“Everyone loves the autumn and how the leaves change.” “Yes, but everyone hates the blood they leave.” #writing #throwawayline

I’m exhausted after today’s writing. It wasn’t all that difficult, but there were a lot of threads to juggle and a couple of scenes full of emotion-building. #writing #nanowrimo

…making a cup of rooibos chai tea. #tea

TIme to crash and burn. I’m at about 42K words. I think I need a soothing cup of tea. The story is cracking. I hope people can follow it. #writing #nanowrimo

Today’s writing soundtrack has been something I wouldn’t normally listen to, but I needed to get in the mood. #writing #nanowrimo

It’s break time again. I wrote an intense scene. As a first draft, I’m satisfied. It will need some polish during rewrites/edits. #writing #nanowrimo

Tomorrow will be just like today apart from, hopefully, no errands.

Gah! Turkey day approaches.

If you work on the moments, the years will take care of themselves. #life

Time for a long-ish break to run more errands.

“His was a girth both wide and large, so much so, he could not see his own underbelly.” #writing

Is “skulldiggery” the present tense of “skullduggery”? >cough<

Americans never learned to use forks. Flame on!

“What would you like to drink?” “Coke please?” The server returned with a glass filled mostly with glass and the syrupy liquid. He then proceeded to snort it. Little did he know he had committed a faux-pas. After all, he wasn’t from this solar system. #writing #throwawayline

“The Clotting” should be a horror thriller title. Feel free to use it. #writing #prompt

If you don’t have a sense of humor, no one will take you seriously. #life

“The joy of contempt keeps you from growth.” #life #failure

I’ve never written an s.f. novel. I wrote an s.f. short story which John W. Campbell/Analog trashed, or so I believed when I was in my teens. It didn’t write anything for decades as a result. I think I’ve become a better writer and this will be a decent book. #writing #nanowrimo

This is not the story I set out to write. It’s better. #writing #nanowrimo

As I write, I discover this story has possibilities that continue to open up to me. At times, I’m torn between choosing one or another. Then one of my characters either says or does something which shows me the way. Usually, it’s not even a 3rd tier character. #writing #nanowrimo

It’s time to hang out, eat, and continue writing. I got some of my errands done.

I’m getting ready to dive into the day and writing. I’m sort of leery about writing this next scene. It needs to be emotional in a warm and fuzzy way, and I don’t do warm and fuzzy well. #writing #nanowrimo

Happy Forget-Me-Knot Day. Reminds me of the Avengers episode.

I had planned on making a mushroom pie today. My schedule is too full. Oh well, maybe this weekend.

Good morning. If you challenge yourself more than anyone else, you will tend to take others in stride. Time for the ceremonial coffee.