So here it is, another post and only 3 days since my last. Hey, I'm on it now...we'll see if it lasts. There isn't much to report really. I made it through this weekend's nasty weather. We had rain and then snow then blowing with snow. There wasn't much accumulation but with the wind it was awful. We had roads closed, snow plows called off the roads and people in the ditches left and right. Now the past few days, it's been bitterly cold. Tomorrow...more snow through Thursday.
I've still been editing though I'm only averaging one or two pages a day. The reason, I'm carefully chosing my words and my characters actions. The story is decent and I think it's something I can work with. The only trouble is my MMC is stubborn and doesn't want to do what I want him to do.
Other than that, I have nothing to say.

See ya!!

Random Fluff

I have this problem. I've had a blog for a number of years now (I think about 3 or 4 but I don't remember) and this is the worst I've been about updating. I use to update at least every other day, if not every day. Now I've just neglected my blog....not that anyone reads it anyway. LOL

NaNoWriMo went well this year...topped out with my highest finish yet...100,068 words. Not too shabby if I don't say so myself. Now it's just the slow process of editing and rewriting. I did well for a couple weeks and then I've slacked off because I'm feeling a bit lazy. Sometimes it's a good thing to let your story sit and simmer while you work on something else. Trouble is, I haven't been working on anything else, I've been vegetating in front of solitaire, free cell, spider solitaire and Wii. Yes, Wii. (I bought myself Family Game Night 2 and 3 for the Wii as my "NaNoWriMo--win #7 with double the words" prize.) Why am I doing this? The last day I wrote at any length I could feel my brains seeping out of my ears. I didn't want to look at any more words. This "post-NaNo symptom" usually hits me after I validate but it held off until last weekend and I think I know the reason why: I wrote longer into November than I ever have before. So in theory, I wrote longer so the "brain drain" struck later.

I had wonderful new music to write to this year: Bang by Rockapella. I actually listened to it while I wrote every evening; except I'd wake up the next day with one of the songs running through my head. It's not a bad thing considering all the silly commercial jingles from my childhood that could have been replaying over and over in my head as I made coffee. (For those of you that don't know, I grew up in the 70's...if you remember some of those commercials, you'll understand). At any rate, if there was ONE Rockapella album I had to recommend, it would be this one. Get yourself a copy, trust me. *evil grin*

I have a really cool cover for my NaNoWriMo novel this year...made for me by my good friend A. :) It's very neat and exactly the way I pictured the novel if it were ever published. AWESOMENESS. The cover is the wallpaper on my computer because I can look at it and say, "Time to get writing." Not that it's been happening because of brain drain but there you have it.

The weather here is supposed to get nasty today and tomorrow. If you know me, you then know I don't like cold weather, ice and snow. This weekend, joy of joys, we're supposed to get all three. YAY! NOT!!! Sounds like I'll be spending the weekend either in front of the computer or television. Let's hope it's the former and not the latter. I really need to get to work.

Well that's it for me, maybe I'll update more often then again maybe not.

HOLY CALENDAR DATES BATMAN!

This is so not like me. I always at least update my blog at LEAST twice a week during November. I must be slipping...or getting old...or both...but I think I'll just go with busy.
If you're reading this and also doing NaNoWriMo this year, how's that going for you? Mine's going okay, but I have set my sights high this year...100,000 words instead of the usual 50,000 words. Why? Because I hit 50,000 last week, then I got sick the very next day. That day wasn't so bad, but the day after that...flat on my back...well almost because I still had to do all that typical everyday family stuff. (of course I did...I'm the mom, that's why.)
So anyway, I'm feeling better and starting to get back into the flow of my novel. So then what happens...my FMC does one single thing that RUINS my whole plot!!! ARGH! Now I have to continue writing to figure out exactly what's going to happen next. Sometimes I like it when my characters do this, it adds a bit of suspense (to me it does, you the reader won't see the suspense in my fretting about "WTH am I going to do NOW?") and it also keeps me perked up and ready to write.
Anyway, I'm going to get back at it....it's like plunging into a pool that isn't lighted during a blackout at midnight in the darkest forest. A bit scary, a bit dark, and requiring a whole lot of bravery.

Count Down...

I am so sick of waiting for the calendar to tick down to Midnight November 1st. I'm anxiously waiting to get started on my novel. Do I have any characters? No. Do I have a setting? Maybe. Do I have a plot? OH HECK NO. Am I worried? Not at all.
I just want to get started.
I still need to find some slippers though........

Widgets and Wandering....

Very soon, you will see my NaNoWriMo word count widget on this blog. I just might work on that today, I don't know.
I've been getting a few ideas as to what I'm going to write this year but I still haven't settled on anything. This happens to me every year. EVERY YEAR. I think I have an idea to use and then November 1st rolls around and I write something totally different. Oh well, as long as I have something to write, I'll be fine.

Here I am Dramatic....

I wasn't planning on doing more than usual in my prep for November, but it turns out I have a lot more planning (especially writing time) to do this year than in previous years. It's time to start making a calendar. October I usually spend catching up on my "To Read" list....I have enough books there to keep me busy for maybe a week (I think there's about six or seven sitting there, I haven't counted lately).
I have a few ideas I need to sit down and see what I have and what exactly I can do with them. We shall see.
Stay tuned.....

You Know Me, I'm a Nomad...

Hello again, blog. You can expect to see more and more posts from me over the next few months. Why? Because November is on the way and those of you who know me, know November is National Novel Writing Month (visit here: www.nanowrimo.org ). 50,000 words/30 days....this is going to be interesting this year....because 1) I have my grandson 5 days a week during the afternoons/evenings while his mama works, and 2) Although I have some interesting ideas, I have no actual stories to tell. So maybe this year will be another rambling adventure into total chaos. We shall see...

Stay tuned as the saga begins.......

And then......

Sometimes you just gotta say...wtf!!!

BANG!

That's the sound my computer will be making soon. Why? Because either it's going to explode OR I'm going to take a hammer to it. Not the laptop either (because I still don't have that fixed)...the desktop. It's beginning to make me mad and I'm very close to doing something I'll regret later.
Maybe I should just look into getting a new computer? Then again, I've had years of decent run with this desktop..maybe I should just do some tweaking with this one. I don't know...any suggestions?

The Wind, The Rain and the Water....

There's a theme I've noticed this summer so far. Wind and rain and a lot of water. There's standing water in many fields in my area. More rain possibly today...after rain last night. Am I sick of it yet...only slightly. I think I'm developing webbed feet. LOL
I think we've decided we should get my laptop fixed. It'll be difficult because it's quite a drive to take it to any decent repair shop and even then there's no guarantee it can be fixed. I guess for now, I have to break down and write with the desktop...hopefully it doesn't crash too. The desktop is over 6 years old and getting pretty clunky...it even shuts off on its own when it gets too tired. LOL Maybe if I complain too much about "out-dated" software, the husband will break down and buy me a new computer. LOL
Today I have a lot to do and not too much time to do it. Let's see how much I can get finished, shall we?

The Wings of a Storm

   There's been a lot of rain in my area since the snow melted away. I love the rain, but even this much rain gets to me. I think mostly it's because I can't go out and "dance" in the rain. Although today, I did stomp through a puddle at the end of my drive. I could have at least taken my shoes off first.
   My laptop crashed in a big way. Now I have to decide if it's worth getting fixed or if I should just get a new one. Later on this evening, I'll sit down and do some shopping around and see which would be the best way to go. This has been really difficult on my writing because I don't like writing on this desktop.
   Got the order in for my poncho...or if you rather, cape. I'm anxious for it to get here. I've been going over all the ways I can wear it and to the places I can wear it.
   I have a little less than a month before some titles I've been waiting for come out. Summer reading this year will spread way out into fall and hopefully winter. I think it's about time to start building new shelves.
   But now, I have things I need to do.

Gossamer wings

I am buying a poncho. Not the ponchos I used to wear in the 1970s, but a chiffon poncho that promises to be beautiful. Then later...as a certain phone commercial says, "The search is on for cute boots."
It's been one of those days where I don't want to do much because I'm so tired. Oh well, suck it up and get over it right?
I think this week, I'll do some of the things I've been meaning to do. Maybe. Maybe not. I'm still undecided.

In fiery sequences

Today my writing went down in a flaming heap. Well, I guess it just smoldered a bit because I decided to do other things instead of write. But lucky me, writing this does count as actual writing. Right? No? Well okay, maybe after I get some more relaxing in.
Today was one of those days where I decided to do something and I damn well did. Took my youngest son out to the state park closest to us. We watched a short film on the history of the place and found out it's one of the longest state parks in the US. Pretty cool stuff if ya ask me. It was my way of feeding my inner nerd so it'll be appeased while I strangle my inner editor over the next few days. =)
Now on to a show I recorded last night.

It's been one of those....

Days. Weeks. Months.
I've been doing not much of anything, except writing. One of these days, I'm going to have a whole day or hopefully two to myself where I can spend the whole day doing nothing but writing. If I had a better battery in my laptop, I'd take it out and sit by a body of water I know and write away in the shade.
Or maybe....
I'll take my rod and reel and fish. I surprise a lot of people because I am a girl and yet, I bait my own hook and will remove a fish from the end of my line....except those certain fish with teeth. For example: A Sauger. They have some really wicked teeth. I caught one last weekend. You'd think with teeth like those, they'd bite right through the line (I don't fish with a wire leader) but it didn't.
Now it's time to wander away from the web pages and bury myself in a story...either one of my own design or another by one of my favorite authors.

Everything's Cool

Cool days...which are nice..makes me wonder how hot exactly this summer is going to be.
I look forward to fishing in the spring and summer because of the walking to each fishing spot. With my Fibromyalgia I get really sore and can't move, but the longer I fish the farther I can walk by the end of summer. I also sleep a whole heck of a lot better. Last night, I was out like a light. It was the best night's sleep I've had in months. It could be from all of the activity and from the relaxing I can do while sitting on the bank.
In turn, I can sit here and work on my manuscript for quite awhile because my mind is clear and ready to work.

Fresh Page...

I love blank pages. I really do. It means I can put anything on them I please. That's what this is about, a blank page for me to put down randomness.
That's what this is: General randomness because I am an random person. More coming soon.