Gear up for Nanowrimo

It's time to gear up for Nanowrimo and in preparation I've been looking again at my manuscript for Guardian (re-writing the first paragraph - bouncing around and adding things here and there). Sarah asked if I was going to continue to work on that for Nano, but then I got to thinking about doing something different. I'd been thinking about our dog Tillie.

Tillie is an avid sleeper, hiker, dreamer, and of course eater! She's had many adventures and loves to tell you all about them, especially when we get in the car and are headed off for a new one. All of this begins to take shape as a great story in my head and so...I start this txt conversation with Sarah about titles: Tillie Takes a Trip, Tillie Goes for a Hike, Tillie Meets a Skunk, Tillie Takes a Plunge. She and I are popping them off to one another like crazy!  Tillie Learns to Yodel, Tillie Catches Flies, Tillie Meets New Friends, Tillie Gets a Puppy.

So as we are txt-ing, it finally comes up that I'm talking about Nanowrimo and of course, you could write the whole thing with just titles - ugh!  That's cheating!  But imagine a series of children's books about Tillie and her adventures!  What fun!  So, maybe I'll do that - or maybe I'll go back to Guardian and keep working - it too is an awesome story and is still just getting started and I'd love to spend more time just writing!

This whole blog about Just Keep Writing - well that works if you make for it and somehow right now, I just haven't - except it's starting to creep back in like a light under the door, gradually getting brighter, slowing beginning to fill the room with a hint of light so just maybe, perhaps, I can see my hands.