#parent writer problems

Total: 29,193 / 50,000 (personal goal 60K)

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So I haven't posted since day 6/7 of nano. That's the kinda week(s) its been. Parenting is hard. Writing is hard. I'm tired. I'm emotional. I'm just trying to do my best. I'm thankful for my writing community.

I hope your month is going well and that your balance is better than mine.

Excerpt:

She fell asleep with the memory of the wind racing over her, calling her, pulling her further and further over the edge of no return. And her dreams were full of smoke and fire, and the cracking and splintering screams of the great pines as they fell all around her, crushing her beneath their weight.

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Also, for those of you wondering, I'm at 14,055 words out of the 15,000 word count goal I set for myself for camp nano this month!

Total: 11522/15000

Day 12: 1324 words

Halfway through chapter five!!!

Excerpt:

Taking a deep breath, she blinked several times, her eyes adjusting to the dark and settled on something sitting on her night stand. Squinting, she realized her mother had put fresh flowers at her bedside, and she tentatively reached a hand toward them, her fingertips lightly brushing the petals; soft, fragile, yet solid beneath her touch. She rubbed a leaf between her fingers and let the tranquil energy flow over the sensitive skin of her fingertips. For a moment her mind was calm as she contemplated the state of the flower; alive, and yet at the same time, dying. Cut from its roots but still struggling to survive, its watery confines providing its last energy as it slowly withered away. It was such a small thing, yet in that instance it felt profound.

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Writing 2000+ words for your world's history and character backgrounds totally counts towards your word count...right?

Word Count: a whole whopping 78 words

Posting a day late since last night was spent keeping the tiny humans alive. Hopefully I’ll get some writing done today and post an excerpt from day 10, but we’ll see what the gremli--er, children think about that.

Word Count: 1416 words

Total: 15,215 / 50,000 (personal goal 60K)

Day 6: 2,194 words

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Day 6 was a hard parenting day. I don't even remember writing, so the fact that I managed to get over 2000 words has me floored.

Finished chapter 11! Starting 12 today and hopefully this will be the last chapter before I can knit in the chapter I wrote back in January.

No excerpt today, but you can read about my exciting accomplishment here.

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Total: 17,759 / 50,000 (personal goal 60K)

Day 7: 2,544 words

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I made words happen today!!! And I finally introduced 2 characters that have been here for a few chapters without having actually been introduced. Whoops!!

I also have been extremely emotional and just honestly blown away at the responses of love and encouragement I've received today from my post this morning. Honestly thank you so much. 😭❣❣❣

I couldn't choose an excerpt for today that would make sense out of context and I didn't want to post too much since this is a spoilery scene. Hopefully excerpt on day 8!

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