NaNoWriMo UhOh MeSlow NotSo?

Never thought I was going to be able to make my 1,667 words tonight. After a hard day of editing (who would have ever thought it could take an entire day to edit and revise a 11,000 word book chapter? And I’m still not done with the dang thing! Plus, I have another one I have to get done tomorrow!) Hmmmm … maybe I should start passing off some of this work onto my soon-to-be student assistant …

Anyway, I was out of juice and time by 11:00 when I started writing. 45 minutes later, though, I clicked the “Word Count” button and I’d gone from 16,828 words to 18,421 words. Not bad. Around 1600 words in 45 minutes. Plus, I got to introduce a new character, which was fun. Her name is Shelly, she looks to be around 100 years old or older, and she takes no nonsense from anyone. She should be a good influence on Tim-bo, who often is a little too curious and rambunctious for his own good. He should learn to be careful when dealing with the spirit world. Word is, the Oldman fella who is in charge of that place has a bit of a temper on him.

Of course this pales in comparison to the prodigious output from my pal Berserker, but that’s okay. As long as I don’t skip a day, I feel good about being able to finish this thing. We’ll see — I just took a look at next week’s schedule on my calendar and it’s going to be a Killer with a capital K. Just hope I can survive long enough to enjoy some turkey and mashed potatoes…