Hit the 50,000 goal for NaNoWriMo Friday!

At about 11:40 PM EST, Friday night, I hit 50,837 words, putting me over the top for the National Novel Writing Month project. Today, I went over some of the last pages I wrote--actually, one of the crucial scenes in the book. And I'll be darned if it wasn't half-bad. lol I've not written anything since Friday night. I decided to take a short break, but plan to get going again here soon. The rest of the book is in my head. I'll see if Amy or Lisa or Frankie or Stacy try to take me in a different direction. So far, Amy's been doing a lot of the leading since the beginning of the book. Although Two for the Show is told from two POV's, it seems Amy's voice is the one coming out loudest. Which is as it should be. I know with Come Back to Me, Angie's voice was louder, but as the story progressed, Meryl began to assert herself more and more. Funny how that works out.

After freaking out over yet another Colts' come-from-behind win, I plan to casually watch a little of the Saints-Patriots game tonight. Even though if they won, the Saints would remain undefeated, I still want them to kick the Patriots' a**. Something Colts' fans will always feel...animosity toward New England, just as their fans hate the Colts and Manning with a passion.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and holiday weekend.

I think I'm over the NaNo hump!

Almost a week ago, I posted that I'd hit the NaNo wall...which I had. Smack dab into that brick baby. But I've managed to step back, shake off the concussion, and plow ahead with the story. Two for the Show is looking better and better. I realize completely it's an extremely...let me say that again, extremely...rough draft. But I'll be damned if I'm not up to 40,200+ words. Past the goal for this time in the month! YAY! And that's after barely writing one day and not writing on another. I just finished a critical scene for Amy--one that's going to affect her in more ways than she knows right now. It'll have to be another obstacle for her to overcome. But she has the support of her partner, Stacy, her friend, Lisa, and another friend on the Reds, Nick Sanders. The question is, can she accept their love and support? Or does she think she can handle this on her own? The plot thickens...and now I can't wait to get back at it tomorrow. Now that is a good feeling.

I think I've hit the NaNo wall...

My wall came a little later than the second week mark they warned us about. I missed out on one night's writing, and it's been hard to get back in the swing of things. I'm about 2000 words short right now to be on pace to finish with 50,000 by Nov. 30. I'll try to get there, but I'm not going to beat myself over the head if I don't. At least I have a decent story started for Two for the Show, the sequel to Playing for First.

Backtracking a bit, HOW 'BOUT THEM COLTS??!! I admitted on my Facebook "wall" that I was ashamed to say I turned the TV off after Peyton's second interception...only because I hate the friggin' Patriots and couldn't stand to see them win. I read more of Kate Sweeney's She Waits, waited a few minutes, and I thought, eh, I'll flip it back on to see what's going on. The score was 34-28 and the Patriots had the ball. I'm watching as they line up for a FOURTH AND TWO AT THEIR OWN 28 YARD LINE!! And I'm thinking, naaa, they'll try to get the Colts to jump offsides. Wrong! Good lord, what the f*** was His Hoodiness thinking?? Anyway...thanks, Bill, for the early Christmas present! And thank you, Peyton, for never giving up. Next time, I promise I won't turn off the game.

Okay...off to read Sweeney's second in the Kate Ryan Mystery Series, A Nice Clean Murder. I like to relax before I go to bed....

Saw "2012" ...

Gosh, nothing like everything getting thrown at you but the kitchen sink. Heck, the kitchen sink might have been thrown in there and we just missed it in the mayhem. What with California falling off into the Pacific, Yellowstone Park becoming one huge erupting volcano, the Vatican collapsing, tsunamis hundreds of feet in the air, etc., one kitchen sink could have been lost in all the excitement. Poor Phyllis had to endure the movie with me since I'm a disaster movie junkie. I have no clue why other than they're totally silly and mindless. I think it started with seeing Towering Inferno when I was kid, having to sit in the first row of the theater because we got there late. I joke that at least Indianapolis will get to host the Super Bowl before the world comes to an end December 21, 2012. The last disaster flick by this director, Day After Tomorrow, dealt with global warming. I thought it'd top everything until this movie. Geesh.

Next weekend, we plan to see Blind Side with Sandra Bullock, and not just because Sandra Bullock is in it, although that is definitely an incentive. lol I loved the story when it came out during the NFL draft. I'm looking forward to a gentler movie than 2012. I'm sure my partner will, too.

On the NaNo front, I'm up to 24,850 words. Gotta keep on trucking....

Colts win! And writing....

The Colts just won a game I'm not so sure they should have. Well, they really shouldn't have. But they're undefeated going into the New England game next weekend. I look forward to their annual game, but then I dread them at the same time. Much too nerve racking.

I've been participating in National Novel Writing Month, or NaNo as we call it. This is my first year. I'm working on the sequel to Playing for First. This is reeeeally a rough-rough draft, as it should be since we're not supposed to be editing as we go along. I have no idea where I'm going day to day. I know where I want to get by the end of the book and I know what I want to have happen to the characters between here and there...it's just the getting there that's fun.

Buddy is happily munching on a bone, laying on the floor between Phyllis and me. Phyllis is reading Lori Lake's Gun Shy. Every twenty minutes or so, she says, "She can really write." Yes, she can.

Okay...the games are turned off. Time to write and then go back to reading Brenda Adcock's Tunnel Vision.