nanowrimo

Okay, so this is my thought about NaNoWriMo. Finishing the rewrites on Urban Shaman is *way* higher in priority, particularly as I’m not doing NaNoWriMo for the purposes of Writing A Novel. I’ve done that several times. The purpose of me doing NaNoWriMo is to enter a contest which closes on Dec. 31; if I succeed in that, I’ll be delighted. If I don’t, I’m not going to be crushed. I’d *like* to, but I’ve *got* to finish the US rewrites. So this is my plan: I’m going to work…

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pumpkin!

I took some pictures of the pumpkin I carved! The only problem is the photos didn’t show that the ear made a light-shadow on the wall beyond it, which looks preeeeeetttttty darned cool. Anyway, Happy Halloween!

pumpkins

I’ve discovered it’s a lot more fun to carve pumpkins when it’s Mommy or Daddy who do the hard work of scraping all the pumpkin innards out first. :)

and it’s off!

And it’s off! I put the US ms into the mail this morning! Wish it luck! :)

FWWWSHHHHH

Chapters edited: 3. Cover letters written: 1. Synopses sweated over: 1. *fwwssssshhhh* Now I’m going to *bed*. Will post the envelope to the publisher *tomorrow*. G*night*. *tud*