About 15 minutes to "GO!"
My next entry will be just before bedtime. Last year I wrote about 2500 words/7 pages before bed on the Friday night. I suspect that I'll match or better that this go 'round.
Just about ready...
I've got a pretty good idea of what I'll be writing about, I know which font and what size and that's all set (I can take HOURS picking a font sometimes) and my stew is stewing.
I'll probably write for a couple of hours from midnight to bed time. Get a good beginning and then hit the sack.
Tomorrow will be hard, because I'll be at work and having to deal with customers. Normally (as far as last year goes) I write from around noon on, so if I can get at least
some writing done in the morning and then putter away in the afternoon while it's busier, then I shouldn't be
too far off my pace from last year.
Anyhow, I'm settling in with tea and a movie between now and midnight.
Cheers.
Step One.
Mailed my entry form/fee.
Just this side of late.
Phew!
Talk about last minute!
Tomorrow is August 31.
The deadline for mailing your entry form and $50 fee to the three day novel contest is...you guessed it: August 31.
I'll be mailing my entry...you guessed it: Tomorrow.
Why such a close call? I just keep friggin' forgetting! Honest.
I wake up every morning and think: "Make out that check and mail it
today." Then I get home at 6:30 and think: "Damn. I have the attention
span of a mildly inebriated fern."
So, tomorrow it is.
I also have absolutely NO clear idea of what I'm going to write this time around. On the up side, I did remember to buy all the ingredients for my patented "Writin' Stew" that I'll whip up tomorrow night in my slow cooker.
Since I'm going to close the store on Sunday and Monday, I'm only hamstringing myself for the 9 hours I'll be at the store on Saturday, but there's no reason that I can't write at least a little during business hours.
Last minute isn't new to me. Last year, I had an outline in mind, but really the final story wasn't much like what I'd envisioned. So no real worries on that front.
And awaaaay we go!
