relax, I know how to make cement

I found myself becoming a little too obsessed with the word count to the point where it was actually getting in the way of my writing. I really need to accept that NaNo is just not a model that works for me.

In the end all that matters is that I'm working on telling the story.

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So I had a brutal headache this afternoon. It's died down some, but I've gotten no writing done. On the other hand, I tidied up Chapter 8 of "I've Traveled all this Way for Something" and posted it, so that's something.

I might do a little writing tonight, but my totals will be combined with tomorrow's numbers.

So there was this meme on tumblr and usually I don't cross post but this is a fic meme, so i figured why not?

post a single sentence from each WIP you have (or as many as you want to pick). no context, no explanations. no more than one sentence!

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I didn't get much done on the 6th, but today was good. So my count for the 6 & 7th is 2747. That puts my month's total so far at 10,008. I'm still behind but more importantly, I wrote a ton tonight and I finished Chapter 8 of the Est fic. This will actually slow me down, because since I'm still planning on posting chapters as they're written, I'll need to spend some time editing. But Nancy and I are going to do the "go to the cafe and write" thing on Sunday which should help.

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Completely fucking awful night last night--I wasn't as careful as I should be about late night food and my acid reflux acted up like crazy. It's been a problem since I had my gallbladder out--holy fuck 12 years ago--but it's been getting worse. Yay getting older.

I hardly wrote yesterday either, which I kind of blame on the deadline thing. I can work to a deadline, but not like this. :( Also, I fucking got stalled on the fic. Obviously for the best of reasons--playoff baseball--but I need to get that hectic drive back. Without, you know, triggering a manic episode.

I just heard an empty water bottle hit the floor downstairs and yelled, "get off the counter" like Og was actually going to a) understand what I said, and b) actually get off the counter. Cats, man.

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Word count for November 5 -- 1309.

I'm getting further behind, which is vexing. I have got to start writing earlier in the day because I want to write more at this very moment, but my night time meds are kicking in and it's hard to keep my eyes open.

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Last night Nancy mentioned that she's been here in California with me for ten years now. Actually, we moved her here in early September, but still.... Ten years. That's the longest I've lasted with anyone and it's been fairly smooth sailing. It's kind of funny because we were both "thank you for putting up with me" even though we do really well well when you consider the baggage and health issues.

Ten years. That's pretty awesome.

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This year I decided to try reaching the NaNo word count goal, but not work on a specific, new, story. Mostly I've been working on the Est fic, but I wrote a quick thing set in the Blood Histories series and I'm also working on a fic with Nancy.

As of yesterday (last night/early this morning) I'm at 6024 words, which is about 800 less than I should be at. Overall, though, I'm pretty pleased with my progress.

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Because I'm writing, I'm not reading as much, so doing a regular Wednesday reading thing is probably out for a while. I kind of got hung up on the English Civil War for a little while, so I just finished "Cromwell to Cromwell: Reformation to Civil War" by John Schofield. It was pretty interesting; he looked at how history went from Thomas Cromwell who would probably never had dreamed of rising against Henry VIII to Oliver, who helped depose and execute his king. It was kinda dry but also interesting.

I don't have anything queued up to read right now.

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I haven't done much cooking lately either; my anxiety keeps telling me I'll ruin dinner, which...so what? I mean I probably won't and if I do, it's not the fucking end of the world. But...try arguing with anxiety.


So that's me.

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I really wish the Orioles had won the ALCS because a orange and black World Series would have been awesome.

But...we had a game straight from the movies. Ups and downs and unlikely heroes. A walk off home run from a guy who honestly thought about quitting earlier this year because he thought he'd never make the big leagues again and....

THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT!!!

For the third time in five years, the Giants are going to the World Series!!!!

still incoherent here

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The Giants won the NLDS tonight! We're on to St. Louis for the NLCS!!!

You don't have to be a Giants fan or even a baseball fan to understand how great this is.

If you're a Giants fan, you understand why it's awesome that they did it the same night the Dodgers lost their elimination game.

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The Giants won! 8-0

And now, on to DC!

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