As you know, this is November, better known to writers around
the world as Nano. I am yet again trying to accomplish this challenge. For
those of you who haven’t heard of National Novel Writer’s Month (better known
as Nano) it is a challenge to write fifty thousand new words toward a new novel
in the month of November.
It is a challenge, especially when you haven’t been writing
regularly in the months leading up to this, but I did have an excuse most of
the time. Not just my work schedule, but my old computer dying on me last
month.
(Yes, folks, I have a new computer. Thankfully.)
Its nice that this computer will work with me, instead of fighting
me. With my old computer, I had to hit buttons several times for it to do
anything at all, and it would take multiple times to highlight any text so I
could copy it. (Let alone it wouldn’t highlight all of what I needed.) I was
constantly taking longer just to get my post from word to our blogsite than to write it and that was
driving me crazy, but I was trying to make do with it, because I didn’t want to
spend any extra money right now.
In the end I didn’t have choice.
I needed a working computer.
And this one is fantastic!
Would you believe I can start to type some phrases and
longer words and my computer will, on its own, fill in the rest. I just hit the
tab key when it does that for me to skip to the next word. I’ve never seen
anything like it before, but its great. Some of the longer words, I don’t need
to try to remember how to spell it, the computer will do it for me!
On another note, I am doing great on the Nano. I reached the
halfway point a few days ago and am on track to finish early (per my usual).
Of course, I have had some extra time on my hands since I stopped working at DI at the end of last month but the new program, I applied
for has yet to place me in a position. So, I’ve all day to waste and I promise,
while I am doing well with my writing, my screen time on my phone is way up
too.
I really need to curb that.
Also need to wrap what Christmas presents I do have, figure
out what I still need, and get those gifts going out of town shipped this
month.
Does anyone have gift ideas for a few of the men on my list?
If it were Tom, I could manage. Mostly because he was good about
giving me a wish list. But also because I have a knack for seeing things
someone I know would love and, well, I think about that person. So, if I
think about that person, it’s a great gift for them.
I just wish it would happen more often with men like my one
sister-in-law’s husband, Claire’s husband, and well, Konnie’s husband and one
son. The other one I hope I finally picked the right gift for him. I did think
about him when I saw it. So, that is a good sign.
And it would be nice if I were better at finishing projects,
because I did start a gift for Konnie’s husband a couple of years ago and I
still haven’t finished it. Yeah, that’s me, started but never finished. Is it
any wonder I have so many more unfinished WIPs and only a handful of finished
WIPs?
I’m counting myself lucky I actually got to “the end” as
many times as I have. By the way, I believe my number of finished WIPs is six,
but don’t quote me on that, I’m not looking at my list and for once my computer
isn’t helping me.
I’ll figure it out, new system and all.
And I would write more right now, but I do have other things
to do. Like write my newest WIP.
Are you doing Nano this year?
If so, comment your username on the Nano site and I’ll make
you one of my buddies.
My username is FaithfullSpirit2. Look me up.
Happy writing, everyone!
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