October is almost over. I can\u2019t believe how crazy it\u2019s been. When it started, I had pie in the sky plans for finishing my third Legally in Love novel, and I was off to a running start, about 45,000 words in ten days. Yay! And then\u2026 for the next three weeks, not even 100 words as life high-jacked all my plans.<\/p>\n
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Sometimes, just to feel like a bit of a martyr perhaps or so that I don\u2019t feel like a slouch and a time-wasting loser, I make a \u201cta-da\u201d list instead of a \u201cto do\u201d list, especially when I am down on myself for not reaching a certain arbitrary deadline or goal I\u2019ve given myself. Looking back on the word count disaster, I have to do this or else I\u2019ll just mope.<\/p>\n
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This is only stuff I can think of off the top of my head, and I\u2019m not even going to mention the little skirmishes I had to fight against myself now and then. One thing that\u2019s not on this list: slept eight hours at a stretch even once. One thing I wish weren\u2019t on the list: gained seven pounds. Alas.<\/p>\n
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I know there\u2019s a touch of martyr syndrome in me, and I\u2019m working on that, but when I look at this list it does make me feel a touch better and less like a total slacker as a writer. Now, enough whining. I\u2019m going to go add some padding to my word count. I wish I could get this whole project done in time to start a new book (which I outlined on one of the out of town trips) for NaNoWriMo for November, but I\u2019m going to just cut myself some slack and write this book at a reasonable pace.<\/p>\n
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