Grand total for the exercise so far?  35,609 words.  Woohoo!

So why do I feel like a failure?  Ask my shrink.  <gg>  No, seriously, the writing did not flow as well as I had forseen today.  I spent a lot of time second guessing myself, wiped out about 80 words and started a section over, then finally hit my groove right around the time Dan got home. 

Welcome to writing as work.

There were some enjoyable parts of what I wrote.  Some nice surprises and a few twists.  And I keep reminding myself that this is the first draft, not the finished product, so it's okay that I have inconsistencies with the first half of the novel.

(I'm doing a Nano-nono in continuing an existing novel...shhhh....don't tell anyone.)

I also got off to a late start, so maybe there's some residual guilt about that.  Plus there are Thanksgiving plans being made, windows were being washed, laundry demanding to be loaded, washed, dried, folded.  It's been a bit more hectic than the nano-normal day.  Once again, I thank my lucky stars (and a gracious God) for a husband who said, "Why don't we cater Thanksgiving this year?"

Caterers confirmed.  Check.
Ham ordered. Check.
Wine, beer, margaritas, sodas, water on hand.  Check.
Grocery store run?  Well that happens now. 

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