It's Friday, thoughts on Novel-in-90

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And this weekend I'll be biking in the Tour de Cure so wish me luck.

Back to Novel-in-90, I managed 8,750 words for the first seven days. Adding in the 1,500 2,250 words that I wrote this afternoon, that takes me up to 11K. Not outstanding, but pretty darn good. That's two entire chapters that didn't exist on May 31st. I'm hoping that I can keep up the momentum despite having two travel weekends in my near future.

The novel_in_90 community has been motivating--I know I need to write so I can post my totals, and so I do. But the community is also a bit like the gym after New Year's resolutions. Lots of folks show up on the first day--then the crowd starts to thin out. It will be interesting to see how many are around and still active by the time we've been at this for a month, and how many are still going when the 90 days is up.

Though I understand why people drop out. Between the day job, writing, and squeezing in time for the gym, I'm frazzled. I nearly had a meltdown trying to figure out how I'd get my hair cut and a grocery run in this week, before I left town. And at least I don't have to worry about children looking to me for food/grooming/entertainment.