Today, I made the leaves dance. Well, the leaf blower we bought yesterday made the leaves dance. And then? And then I used the vacuum and mulched them all up. I learned something, though. One must remember to re-zip the bag to the mulcher before vacuuming the leaves again. I was caught up in the swirl of mulched leaves before I realized that the vacuum tube was pulling whole leaves up and chopping them up and putting them back on the ground.
Today, I used the over ripe bananas to make banana muffins. Comfort food that made my house smell divine.
Today, I spent time writing on my newest novel. I got wrapped up in listening to the two ladies in my head have a conversation over coffee and muffins.
Today? Today? Today, as the saying goes, is always the first day of the rest of my life.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
IT'S HERE! NOW TO GET WRITING
At 12:01 AM this morning, it arrived. What? What arrived? OK, maybe I'm a bit crazy, but I have taken the challenge, once again, to complete a first draft of a 50,000 word or better novel in the thirty days it takes for November to turn to December. Or, I can look at it this way. I have thirty days, while waiting for December to arrive, to complete a novel.
This is the fourth time I have participated in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo).
The first attempt (I still have all my notes.) I came to a screeching halt because I realized that I didn't have enough historic knowledge to complete the story I created. Attemt ONE still on hold.
Although I finished my second attempt, I never found the time to finish the revisions and editing. It still sits on my shelf on an editorial hiatus.
Last year I attempted once again to participate and create a new story. Overloaded by life's expectations, I needed 36 hour days to learn to juggle my job - job (No, I'm not stuttering. My job - job is the one that pays the bills while I am honing my writing skills.), playing in an orchestra, keeping house and home in order, and writing. I began, and hit a brick wall.
This year I have revised my goals. Rather than just completing my novel, my goal is to get it revised and edited as a manuscript to have in my hand when I attend writer's conferences and workshops.
So, in the future, I'm hoping to generate interest in my writing.
This is the fourth time I have participated in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo).
The first attempt (I still have all my notes.) I came to a screeching halt because I realized that I didn't have enough historic knowledge to complete the story I created. Attemt ONE still on hold.
Although I finished my second attempt, I never found the time to finish the revisions and editing. It still sits on my shelf on an editorial hiatus.
Last year I attempted once again to participate and create a new story. Overloaded by life's expectations, I needed 36 hour days to learn to juggle my job - job (No, I'm not stuttering. My job - job is the one that pays the bills while I am honing my writing skills.), playing in an orchestra, keeping house and home in order, and writing. I began, and hit a brick wall.
This year I have revised my goals. Rather than just completing my novel, my goal is to get it revised and edited as a manuscript to have in my hand when I attend writer's conferences and workshops.
So, in the future, I'm hoping to generate interest in my writing.
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