Monthly Archives: November 2011

What are you thankful for as a writer?

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Susan NC Price

Without even pausing to think, I would answer the question of what I’m thankful for as a writer with  one word: computers! Of course, I have plenty of other blessings that allow me to write, such as disposable time in … Continue reading →

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Not just a novelist

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Susan NC Price

I have friends who’ve reported reaching 25K, 30K, 40K words on their nanowrimo novels already. Well, I’ve got nearly 1.9K now. Up from 1.2K a week ago. Just. But after taking the latter part of Thursday evening to drive west … Continue reading →

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Awe and wonder

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Susan NC Price

Last night marked the peak for this year of the Leonid meteor shower. The past couple of years’ peaks have come and gone behind solid cloud here in Chicago, not an uncommon occurrence this time of year. But yesterday dawned … Continue reading →

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Goals are good … except when they aren’t

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Susan NC Price

OK, so here’s my ‘reality bites’ version of nanowrimo reports. November is 4 days old and I’m about 5500 words behind the average nanowrimo writers’ goals for this point in the month. See, to get to about 50,000 words by … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Susan NC Price

After taking a 3-month leave of absence from this forum, I feel almost obligated to take up the National November Writing Month challenge. Of course, I have written nothing but what you see here all of today, Nov 1 and … Continue reading →

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