Camp NaNoWriMo word count: over 45,000 as I type this before 7am, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 So. I complete my month of furious (not angry, just driven and desperate) writing, and I outstripped my original simpler goal of ten thousand words. I have journaled and written essays and book reviews and worked on stories and revised a … Continue reading Camp NaNo day 30: The Last Day
Month: April 2019
Camp NaNo day 29
Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 43,032 by early Monday morning, 29 April 2019 The light was coming as I typed on Sunday, early-early. Food52 is promoting a new cookbook that recommends buying small and often, using everything up as you go along, and yes! that is what I have been trying to do lately. Most of the Food52 … Continue reading Camp NaNo day 29
Camp NaNo day 28
Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 42,051 by Sunday morning, 28 April 2019 The New York Times reports on longterm plans for Guantanamo Bay where prisoners include a man who had been "confined to a box the size of a coffin while held at a secret C.I.A. site and waterboarded 83 times to break him" and is expected to … Continue reading Camp NaNo day 28
Camp NaNo day 27
Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 41,478 by Saturday morning, 27 April 2019 One thing: I could go the rest of my life without yet another version of Les Miserables. I never liked that story to begin with. And second, watching Shields and Brooks on PBS Friday evening, I am reminded that I would prefer not to have to … Continue reading Camp NaNo day 27
Camp NaNo day 26
Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 39,039 by 6:30 Friday morning, 26 April 2019 On our way home from two nights away (“We’re on vacation!”), we stopped several times. Gary bought a double-scoop ice cream cone. I bought batik fabric. One of my favorite fabric stores in Wheeler had a sign in the door. After 35 years, the store … Continue reading Camp NaNo day 26
Camp NaNo days 24 and 25: AWAY
Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 38,287 by Thursday monring, 25 April 2019 EMD word count: 70,242, 240 pages, an imperfect but respectable length. TUESDAY. We were away in the morning and the point of being away is to be without the normal day-to-day distractions. Usually this means I do not bring my computer. No news. No television. I … Continue reading Camp NaNo days 24 and 25: AWAY
Camp NaNo day 23: FACE
Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 36,030 by 6:30am on Tuesday, 23 April 2019 EMD word count: 67,679. It had to be done. Gary wanted tart for breakfast yesterday, but no, we will finish it this morning. We will soon be on our way for a drive south. I am bringing my computer and the charger so that I … Continue reading Camp NaNo day 23: FACE
Camp NaNo day 22: EARTH DAY
Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 35,655 before 7am on Monday, 22 April 2019 EMD word count: 70,007. My novel's word count has gone backwards in a dramatic way. Though I did add a sentence or two, I have butchered out an entire chapter, and now I fear it’s too short. I think only famous people are allowed to … Continue reading Camp NaNo day 22: EARTH DAY
To Theodore
To Theodore George Marion McClellan, 1860 Such are the little memories of you; They come and go, return and lie apart From all main things of life; yet more than they, With noiseless feet, they come and grip the heart. Gay laughter leading quick and stormy tears, Then smiles again and pulse of flying feet, … Continue reading To Theodore
Camp NaNo day 21
Camp NaNoWriMo word count: 35,516 as of 6:30am on Sunday, 21 April 2019 (Passover began Friday and today is Easter) EMD word count: 75,504 and I am working on Part 3! Yesterday we went out on the beach for three hours. We carried home a load of trash, but did not even make a dent. Some irresponsible … Continue reading Camp NaNo day 21
IMPERFECT PATIENCE 