Writing Accomplishments

November is a legendary month for writing for me and this year was no exception. I won NaNoWriMo after only 20 days of writing! My pace was extreme, my stress level was surprisingly low, and no chores around the house were completed until I hit 50,000 words. But…once I hit those 50,000 words in my lovely (and really, I love it) draft, I more or less pulled my head from my cave of words and realized I needed to prepare for Thanksgiving, read a book, watch some TV (I neglected TV for those 20 days) and clean the apartment. So I finished the month with just over 51,000 words, rather than pushing through any further than that. If not for the Thanksgiving holiday and its attendant family responsibilities, I probably would have gone a lot further… (I will maintain that position indefinitely!)

Reading Accomplishments

• Born of Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon

I picked up Born of Fire and Born of Ice, too. I’m a sucker for anything vaguely reminiscent of Star Wars and this series is that, and fun to boot. Still haven’t finished Sherlock Holmes, though I plug through the stories when I can. (Sherlock has become my read-to-work book, so I read half a story on the bus every afternoon.) … Which reminds me… First Lord’s Fury has just come out now that it’s December, hasn’t it? *Runs to bookstore*