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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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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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