I didn’t make it to my goal yet, but I did hit my 50k+ which is pretty damn good. I’ve been in Atlanta since the 22nd, so that substantially cut down on my writing time – plus the friend’s house I’m at had no wireless! A travesty! And all of the neighbors had their wireless locked up. So there were up 8 people sometimes (depending on who was there,) trying to use the home computer. Finally I gave in and for a thank you present I bought her a router and set up a network for her so that other people could use their laptops. I had to man.

So anyway, visiting cut down on my writing, but I still made 50k. I’m shooting for the rest of it (30k) by Dec 15-20th, depending on how busy we are at work.

I’m also doing the opposite of NaNo for the month of December – I’m doing 100 Words. Writing exactly 100 words, every day, for a month, starting tomorrow. Yeah I’m crazy. This is all about the discipline tho.

And the fact I am crazy.

More soon…

Almost 22k words. Hot damn!

1.) The Gender Genie – this is both a cool toy and a useful writing tool. Fun, well because it’s neat to see what gender it thinks your own writing is, but as a writer’s tool it is great for analyzing dialogue and writing voice.

2.) Pearls Before Breakfast. What happens when a world famous violinist plays a complicated and well-known piece on a Stradivari violin – in a D.C. subway station? Not what you’d think. I keep going back to this article, because I feel like there is a lot that can be learned from it in many ways, about everyday life of course, but also about context and environment.

3.) del.icio.us. This online bookmark site is amazing. Seriously, I have 2600 links, and I can find whatever I need easily. Since this include school stuff for both my daughter and I, writing and market links, research for writing links, along with all the other things I *need* to bookmark, I use it LOT. It’s so easy, and so user friendly, I have to give them mad props.

4.) The Life Cycle of a Blog Post. Not a lot new here for me, but a great description for when you are trying to explain it to people. Moving around the map is a bit of a pain in the rear tho.

5.) One of the most adorable LOLCats I have seen – a Firefox LOLCat! I love LOLCats. Clickie to enbiggin.

The purpose of this meme is to give high-fives to 5 people, posts, blogs and/or websites you’ve admired during the week, so who are YOUR High-Fives? Post them to your blog and then Share the love.