Does 25 inches of snow equal creative abandon?

The snowstorm/blizzard arrived yesterday. By dark there was already 15 inches on the ground. The University closed at noon on Monday and the drive home was nothing short of interesting - a moronic driver in a gigantic Ford tried to go flying by us on Route 66 and ended up going diagonally down the middle of two lanes just in front of us for about 500 yards - Wacko! This morning we awoke to 25 inches - it's really beautiful and I'm very glad i don't have to try and get anywhere. The sun is brilliant, but the wind is typical-insane-Northern Arizona-nothing-to-stop-it wind...so both I-17 south and I-40 west are closed.

Does this time of being snowed-in mean I will turn my attention to creative abandon? Can I take some snippets while the new puppy, Ruby, naps to write - Gehrke calls??? We shall see...in the meantime, it's gorgeous albeit blinding!

50,084 Words - it's enough!

39,605 Words So Far

Hi All - well, I'm currently at 39,605 words - I've got until midnight, November 30 to reach 50,000. NaNoWriMo has put up the word count verification tool now, on November 25th, so people are already DONE and WINNING!!! Ugh - what's up with that??? Over achievers, I'd say!

I won't bore you with the usual rant about being behind at work, needing to make up being out last week so much with the stupid migraine - that really should be plural - stupid migraines! Oops, sorry, just did...

I am awake, it's 12:52am, Gia and Elum are talking in the Refuge of Guardians about their next step. They've been thrown together rather unceremoniously and now that Gia has shown up the action can really begin. There is no way this story is getting wrapped up in 50,000 words. Now I've got to get Gia and Elum out of there, back to Lady Lillian's so Elum and Gia can take another look at that stone column with the ancient writing, they've got to find out the Lady Lillian's daughter is the black rider and leader of the bad guys, deal with the shock and awe of THAT revelation, but put it aside and get to work, finding the last ______ (fill in the blank with the number of libraries to be found) and saving the Knowledge from destruction or worse!

OKAY? Are you with me? Good - cuz' I need all the support I can get to make it to 50K! So, thanks in advance!

Down for the Count - Damn Migraine

Well, I didn't make my word count this weekend - cuz of the crappy crap crap migraine issue - whatever...nothing to be done now. But I will be back on track later this week, after the drugs wear-off a bit more. Thanks for all your kind words and support.

9,873 Words Needed Today

It's a sunny Sunday morning and I'm sitting in the sun by the patio door - the wind is the typical crazy Arizona wind and it's pretty cold outside. The water for the birds froze last night. I filled the feeders this morning and was glad when I stepped out the glass door that I'd put on a coat and hat. Burrrrr... In the novel, it's spring on Pesgio - the colony where Elum is at the moment. When he left Cadreya it was just entering the months of ice...maybe I should add something about the different seasons as he moves from colony to colony...we'll see.

Here's to a fruitful day of writing - damn the headaches and the sore knees - I'm spending my day with Elum! NOT with a warm rice sock on my head in bed! Do you hear that head!!!???!!!

Maybe the headache meds I took this morning will make things even more interesting as I write today - I'm not sure I've ever written with these meds in my system before. This could be very interesting.

Word Count Update

11,810 words now needed by midnight Sunday! I am periodically distracted by the birds feeding - and the cute Ansel who wakes up to quickly jump down and slink his way to the sliding glass door....is this teasing him??? I can't decide.

Anyway, Galagia just got revealed as Elum's Seeker - thanks Sarah for that great idea!

I need 14,272 words this weekend...

It's Saturday and the sun is trying to break up the clouds that brought rain and something that could be called snow if you have a strong imagination. I'm inside, Sarah is dozing with the cat and while the birds chow-down on seed just outside the doors on the patio, my MC Elum is struggling to comprehend what he's just learned from his former Master, Daylin....

Once I make my word count this weekend, I'll post some excerpts here, I promise!

Thank you to my awesomest of friends, Steve for the M&M basket! You held my hand on the NYNY Roller Coaster while I screamed my head off. I'll never forget that! And know you've sent M&Ms - you are too much! Thank you!!!!!