+1 and -1

Failure first : I'm over 10,000 words behind on my novel.  This may seem insurmountable, but I have recently discovered the major writer's block-inducing hump that was blockading my brilliance and I have since taken care of it. However, I still qualify this as a failure, since I'm disgracefully behind on my goal.

And now, for my SUCCESS!

Today, ladies and gentlemen, for the VERY FIRST TIME in my oh-so-lengthy career as a housewife, I have successfully managed to get each and every single part of dinner onto the table at the SAME TIME. Hot, ready, and food pyramid approved. This may not seem like a big deal, but trust me, it is.  Usually one thing or another is either late or early getting out of the oven, or whatever's boiling on the stove is done WAAAAY before the side dish.  But today, I had potato soup, made from scratch biscuits, and green beans.  Three separate cooking appliances operating all at once with no help from anyone else and I DID IT! I am the kitchen QUEEN!

At least for today.  Tomorrow, it is entirely possible that I will revert to my old cooking habits, wherein I can't even make toast.

NaNOWriMo -- The First Weekend

I'd like to start this post by saying "THANK YOU WHITNI!" Whitni Watkins sent me a fabulous care package that arrived in the mail yesterday, and it had some of my favorite candy in it. (Kit Kats : VERY good call :)

With care package in hand, I am heading into this weekend intending to catch up on the last two days, where my word count was not nearly as impressive as it should have been.  My goal by bedtime tomorrow is 12,000.

Although I fell a bit behind, I have very good reasons.  Besides currently being in a show, I spent all of Thursday in Washington DC at the annual SVU art show.  The choir always performs there, and while I'm not technically in the choir, the cast of Songs for a New World (the last show I did, not the current show I'm in) was invited to perform the opening number of "Songs." It was so much fun to be able to work with the cast again.

Anyway, back to the novelling grindstone tonight. And extra hour of sleep, OR an extra hour of writing.  Hmm...

Current Word Count: 7,250

NaNoWriMo -- Day One

http://www.nanowrimo.org/

For those of you who don't know, I'm currently participating in "NaNoWriMo," or "National Novel Writing Month."  It's a worldwide writing marathon where you write a 50,000 word novel in thirty days.  I've tried it every year for the past four years, but I've never even come close.

This year, I'm determined.  I've spent the last month plotting and outlining and figuring out exactly where I'm going.  For once, I actually have a beginning middle AND end!  So here I go, off on another grand and slightly psychotic adventure. I've also signed off facebook for the entire month, and my husband has vowed to work out every day in November as well, so it should be an interesting month for us!

Care packages and well-wishes are much appreciated :)

Current word count : 3,351
Currently listening to: the Chocolat soundtrack