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Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 14,016 as of 6:30am on Wednesday, mostly journaling here and working on the essay, which I submitted yesterday (incorrectly, as it turns out). Revised novel EMD word count holding steady: 74,883 This is my fifth National Novel Writing Month event. I have written three 76k manuscripts in November 2016, 2017, and 2018. Last…
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Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 12,802 as of 7:30am on Tuesday, mostly journaling again though I wrote on another blog and also on The New York Times. Revised novel EMD word count holding steady: 74,883 Local drama! It has come out that one of our neighbors whose house rents by the day has built two structures in his…
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Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 10,266 as of 7am on Sunday, mostly journaling here. I wrote a brief dialogue yesterday afternoon that may have moved me along in toward figuring out a story I began last year. This morning I watched my counter hit exactly 10k and then kept typing. Revised novel EMD word count: 74,883 This draft is…
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Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 8.551 as of 6:30am on Sunday, mostly journaling here, but also some revision based on discussion with Ann and a brief exercise from Writing the Other: A Practical Approach by Nisi Shawl and Cynthia Ward. I was already halfway to my thousand words before 7am yesterday. Revised novel EMD word count: 74,883 This draft…
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Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 7,532 as of 7am, mostly journaling here, but also some revision based on discussion with Ann. A thousand new words each day is, for me, a modest expectation. Revised novel EMD word count: 74,883 This must be left alone for a few days. I met Ann and we shared our projects, goals, and fears.…
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Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 6,833 as of 5am, mostly journaling, but also progress on “The Elk Pact” that might be next week’s flash fiction. I have four others that need a look. I have updated my word count and then I will stop writing for a while. For me, this means for a few hours perhaps. I…
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Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 5,576 as of 6:30am this morning, mostly journaling, but I have started a new story, a single page so far. That will be the fifth flash, I think. Revised novel EMD word count: 20,027 Chapter 1 “Lying to My Mother” (4448 words) + Chapter 2 “Surrender” (about 5791 words) + Chapter 3 “Lying to Myself” (5476 words)…
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Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 4840 as of 6am this morning, mostly journaling. One completed flash fiction (920 words) for this first week. revised novel word count: 9817 Chapter 1 “Lying to My Mother” (4448 words) + Chapter 2 “Surrender” (about 5297 words) needs reworking. I know I am making a mess for later on, but there, at least…
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My posts for this month are likely to be entirely uninteresting. I am writing, seriously writing, and also journaling about writing. These are some of my words today: I am reading about subtitles. The examples mostly came from nonfiction, memoirs, essay collections, but then I thought: Why not? Everybody’s Mother Dies: A Novel About Living…
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I did not have my camera with me so I cannot post a photo of the orange-juice orange Mustang we saw this morning at Costco. The sticker price is a tad over $44k, but I could save $4k buying it from Costco. I laugh about this because the color is one of my husband’s favorite…
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