I am probably twice as old as most of you; I began reading the Harry Potter books after I was 40. At the moment, though, I am working at a University and am happily surrounded by much younger people.

As I ate my lunch today in the Third Floor lobby of the funky-cool Gates Center, the comfy chairs crammed together because of work being being done at ( Read more... )

Goal:      10,002
Actual:   12, 011

What makes one NaNo year work while another one doesn't?
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I started a day late (I don't care.)

I'm 1300 words behind already. (I don't care.)

I have no story. (I don't care.)

See, all day yesterday I felt left behind, missing the parade. I woke this morning with images, a feeling, half of the title. I mean, why not? I just want to have fun. I just want the joy of discovery, of creativity running wild and ( Read more... )

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"To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it." - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

After struggling all day to catch up a 3000 word deficit on my NaNo novel--and succeeding!--I ran into this quote. So it's all good, isn't it?

Word Count Goal:  6668 ( Read more... )