The monsoon season has set in here in south Arkansas, with 20 or more inches already this month( compared to 0.6 inches this month last year). I have moved my dogs to higher ground, my wife has sheltered the chickens, and we have wished the cat our best. The Ouachita River, which is normally 3 or 4 miles away, is a lot closer now. Where can I find some gopher wood to construct an ark? At last glance, Home Depot had none. Oh well...
The rains are good for something, at least. I have spent a little more time at my writing station working on poems and my western novel. I have also signed up (FREE!) for NaNoWriMo, which is National Novel Writing Month. It is a program in which writers vow to write a 50,000 word novel in the month of November (approx. 1667 words a day). I figure maybe a deadline and the pressure of others pushing me will get me off my good intentions and onto the Novel Express. If you are curious or interested in signing up, type NaNoWriMo in your search box and click on their site. It should be fun!
Time falls back this weekend, and, unfortunately that means I'll be working 13 hours Saturday night instead of 12. But, on the bright side, the company will apologize on my next paycheck!
If you are socked in by the rains, USE your time indoors wisely and write something. Rain is a great inspiration for poets and fiction writers as well as essayists. Look out the window and dream! As Mary Oliver says, "Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell (or write) about it."
Until next time, be good, stay well and write on.
I also signed up for NaNoWriMo for the same reason that you mentioned - to have a deadline pushing me on. I won't be able to write on Sundays so that leaves 2000 words for the other days of the week. I hope that both of us reach the goal.
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