"I can write better than this!"

In fact, I am writing better than this. "This" being the latest editing project, a novel that seems to be part family stuff, part spy thriller. I'm fixing the grammar and spelling--everything from "plague" for "plaque" to Jesse Owens and the Kosciusko River. (I knew he had that wrong because we have a bridge by that name.)

Not only is this confidence-building, but it's different enough from what I'm working on to not contaminate it.

"I can write better than this!"

In fact, I am writing better than this. "This" being the latest editing project, a novel that seems to be part family stuff, part spy thriller. I'm fixing the grammar and spelling--everything from "plague" for "plaque" to Jesse Owens and the Kosciusko River. (I knew he had that wrong because we have a bridge by that name.)

Not only is this confidence-building, but it's different enough from what I'm working on to not contaminate it.

more numbers

( gym, of course )

Nanowrimo, current word count: 15,761

Number of other people at rassef gathering: 0. I got there about 6:30, stayed through a glass of ginger ale, and left, after scribbling some novel notes. The whole thing was a washout, literally as well as figuratively. (Or, possibly, seven of my friends got there five minutes after I left.)

I have 197 support points, putting me in 93rd place. You don't care about that.

more numbers

( gym, of course )

Nanowrimo, current word count: 15,761

Number of other people at rassef gathering: 0. I got there about 6:30, stayed through a glass of ginger ale, and left, after scribbling some novel notes. The whole thing was a washout, literally as well as figuratively. (Or, possibly, seven of my friends got there five minutes after I left.)

I have 197 support points, putting me in 93rd place. You don't care about that.