Dramatic clouds are dramatic
I took this early in November from the back of the house:
It's been a while since there was a photo around here.
More issues
Tweets for November 16th to November 30th
* I have entered the long dark tunnel known as "Book Set kata". One day I will emerge and know the whole thing, but not this year.
* Yay! Got my beta download for UltraEdit for Mac! Column mode, how I've missed you. Now for the re-acquainting, and
NaNoWriMo 2010: Week Four
Monday 22nd
45500 words, 2074 today. Finally wrote the scene I've been building up to for the entire story, an epic car chase through London, ending at Tower Bridge. Love how it turned out! Challenged to a race to 50k by Munro, but he started 2k ahead.
Tuesday
Picking up the slack
After NaNoWriMo is over there's the traditional post-novel slump, and wondering what to do with all that free time you're not using to bang out a novel. I have a few craft plans for December:
A sleeve on Eris
Next time Hubby's out of
NaNoWriMo 2010: Week Three
Week Three is where you hit the 35k mark and life suddenly gets easier. I'm killing off several characters this week, some of them with the Travelling Shovel of Death.
Monday 15th
31159 words, 846 today. 761 words at lunchtime, writing my main character from another character'
Tweets for Nov 1st to Nov 15th
* 503 words before I head to work, not a bad start for NaNoWriMo, even if I didn't go to the midnight kick off. 6am and I'm done.
* I voted but I didn't get a sticker. Everyone very helpful for a 1st time voter. LOTS
NaNoWriMo 2010: Week Two
Tradition states that Week Two of NaNoWriMo is where it all falls apart and you wonder why you're doing this to yourself. The words are horrible and everyone else is doing better than you. The sunshine is replaced with Tropical Storm Crankypants, the cookies are mouldy, and the
Abandoned knits
My personal rule for National Novel Writing Month is no knitting until the word count is done for the day. I normally knit at lunchtime, in November this becomes one of my writing sessions instead. I try and write 2000 words a day and I work better if I write,
NaNoWriMo 2010: Week One
Week One of NaNoWriMo is wonderful. Words flow, new friends are made, other regions are challenged, and all is sunshine and cookies and bluebirds.
Monday 1st
3238 words. Wrote at lunchtime in the small conference room, another session after my karate lesson, and three 15 minute sprints with Carol after
FO: Lopsided Piggee
Made a plushie for a swap:
Pattern: Sock Piggee (Ravelry link)
Yarn: Stash leftovers (Silky Wool and a cotton/acrylic)
Needles: US2 dpns
Duration: 29th September to 4th October
Ravelry project: Lopsided Piggee
The idea was to knit the plushie and take funny and inappropriate photos of it before sending