Just Jyll

My second year at NaNoWriMo and my first year to complete the effort! I am very happy with the outcome and plan to pursue my novel wholeheartedly!

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As of last night, I managed to get up to 27,259 words. Wow!
Just noticed that my blog has suddenly become a spam magnet. Thank goodness for plugins to weed that nonsense out!
I was cleaning off my desk – it’s a major task – and came across some notes. Galatians 5:13 tells us to serve one [...]

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I’m about 10,000 words behind schedule. Ugh.
So much drama at my place of employment right now. It’s difficult to stay focused on the writing task at hand. I managed to crank out about 1,000 words this evening. It didn’t make a dent in the deficit.
I should be at the 25,000 word mark this weekend. To [...]

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I’m up to 7,228 words as of today. Hit a bit of a snag when a possibility arose that my plot line could easily fork.
What got me off on that tangent was a friend’s comment, “What will happen in your second book?” Wow… hadn’t thought that one out.
I may end up pausing a day or [...]

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It’s Day 3 – you’re 10% completed!
I know it is a struggle to balance work-life-writing. Heck, it’s hard enough to balance work and home life as it is.
What works for me is to schedule time with myself to write. Having the outline, character cards, and plot cards are really making a difference to me.
To maintain [...]

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