Category: NaNoWriMo 2017
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NaNoWriMo 2017, Day 13: Squirrel!
It may be Day 13 in NaNoWriMo time, but for me, it’s nothing but ‘squirrel’. If you are not familiar, that cute face above belongs to Doug, the dog from the movie Up. He could talk but in his very dog-like way would get distracted by any flitting thing and would utter the word ‘Squirrel!’ […]
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NaNoWriMo 2017, Day 8: You Got Me Hanging On a String
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz1kvk9qeWI%5B/embedyt%5DExactly what it’s like, living with Madam Muse.She keeps me hanging on a string, like I am her plaything.I could feel her, leaning over and breathing in my ear, wanting me to abandon all my other plans today to attend to her needs.Unfortunately, today was not a day I could give in. I had […]
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NaNoWriMo 2017, Day 7: She Woke Up
I shut down from work a pinch early yesterday, thinking I’d rest my eyes.Madam Muse had different plans.As I closed my desktop email, she stirred, sparking words galore. I grabbed my notebook and tried to keep up with her murmurings. I poured out the rest of the story I started late last week, breathing a […]
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NaNoWriMo 2017, Days 4-6: It’s Like That, And That’s the Way It Is
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RiBmZvU-dY%5B/embedyt%5DRun DMC at the Passaic, New Jersey Capital Theatre: because it’s Monday and you might be thinking I didn’t write for a couple days. You’re almost right.I pushed out a few words early Saturday morning before taking off to work at a friend’s photo booth. If you watched the news on west coast going’s […]
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NaNoWriMo2017, Day 3: Uphill
I escaped to my doggie niece and nephew’s house today. And I’m going to do it again in a little while.My friend down the way and her family live with my boy dog’s brother, who has a ‘sister’ as well.See, doggie niece and nephew. Or nephew and niece, since I knew him first. And she’s […]
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NaNoWriMo 2017, Day 2: Writing All Night
What to say when words are inadequate?What to do when anything is not enough?How to not cry when crying is all that seems right?How to comfort when no comfort can be found? I wrote in my head all night.It was that, or cry, which I did a little before going to bed: there is a […]
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An Inauspicious NaNoWriMo Beginning
Dinner is going to be late.I slept late today, having stayed up too late last night. I had an urge to start watching RahXephon again, so sue me.Anyway, today in 1 November, meaning it’s time to rock the quill and papyrus. National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and all. I have a collection of short stories […]