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Today, I am thankful for many things, but most particularly Jane Eyre, my cousin Carissa, my laptop, and National Novel Writing Month (though not quite in that order).
I spent much of today writing, because I could, and when I wasn't writing I was reading. It was marvelous to spend an entire day interspersing my novel with Charlotte Bronte's at a whim. I am really coming to love Jane Eyre, and I'm maybe about halfway through it. Likewise I am coming to tolerate (not quite love) my novel, which I am officially 50,000 words through. If this was last year, I would be done with it already. But this isn't last year, so I've got 10,000 words left to go. These 10k will be a breeze, I have a feeling, even if they do show me that my story has gotten completely out of hand and is no longer anything like what it was supposed to be.
In the pursuance of any great endeavor, one must rely upon the support of many individuals. Now is as good a time as any to thank them.
First, thank you to my family and friends for putting up with me through this month- -again. I know you probably thought last November was bad enough. But this is year two, making it an official tradition which you'll slowly come to live with. Thanks especially for letting me mercilessly bounce ideas off of you (and occasionally steal them from you).
Second, thanks to those who willingly or unwillingly, knowingly or unknowingly provided me with material for my plot or characters. A special shout-out goes to Mr. Timothy Vargish, for kindly lending his name and his passion to an entire species of alien life (something of which he is still not aware). Thanks are also due to Katherine, whose initals provided me with my main character's first name.
Third, this year I get to thank those people I know personally who saw me do this last year and decided that they would try it for themselves. It has been so great working alongside you all this year. Here's to many more days and nights of literary abandon!
I spent much of today writing, because I could, and when I wasn't writing I was reading. It was marvelous to spend an entire day interspersing my novel with Charlotte Bronte's at a whim. I am really coming to love Jane Eyre, and I'm maybe about halfway through it. Likewise I am coming to tolerate (not quite love) my novel, which I am officially 50,000 words through. If this was last year, I would be done with it already. But this isn't last year, so I've got 10,000 words left to go. These 10k will be a breeze, I have a feeling, even if they do show me that my story has gotten completely out of hand and is no longer anything like what it was supposed to be.
In the pursuance of any great endeavor, one must rely upon the support of many individuals. Now is as good a time as any to thank them.
First, thank you to my family and friends for putting up with me through this month- -again. I know you probably thought last November was bad enough. But this is year two, making it an official tradition which you'll slowly come to live with. Thanks especially for letting me mercilessly bounce ideas off of you (and occasionally steal them from you).
Second, thanks to those who willingly or unwillingly, knowingly or unknowingly provided me with material for my plot or characters. A special shout-out goes to Mr. Timothy Vargish, for kindly lending his name and his passion to an entire species of alien life (something of which he is still not aware). Thanks are also due to Katherine, whose initals provided me with my main character's first name.
Third, this year I get to thank those people I know personally who saw me do this last year and decided that they would try it for themselves. It has been so great working alongside you all this year. Here's to many more days and nights of literary abandon!
