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Yay! I did it! I finally finished NaNoWriMo yesterday, about twenty minutes before midnight. According to the NaNoWriMo word counter, I finished with 50,001 words. I'm almost tempted to go back and fix it so that it's 50,000 exactly, but the one on the end amuses me. About damn time, really. I only ended up with a few pages of an outline, but I managed to stretch three or four pages into about half the 50k, then the characters pretty much stood around and talked and dropped a ton of exposition throughout the whole thing. Not my best work. Not by far. But at least it's done and I can go back to writing the things I actually have an interest in.
More good news: I'm going back to school! Not for grad school. Yet. What I am doing is earning a degree in ASL interpretation at a local college. Long story short, just about every school, court house and more than a few businesses need someone on hand to interpret for the deaf and hard of hearing, making interpreters in pretty high demand right now. It'll probably take me two years, maybe two and a half, to get it and I'm aiming for the best certification, which is 88% accuracy. Unfortunately, I don't start until fall, so I have almost an entire year to wait. Grr.
More good news: I'm going back to school! Not for grad school. Yet. What I am doing is earning a degree in ASL interpretation at a local college. Long story short, just about every school, court house and more than a few businesses need someone on hand to interpret for the deaf and hard of hearing, making interpreters in pretty high demand right now. It'll probably take me two years, maybe two and a half, to get it and I'm aiming for the best certification, which is 88% accuracy. Unfortunately, I don't start until fall, so I have almost an entire year to wait. Grr.