Monday!

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Yeah, this pretty much sums up my face this morning! I'm tired, but happy the proposal is off. Of course, I still need to finish writing the book. But that'll give me something to do while I wait for feedback from my editor.

I am participating in NaNoWriMo this month, but my word count is pathetic (22K) considering this is the final week. But that's what happens with deadlines. There are all these write-ins and gatherings where I live, but I haven't had time to participate. One of these years, I'm going to have to schedule a free November so I can really do it right.

Now that I have one month without a deadline, I'll be pulling out my To Do list. I'm still in denial that Thanksgiving is on Thursday and Advent starts Sunday, but I'll just have to suck it up and get into holiday mode in the next couple of days. I never managed to get caught up. I have contest prizes to send, books and RTCs to get in the mail. I also have a house that desperately needs cleaning. Hubby did a bunch yesterday which was so awesome. He's off all week so we should get a lot crossed off!

Hope you have a nice Monday!

Words

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It's all about words right now with NaNoWriMo and my first deadline this month breathing down my neck like a hungry tiger. So I'll leave you with something I'm sure you have read before, but is funny enough to read again!


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Have a great Friday!

That time of the year...

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I'm on day three of the NaNoWriMo challenge. Writers write 50K in one month. Just for reference, my books are approx. 50K words. It's something I sign up for every year, but usually I'll be on deadline the whole month of November and just never really get going past the first few days.

Surprise, surprise, I'm on deadline again. I actually have two deadlines this month. My Sleeping Beauty story is due November 15th. A new Mount Hood proposal is due November 30th. Between the two, I think I can do 50K words. So far I'm on track. I've set an ambitious goal of 3000 words a day, mainly due to the first deadline. I'm a bit behind with that story do to all the things that have been going on (sicknesses, injuries, etc.) at home.

Oh, my attempt to reach 50K won't be in the true spirit of NaNoWriMo with the first project since I already had a rough draft (mind you, a very short one.) But the proposal will be all new words. I'm still mulling over who the hero should be on that one.

I'm in that part of the manuscripts that gets a little murky. Or muddled. If the two are so into each other, I wonder why I can't just end the story now. (see above LOLcat.) That means I must really focus on the conflict. Unfortunately that can kill all the romance. It's a dance, one I have to do each story. It's one I'd rather sit out, actually.

Are you doing NaNoWriMo? My user name is melmcclone if you're looking for buddies.

Okay, today is my crazy day. I'd better get writing. I won't have much time later.

Life with a kitty

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This picture is exactly how things are with Yoda. He's become very comfortable at the house, and yes, he keeps getting into mischief. The active and adventurous life of a kitty! You should see him try, emphasis on try, to get the cats to play with him. Lots of growls and hisses, but they know better than do to anything else to him. The other cats want nothing to do with him! And then there's Chaos who lets Yoda claw and bite her legs and do whatever he wants to her!

I have more pictures I'll post later this week. Maybe on Friday.

Right now, I'm concentrating on writing. I have a book due on the 1st and am trying to get caught up on pages. The surgery and recovery really affected my Plan, as did the couple of days before hand due to the pain. I'm still in pretty good shape though since I'd worked really hard polishing the first part of the book and wrote a lot of the last part of the book as part of NaNoWriMo. A weird thing about this story is the chapters are turning out with more words than normal. The last couple of books have had 12 chapters. This one may be only ten, possibly eleven, if the word count keeps up!

I'm dropping out of NaNoWriMo completely so no more update posts once I give official notice on the JaNoWriMo blog. Calculating word counts just takes too much time I don't have at the moment. At least I gave it a shot as I do every year. I need to go back to the Plan. That's what kept me on track before. I know it will work again.

Hope you have a great Wednesday. I cancelled everything today so I could stay home and continue to rest. The less I do, the better I feel. Funny how it works that way!

Not Yet!

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I have searched everywhere for my card reader. I can't find it anywhere. The house is actually clean, too. So it should have shown up during the cleaning process. There's one place left to look so I'll do that once I get some pages written.

Yoda is acclimating to the house. He seems to feel comfortable his safe room, the study. We extended the gate to include the foyer. It's round and gives him more room to run, plus then if he stands at the gate, he can see us.

Last night he was with us in the Great Room. Poor Chaos. She wants to be with the kitty so bad, but he just spits and hisses. Now Chaos is scared of it. The dog actually cowers. Sigh... I'm hoping this is temporary, but who knows. Yoda's litter was attacked by a dog. Two of his siblings were killed in the attack. Yoda was hurt. He was bald from it which is where his name came from. (His hair has grown back!)

I doubt the three older cats will accept Yoda, but they mainly stay upstairs in my bedroom so it shouldn't be a problem. We won't try to introduce them for a few more days. I did rub a towel over the three kitties fur and that's what Yoda is sleeping on. But Smalls came inside over four years ago, and the other two stiill don't get along with her.

It's fun to have a kitten in the house. But I can't believe how one tiny little creature can change so many things. The kids are head over heels in love with it. I have to remind them to let it walk. Otherwise they'd carry him everywhere. Yoda is your typical kitten, playful with no fear. The goal is to keep him from hurting himself.

I was writing yesterday morning when I noticed Chaos laying on the floor and staring into my bathroom. She'd never done anything like that before so I decided to check it out. Behind the toilet I saw two little eyes. I glanced at the bed and did a quick count. Three cats. Uh-oh. I flipped on the light and saw Yoda. He had somehow escaped from the study, made it past the kidlets eating breakfast and found his way upstairs to the master bath.

I don't think I mentioned this since it's been all kitty all the time, but I'm doing NaNoWriMo this month. If you want to see my progress go to the JanoWriMo blog or you can buddy me at the NaNo site. My user name is melmcclone.

Election Day!

Several places including Starbucks, Krispy Kreme and Ben & Jerry's are offering freebies to people who cast votes today. I wouldn't mind a free donut or ice cream!

My November book will hit the shelves in exactly one week. I'll post more info about it as the day gets closer.

I'm participating in NaNoWriMo again this year. Not sure how I'll do, but I wanted to give it a shot. I tried to paste my NaNo widget counter thingy in the side bar, but it really slowed the loading time. So I'm pasting it here instead. I didn't upload my numbers from yesterday because it was a pathetic effort. I ended up with a fever for some strange reason and really drained me. I'm hoping I do better with NaNo tomorrow!

Have a great day and don't forget to vote!

Overnight Delivery!

My voice recognition software will be delivered today. I couldn't get the one everyone talks about as being the "best" due to compatibility with my needs upgrading iBook, but I'm hoping what hubby found and ordered for me will help.

Yesterday, I also got a two week extension on my current manuscript which led to a huge sigh of relief. I'm still having to write by hand and not able to type it all in. The extension will affect my ability to do NaNoWriMo. Again. But I'm not complaining. My hands are more important as is a book that's already slotted for October 2009! At least I should be able to join in on NaNo during the last couple of weeks of November. I already have the characters figured out and the entire book plotted!

Thanks for telling me about the shows you are watching! I want to give hubby some suggestions since I need my nights to finish this book!

Hope you have a great day! I'll be waiting for the FedEx guy to arrive :-)

P.S. If you are doing NaNoWriMo, let me know and I can add you to my buddy list. A few of you are already there!