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Write-a-thon, Day 11: Happy birthday to you? Happy birthday to you? You call that a lyric? Happy birthday to you?
Despite the fact that I was entombed in an office in the middle of an industrial wasteland on a stunningly beautiful day, I had a great birthday. My one indulgence at work was french fries with lunch. My sister called to remind me of several embarrassments that occurred at my…
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Write-a-thon, Day 10: Hit me with your best plot
Sometimes I wonder if I’m ever going to finish my book. I write all the time and yet my forward progress compares unfavorably to that of most slugs. I passed by a tree this evening and saw a slug trail on the bark that was easily eight feet off the…
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Write-a-thon, Day 9: Been caught writing
This morning I went to work on a Monday for the first time in five months. And I spent the whole day at a desk. I could only do one activity and someone else thought it up for me. How do people do this?? This assignment will be over in…
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Write-a-thon, Day 8: Don’t stop ’til you write enough
I was up until 1:30am in the wake of our party, and then I had to get up relatively early to reassemble the house and garden and take my Little Brother to see Monsters University (which I recommend) and then to lunch at Taco Bell (which I don’t). The temperature…
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Write-a-thon, Day 7: Who’s to blame when parties get out of hand?
Trying to write on the day when you’re holding a twilight garden party is probably not the best idea, but I somehow managed an hour of working on my book. A character I had mentioned in passing appeared again, this time with a betting game he liked to play. I…