Words Worth Writing

Day 15: 29 November 2022 For this year’s NaNoWriMo, the plan was to write for 22 days in November. This gave me a daily target of 2,273 words, which should have been about 2 chapters per day. As with many great plans, however, my NaNo came unstuck in the middle when I had to do some work and get it...

Day 13 & 14: 27 & 28 November 2022 I always brag that I never, ever get flu and that I’ll never, ever have a flu jab. I did get flu once, and it was when we both had Covid 2 years ago. That felt like flu. But apart from that, I never, ever get flu… Until this week, it...

Day 12: 26 November 2022 I’ve not been well all week, since last Sunday, in fact, but I had paid client work to do and so that’s what I did. I sent the work back to the client yesterday, which means the rest of November is pure NaNo. Anyway, if I can work for a paid client when I’m ill,...

Day 10 & 11: 24 & 25 November 2022 Thursday was Day 10 for me, but I only managed to add 1,659 words. Today is Day 11, and it started badly when I had a relapse of my stomach flu, or whatever it is that’s ailing me at the moment. I spent much of the day in bed but had...

Day 9: 23 November 2022 Yesterday I said ‘Tomorrow will be better’. I added 2,730 words to the mix yesterday and today I added 2,935 words, so yes, it was slightly better, and a bit closer to that new target of 3,007 words. Today I wrote just over 200 words more than I did yesterday. It’s still not enough, though,...

Day 7 & 6: 19 & 22 November 2022 On Saturday I was rattling along but had to stop writing when tea appeared on the table. I didn’t have time to finish the day’s stint as we were off out to a Monkey Dust gig and we always have to get there early enough for the band to set up...