Yesterday was fun, though. In addition to everything else, I heard back from two of my writing buddies who have been struggling to get started, and they both have made a start now.
Great! I thought. Let's take advantage of the DoubleUp Donation to give them a boost of writing magic. Two halo-sprees later, all four of my buddies have halos, not just the two who already had them on November 1st. I smile to think of the two younger writers wearing "NaNoWriMo Wizard" starred wristbands to their high-school classes, and propping their "Do Not Disturb" doorknob hanger against a pile of books in the school library, and turn back to my novel-writing.
By dint of ignoring dinnertime, my spouse and all three cats, I managed to write enough on my novel to "touch the line" again on my graph. As my reward, I let myself watch most of My Cat From Hell, an Animal Planet offering I try not to miss each week, wash my hair, and climb into bed at a sedate 9:30PM.
Only to wake up in a cold sweat at 11PM and hurry back to my desk to check: Would my buddies would get the doubled-up reward of writer's swag, or would it be shipped to me? Ah! yes, it turns out that because I had made a separate order for each, they should each be getting a surprise package from The Office of Letters and Light sometime soon.
Whew! (Not that I couldn't use two more wristbands. Uh-huh.)
Aside from that nasty "you screwed up!" panic at the end, it had been a really good, really satisfying day.
Alas! Today being another day, my average is back down again - zero words written (so far) today really pulls down the stats.
Drained or not, I'd better get back to the pumps. There must be something left in the well...
Total: 15,249 words
No comments:
Post a Comment