Writing is wretched, discouraging, physically unhealthy, infinitely frustrating work. And when it all comes together it’s utterly glorious.
Ralph Peters
Yep. That’s pretty much how I feel. I did not make my goal of 50000 words for NaNoWriMo, but I have over 36000 words, and more importantly, I am really beginning to see the project take shape! I really believe it may be a book yet. I am going to continue to work on it in December and hopefully by Christmas I will have hit that word goal!
I hope you had an EXCELLENT Thanksgiving + Holiday Weekend! We have not been off for the holiday here in Scotland, but we have still been giving thanks. Also, we had some fun FaceTime with friends and family.
I only have a few links this week, since I’ve been hiding from the internet in order to write, but I’ll be back with more next week! I also have a new expat story coming up and fun pictures from Edinburgh! For now, here’s a little self promotion + some food I’ve enjoyed in the last week or so.
Things I’ve written around the World Wide Web lately:
London For One at the Huffington Post
Colorado Rocky Mountain High at Kiss From The World
A new recipe for Arkansas Women Bloggers
It’s been all about the comfort food around here lately, because I need a lot of extra calories for writing. Or maybe it’s just the cold weather.
We’ve made Cauliflower Pie (pictured above) and Shepherd’s Pie.
Plus my Cheddar Potato Soup, which always makes me feel happy in the winter time.
Um, as I soon as I saw these homemade twix bars I had to have them. Take my word for it and do not make them. They are deadly.
This looks yummy to me. Maybe I’ll make it next week!
Happy Weekend Friends!
Love you sweet family! It melted my heart to see all of you on Facetime. Just so you know…..YOU ARE MISSED! Love you, Bev
YOU are missed!! Wish I could see you for reals! XOXO
That is too funny on the recipe you said you might try. We had acorn squash stuffed with cranberry sauce and some honey and allspice for Thanksgiving dinner. Glad you are doing well, you writing is great!
YUM! That sounds delish! I love a good acorn squash! Thanks for your sweet encouragement!
I want to visit you – always some yummy food item at your place. 🙂
Come on! I’ll throw something in the tiny oven. 🙂
Ha! You got a lot further in nanowrimo than I did. Plus it looks like you got some interesting side projects in. Sounds like a productive month.
That’s a good way to look at it. 🙂 I’m celebrating every word written. 🙂
Good luck with the book! I’m curious to hear more, hope we get to read sometime soon after Christmas 🙂 And thanks for the warning, I better stay away from those twix bars….
Thanks so much Satu!! Happy travels to you this week! 🙂