Internet Outages Are Not So Bad

We had a neighborhood Internet outage that lasted over twenty-four hours, and we thought the world was coming to an end.  Then I realized I could use the time to work on 2011 goals, and they're done.  WHOO HOO!!

One of the things I did today was sort through all the short stories I never finished.  It gave me the idea to focus on completing some of them in 2011.  Reason?  My main goals are editing the 3 Courier novels next year, so rather than get involved with another full-length novel, cleaning up the mess of unfinished short stories and writing new ones seems to make more sense.  Should also help me get in the mindset for writing the collection of short fairy tales for the 3 Day Novel Contest and NaNoWriMo next year.

I also took another look at this years goals.  Have to say I'm pretty darn happy with what I've achieved.  Big lesson learned on keeping better track of progress throughout 2011 though.

Until next year...28,000 more new words to write and lots of holiday baking.  How are you wrapping up 2010?

Ready or Not...NaNoWriMo

I'm SOOOO ready!!!!  Bring it on!

Outline is pretty much done.  Still expect to make a bunch of changes as I write and add new stuff like I did with the 3Day.  But, I've reached a point where I'm adding way too much detail, so I've decided to leave it alone until Monday.  

I'm feeling antsy about starting.  Actually think I was ready to start a week or two ago.  Probably because I've had the story idea for Cause for Redemption in my mind for a good 9 months.  It's been a couple months since I finished the first draft of Warrant for Damnation and haven't been writing anything new but the outline. 

Today I had to distract myself from adding more to the outline, so I made a chocolate cake, gluten-free orange cupcakes and rice crispy treats.  Kitchen's still a mess.   Now I'm ready to kick up my feet, watch a movie and share a bottle of wine.

Monday's Whine: Oops, Did I Project That?

I didn't think I had anything to whine about this week until I put together a list of suggestions for the Wicked Writer's second quarter blog topics. I mentioned that writing about writing was getting boring in my email to the group. And in my post last Friday, I projected bored. C.J. mentioned I started whining three weeks ago, and I hadn't realized it until I went back and read the post Rebel Writer without a Cause. Oops! I guess the title even reeks of it. But everyone is in agreement that we'll start writing more for readers as well, so hopefully my bad attitude will cease. So sorry fellow bloggers and readers.

On a more positive note, Betty Crocker makes an AWESOME gluten-free brownie. My main issue with other mixes has been the consistency being more like a cake. Sorry, but brownies need to be oowie gooie. Even the other non-Celiac's in the house had kind words to say about the brownies. I've tried all the other new gluten free baked goods by Betty Crocker and so far I'm pretty impressed. So kudos to Betty and no whining here.