I will not be setting any personal bests for NaNoWriMo this year, but it has still been a good one for me. I’m almost finished the two short stories, I have made great progress on my NaNoNovel and my surprise project has be fantastic. I know that I’ll be very happy with the story when it’s done, but that won’t be this month. I only had two thousand words left going into this day and I hoped I would be able to do it. I really need to be finished the focus on 50,000 words so I can start trying to finish the short stories and get the necessary revisions made. Of course, I’m under the gun; both stories need […]

I’m afraid the no writing in the morning or at mid day trend continued today. The snow keeps falling and the people on the roads keep driving poorly so I have to (a) shovel every morning and (b) leave extra early so I can actually make it to work on time. My evening output wasn’t terribly stellar either but for a very good reason. My daughter took me out to see Harry Potter 7pt1 for my Christmas present. I know very well that the two part way they are presenting it is a cash grab and unfortunately the emotions in the movie are a little flat for me, but I still enjoyed the night out. Even though this movie was […]

Today was not a normal writing day for me. The snow continues to fall (I think we are up to or very close to twelve inches or twenty-six centimetres of snow in the last three days) and people continue to get worse in their driving. As an example, the first day took me forty minutes to drive to work (it usually takes me twenty minutes). Day two was a forty-five minute drive and today was an hour. You might argue that the driving times are worse because of the extra snow but the road crews have been doing a yeoman’s job keeping the streets clear of snow. Anyway, long story short, I’ve been leaving earlier and earlier which means I […]