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Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 25,876 as of 8:30am on Friday, 19 April 2019 EMD word count at 75,543 We have already gone for our walk. We were on the beach for over an hour on a still cool morning. A pleasant day. The fog concealed Castle Rock offshore while we scoured the high stony edge for trash—plenty…
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There should be a photo here showing the huge amount of trash we licked up yesterday—not to mention this morning. However, I put my camera down someplace and Gary had to find it for me. Check below for the flotsam photo. It’s impressive. Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 25,405 as of 10:20am on Thursday, 18 April 2019 EMD word count…
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Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 24,840 as of 6am on Wednesday, 17 April 2019 EMD word count at 75,317—revision past page 129. As I revise the word count goes down then up then down again. Chapter 13 needs to lose at least a thousand words, but I won’t be there anytime soon. We were busy, but I…
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Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 24,698 as of 6:30am on Tuesday, 16 April 2019 EMD word count at 75,321—revised again through page 129. I have already discovered a place where I’d pasted in a scene a second time—I was so sure I’d done that. I wrote new lines. I revealed no more than I must about the tragedy.…
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Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 23,804 as of 6:20am on Monday, 15 April 2019 EMD word count at 74,883—revision begins later today! Bibi Andersson died. I had to go look up all my favorites of her films. The Seventh Seal. Babette’s Feast. I am reading Ada Limón’s poems. My goal yesterday was to submit something, and I managed…
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Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 19,002 as of 6:30am on Sunday, 14 April 2019 EMD word count has one more “resting” days at 74,883 We walked most of the way north, but gathered so much trash we did not make it to the headland before turning for home. The tide was past full when we started, and sneakers…
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William Carlos Williams, 1883 – 1963 Sorrow is my own yard where the new grass flames as it has flamed often before but not with the cold fire that closes round me this year. Thirtyfive years I lived with my husband. The plumtree is white today with masses of flowers. Masses of flowers load the…
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Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 18,116 as of 5:40am on Saturday, 13 April 2019 EMD word count has two more “resting” days at 74,883 I found my grandmother’s gravestone. There is, naturally, a website devoted to finding graves called, naturally, FindaGrave. My father adored his grandmother Rosetha was a markswoman, under 5 feet tall and strong-willed. She is…
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Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 17,155 as of 8am on Friday EMD word count has three more “resting” days at 74,883 I have considered that if I ever publish something and need “work clothing” to wear to a reading I already have perfectly serviceable items that are not getting much (or any) use these days. A friend then…
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Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 14,530 (it was 15,550 just a moment ago) as of 8:00am on Thursday, mostly journaling here. I passed 12k words yesterday afternoon and completed the second draft of a book review. Woke in the night and revised an essay, and then overslept. Revised novel EMD word count is still holding at 74,883 Our…
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