Thursday, December 3, 2020

Today was overcast, gray sky from the north to the south, from the east to the west, with rain all day, sometimes just mist, sometimes pouring down. It's evening, and the rain has stopped.

This is a day off in the life of writer. I'm working my job. And too tired to think of writing, too tired to read, too tired to watch inspirational or educational videos. Too tired to make lists. Too tired to clean up my desk from the NaNoWriMo typhoon that left detritus everywhere. 

Just too tired.

#tootired #WritingLife #WritingCommunity #NaNoWriMo2020

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

 Overcast with sun all day; warm and breezy evening.

I finished the month of NaNoWriMo 2020 with a blur of blah. I completed the MG novel draft, adding more scenes, an index, historical notes afterward, at 43,000 words. Still needed 7K for an official win, so I started writing down thoughts about the next novel, a YA also on the 1856 smallpox epidemic. Those thoughts are a stream of consciousness mess. I will have to do some more serious thinking when my brain is coherent and not dead tired.

Although this counted as a "win" for #NaNoWriMo2020  and therefore I am #NaNoWinner2020 it didn't feel like a win. I have a lot to learn about writing MG novels. I'll sort some of that out in the editing process.

Congratulations to everyone participating in NaNoWriMo. Thank you to the event sponsors.