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Writing is back on track for NaNo. I had a quilting retreat over the weekend, and while I was able to write (and even catch up!) on Friday, it took attention away from my creative classes (also: never leave your husband in charge of the children, especially if they have complicated plans for the evening!)

I made a conscious decision on Saturday to focus on my (paid for) classes, and actually really got into the groove with sewing – I ended up working on class projects until midnight, damn my word count!

The worst part about Friday was the scattered writing sent my plot into a direction that really messed up the story. It took me a while to get my groove back after that mess.

Caught up a bit on Sunday, and should be caught up again by the end of the day today.

Found a couple of good writing books while out with my son yesterday. One is Fire Up Your Writing Brain by Susan Reynolds. I love me some brain research, and tying it to writing? Sold.

Working on NaNo again this year, I couldn’t remember a word for the wind in pine trees…sirissing? Shirshiring? I typed “define surussing” and BAM:

su·sur·ra·tion

(so͞o′sə-rā′shən) also su·sur·rus (so͝o-sûr′əs, -sŭr′-)