacy now, which I love. I have to make the best of ( Read more... )

I haven't been doing my morning pages lately like the book says to, but even after having read just the beginning of that book I already feel better about my weight loss efforts. Using journalling to deal with my feelings instead of eating was such an easy thing to do, and something that you'd think I would have gone to right away, being a writer ( Read more... )