Justine and Gary have got to find Nigel, but a quick duck into a room off the last galley has led them into a world of glittering snow, warm fires, food in abundance and even little gifts with their names on them… Wait, there’s cookies, too!
What have they stumbled into?

This is one of my more popular posts from a November long past. Well, about three years ago, I think… anyway, I’m re-posting with some tweaks; time has passed by and tastes may have changed. Maybe.
Or something. Besides, for my American friends either home or abroad, Thursday is their Thanksgiving, and it’s two days shy of the end of NaNoWriMo. Since most of them are writers and a lot of them are participating this year, they may be using Turkey-day to celebrate, or procrastinate.
Not to mention it’s a whole …

I’m so very far behind in my NaNoveling, that I’ve lost sight of the fun part. I decided to get some of that back by challenging the Manitoban Elsewherians (the region I’m in is Manitoba: Elsewhere) to write the total of the last four digits of their current word count, by midnight tonight.

One of the tips I was given years ago was to find a bunch of music that inspires the work in progress, create a playlist in whatever manner you have at your disposal, and listen to it while you’re writing. Thanks to Mari’s advice, I’ve done that for each project I work on, and most of them are pretty distinct in both similarities and differences.

Last night, after a couple of solitary sprints and a handful of 30 minute word wars via the NaNo boards, I slightly surpassed my 2013 word goal of 100k.
And there were confetti bombs and fireworks – in my head as I crashed for the night.