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The last week of December, with Christmas behind us and the New Year still ahead, is always for me a reflective time. I'm always conscious of what was and was not accomplished during the past year (and somehow it usually feels like I could have done mo… more »

I've neglected to write over the last month about getting back into the audition circuit. With the new little guy, acting has of course had to take a back seat, but this fall I decided to starting inching my way back in. Earlier this fall I auditioned… more »

After taking a bit of a break on the novel following the official finish of NaNoWriMo on Monday. I've been working this week on putting together my application for the STAGE Script Competition which I'm submitting my one-man show to. I finished puttin… more »

Here we are at last, November 30th. It had been 30 days of writing and writing and writing, and in the end I reached a grand total of 60,000 words in that time. The story is clearly coming to an end, though not quite there yet. I will definitely fini… more »

Busy day today so I only managed about 1000 words (just over 57,000 total). This will make it difficult to hit my revised goal of 60,000 tomorrow, but at least I feel like I'm starting to approach the end. The first of Red's men fell and many s… more »

It is the final weekend of NaNoWriMo and I am still hopeful that I might finish the draft with just a couple more days left to go (at about 56,000 words now). I managed about 3,000 words today, which included a stop at the Tea Source, and feel that I'm… more »

Red ordered Jat to send the signal. It would alert their enemies that they needed reinforcements, but nothing else cold be done. In the meantime the pirates sought out a more fortified location. They found one just up the beach where some rocks rose… more »

I wrapped up a wonderful Thanksgiving Day with a stretch of NaNoWriMoing and am now at 52,000 words. Hoping for around 60,000 and a complete draft by the end of the day on Monday (the 30th). "I think that is wise," Red agreed and decided to bri… more »

...victory!!! This afternoon (in fact, just minutes ago) I crossed the 50,000-word mark in the great quest that is NaNoWriMo and am now officially a winner! It's been an interesting, crazy experiment this month (and not really over yet), and I'm still… more »

Well, the end is now in sight. I managed nearly 2,000 words today, bringing me to just over 49,000 total. 1,000 words to go and I achieve the goal of NaNoWriMo! Of course, the draft will not be complete just because I hit the 50,000-word mark and so… more »