The NaNo Adventure

I'd forgotten how much of a marathon writing 50,000 words is. It's nothing to do with inspiration and everything to do with just forcing yourself to keep writing no matter what. It's discipline and will, not skill; the authorial equivalent of aerobic training. And I've gotten flabby and slow as a writer.

Which is an excellent reason to do it, of course; but it will in fact be a pain in the ass.

Book review: Watchtower by Elizabeth A. Lynn

( Full review within. )

Verdict: Keep and buy the other two in the series. (21/61 keepers)

Page count: 220 (11967 total)

Completed: 34 (17 female authors, 17 male authors)
Rejected: 27 (15 male authors, 12 female authors)

Next book due: Sun. 11/14

In other hard-work-related news

Voting responsibly is also a pain in the ass. I think I finally have it worked out for all relevant positions, but it took a number of hours of digging and I'm still not happy with the available choices in one of the races.

I am amused to note that while I usually end up voting party line for federal government, I'm almost always a split ticket for state and local. Hopefully this drives someone somewhere up the wall. :-)

ETA: And yet I made the mistake of looking at the forecasts for the next Congressional term, and now I'm depressed and angry again. Explosive fights from all sides of the House, more gridlock, and a Republican mandate that's essentially "repeal everything the Democrats have done for the last two years?"

It makes me physically nauseous.