Well, I have caught 16 17  18 19 20 21  rats rodents so far (6 for the day). I’m also just past 10,000 words on my novel and aiming for more.

Well, the novel writing is coming along. I have noticed that this year I write about 500 words, then pause, get up do something else and then come back to write another 500 words. I noticed this last year when i neared the end of the novel. I wonder if that is just how I write. I get out one idea–approximately 500 words–that moves the action along, and then I need a break to think of what comes next. Since I have little else to do besides watch TV, I thought I’d write a bit at a time today and see how far I get. So far, so good. You’ll see the word tracker in the side bar. It updates whenever I update my word count.

Just two days to the beginning of NaNoWriMo. I’m actually nervous. Last year went very smoothly. And for some reason this year I’m anxious about being able to finish a novel. I’m trying out something new. A new genre. A steamy novel.

Oh…also please be a sponsor.  Thanks.

That’s National Novel Writing Month…

I have participated for 2 years now. This year will be my third. I won last year, and I am planning to win again this year. This year there are some options for raising money for NaNoWriMo to promote reading and writing with young people. While I’d love to donate, it’s not a good year for me, so I am asking readers–you–to sponsor me in this crazy month of writing.

For those that don’t know…to win I must write 50,000 words by November 30. The contest starts on November 1. To find out where your donations go, click here.

I havne’t posted for awhile..again. I often feel like I don’t have anything to say. Although there are hardly any readers of this blog.

It has been a disappointing week. The job interview I had that I thought went well enough to be asked back fell through.  I do have a few more possibilities though. The waiting sucks.

I was away for the weekend as part of caoching a leadership training program, and while I was away I had other people watch my dog. All of his training disappeared. I have been working with him with a new training method I have been following. So far he’s doing well with it, but he struggles at times. This morning we had a battle of wills. Typically I let him act up in the morning. He’s overly excited first thing. This morning I didn’t allow it, and he didn’t like it.

I will be partipating in NaNoWriMo again this year. I had an “ah-ha” moment this weekend when the title and part of the plot appeared. I’m still thinking about the setting of the novel.

I’m not sure if it’s Monday I dislike or the fact that the writing I was doing is over. I like the writing projects/games even though I only spend about an hour on them a day. There’s a tremendous loss when the game has been won and the project is complete.

Now what? Well, editing. It’s not my favorite thing though. In fact, I will avoid it even if I have scheduled time for editing. Funny how that works.

I feel discouraged about finding employment and yet I just had an interview last week. It can’t possibly be the last and only interview ever. In a way I feel like I should have been willing to have work be my only life just to have a job. I just can’t do it though.

I’m also having a bit of writer’s let down. I finished the script early, and I have been just a little down since then. for several weeks, I had something to look forward to doing for an hour each day. Even when I was tired of writing the silly thing, I still wrote.

I had a busy wekend, so I didn’t get any photos taken. I’m disappointed about that as well. It has been cloudy here in the morning, so early photo taking is out. I have a couple of assignments that I need to get taken care of this weekend.

Well, my “interview” yesterday morning was interesting. I think I found an ally in finding work as a technical writer. Unfortunately, they want someone who will work 50-60 hours a week onsite. Ten minutes of gray cubicles began to suck the life out of me. The manager is extremely familiar with the writers losing their “souls,” as she put it. Otherwise it was a really good fit for my background.

I don’t think I wrote about finishing my screenplay. I finished on Wednesday–7 days ahead of schedule. I had to wait until today to get my winner’s certificate and the cute little graphic on the right. Here’s the logline:  Romantically-challenged chemist deals with egotistical researchers, crazy friend and runaway mice. I’d say that sums it up.

It was a lot of fun. The last 25 pages were tough because I wanted to quit and had to overcome not wanting to write.

i’m using today to get things done that I haven’t. There’s a lot I have neglected to get other things done. I am taking some time today to write on my screenplay. I’m currently at 18 pages.