I am a toolbox guy. I have a separate toolbox for each job that I might find myself doing around the house. If I need to do something to my car, I grab my toolbox filled with ratchets, sockets, and wrenches. If I need to repair a piece of furniture, I grab the toolbox with my planes, squares, and chisels. If I need to do some plumbing, well, you get the idea. When I got into the hobby of firearms, …
Year: 2010
Day 9 of National Novel Writing Month has come to a close (at least for me) and I have a total word count of 15,000. I had a bit of an interesting experience today. I generally wake up wicked early on Tuesdays and Thursdays in order to get to the gym and get a jump start on the two days that I work from home. Feeling remarkably tired this morning, I turned off my alarm clock and fell back to …
You are probably wondering, “Walt, it is Day 9 so why are we getting an update on day 8?” The answer to that question is simple, The National Novel Writing Month website was down last night and I couldn’t get a screen capture of my word count. I realize that is a lousy excuse for delaying an update but my writing excursion yesterday was a trying one. I had a bit of a rough day and was considering not adding …
Even though it is still relatively early, I think that I’m finished writing for day seven of National Novel Writing Month. My goal was to hash out twelve-thousand words and it was a bit of a struggle. I’m feeling a bit run down and just want to spend some time with my wife and daughter before the weekend closes out and we are back to the daily grind. After yesterdays successful day, I sat down this morning and realized that …
My day six contribution to National Novel Writing Month has come to a close and I feel absolutely invigorated with having chalked up 10,589 words. When I sat down to write this morning, I was a bit down on myself for having fallen behind. With a late start to the day, I didn’t have high hopes for getting very far. I wrote something like two-hundred words before closing my laptop and getting on with my day. My wife and I …
Tonight marks the end my day five contribution to National Novel Writing Month. While I should be thrilled to have written 7,863 words so far, I am bummed out that I am behind. Ideally I would like to be no less than 8,300 words but life is making steady writing a challenge. With a fairly busy weekend ahead of me, I’m concerned about not being able to pull ahead on my total word count. I suppose I’ll just have to …
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