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What's your musical horoscope?  (Put your player on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs that come up.) 

1. Send In The Clowns
2. Ave Maria
3. Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful (Or Are You Beautiful Because I Love You)
4. Don't Stop Believin'
5. We Belong
6. "Finale A"
   
7. Swisskapolka
8. Volcano
9. Pretty Women
10. Old Blue Jeans
    

"Road Trip!" died last Thursday in an office in Northeast Florida. He was begun on November 1st, 2007, and was at the 16,000 word count mark when it's file was deleted. Sadly, it's author had not backed it up, and it was much too late to start over. He is survived by one distressed and self-loathing author.

Memorial donations may be sent to National Novel Writing Month.

Film & TV writers are on strike, which means everything except reality TV could halt production.  Do you support the strike?  Are any of your favorite shows in jeopardy?

I'm a writer. Granted, I don't write for television or movies (in fact, I have yet to be paid for anything I've written thus far) but I know what it's like to live and breathe words. It's more than a job, and much more than a hobby. When a writer finishes a piece, the value is much more than any monetary reward than can be offered for it. But when someone decides that it's not worth anything at all, that's the worst feeling in the world. And once we spend a few weeks in a world where Conan O' Brien isn't funny anymore, then maybe we'll all appreciate writers, ALL writers, a little bit more.

  Ok, so I managed to get out of my rut. I met my word count goal, and even though it took me longer than it has the past few days, I once again feel confident about meeting my goal. I can do this. And, for all of my fellow NaNoWriMo'ers, you can too.

I am stuck in a rut.

I am having quite a bit of trouble with my novel. Of course, I've done so much that if I were to take a break from it today, it wouldn't really matter, but I'm afraid that I wouldn't start again tomorrow. Also, I'm not leaving the house today, so there's no reason not to do it. I just can't do it now, though.

Also, I am not feeling very well today. Over the past three days, since the doctors lowered the dose on my new medication, I have felt really good. Today, though, I'm tired and sluggish again!

Plus, I'm going to Disney in five days, and I need to make an information sheet with all of my reference items for the trip. I am just not in the mood right now, you know?

So I think I'm going to lie down and take a nap. Then I'll have some energy, and maybe it will clear my mind so I can write some more.

Wish me luck getting out of this rut!

Love,
   me

I have reached my word goal for the day (and then some)! My total is now 8,139 words! I'd tell you more, but it's time for me to go to bed.

Today I got to word 5,576. That is more than 3x my goal for yesterday. I am very proud.

I must admit that it was harder to get motivated today than it was yesterday. However, I am now very, very confident (but not TOO confident) that I can do this.

This is a really great program. I have been so sick for so long, but this makes me feel like I am doing something big (and I am) without having to leave the house. And my health has actually improved 90% in the past two days. It is amazing.

Go NaNoWriMo Writers!

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Today was the first day of NaNoWriMo (see yesterday's post for info) and my goal for the day was 1,700 words. Well, I more than doubled it, ending the day with a final tally of 3,502 words. I wish any other NaNoWriMo'ers lots of luck in the next week, and I'll be blogging about my experiences as much as possible. Let the games begin!

Tonight is Halloween. That great night where kids get rewarded with candy for being creative. Tomorrow is the first of November...where adults get the same chance.

November is National Novel Writing Month. At www.NaNoWriMo.org, people can sign up to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. If you achieve that goal, and have registered on the site, you are rewarded with a certificate, and, of course, the ability to tell people that you are a novelist. Which is pretty awesome.

There's still time left to sign up--in fact, the cut-off isn't until midnight on November 30 (but I wouldn't attempt to write 50,000 words in a day). It's a great challenge, and even if you don't reach 50,000 words, you still have accoplished something great.

So, will the author in you be born this November?