ED is now taller than I am. That we expected, eventually. She stayed shorter than me for a while longer than her siblings did, who all matched me at age 11. But last night, it was confirmed ( Read more... )

Yes, Christmas is approaching, and finally, I'm ready to face it. Most of the shopping is done, if that's significant. No, just a general lack of interest this year. On my way home from a monastery visit today, I decided it's time to break out the Christmas music and make some cookies ( Read more... )

The Conspiracy of Kings is amazing.

http://oddee.com/item_96527.aspx

Beautiful libraries. Makes me want to go visit.

Goal is 90,000

13,345

Goal is 90,000

6786 words.

I've laid the groundwork. Ammie's explained completely what she's going to do to Jim and he's agreeing to it, hook, line, sinker, net and bucket. Foreshadowing. Love it.

Goal is 90,000

4444 words. I've streamlined the conversation, already created the foundation for the big twist. While I was picking and choosing from the NaNo edition, I realized that I've laid the groundwork for the climax.

I love writing.

I won, mostly thanks to my friend Bill, my writing buddy, my nemesis.

He beat me by 51 words.

If only I hadn't gone Christmas shopping. My own fault.

Another NaNo under my belt. I feel a lot better about this one.

Wait till next year.

We had 15 at the Write-In today. That's the single largest write-in I've ever been to.

Total word count as of now, since I'm not going to go back and look for the widget: 40,221.

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