If we were having coffee, I’m sure none of us would be able to keep from discussing yesterday’s terrorist attacks in Paris. It is heartbreaking to think of innocent people being caught up in political terrorism. I can only imagine the shock, anger, sorrow, and frustration in France right now. Things like this should never happen and instead, we hear of it more and more. I don’t know what the answer is but there has to be a way for people to live in peace, without fear of being attacked by terrorists. I pray that one day soon, we will find a way.
If we were having coffee, I would tell you that my heart just isn’t in it today. It has been a sad week, although I’ve tried to concentrate on my grandsons and on writing and visiting blogs. I’ve tried. The boys bring me great joy and I truly enjoy visiting blogs and getting to know other bloggers. That part of the week has been good. Busy but good.
If we were having coffee I would tell you that I don’t have a lot of time today. I’m way behind in my NaNoWriMo word count and I have been asked to host one of the official write-ins today. The person that was supposed to host has to work so I will be doing it. I’ve spent the evening on Friday, putting together little prizes and sticker grab bags, plot bunnies, and a bag of candy for the participants and winners of our word sprints. I have a list of prizes…most words, least words, longest sentence, most characters, most dialog, etc. It’s a long write-in (4.5 hours) and I’m hoping to get a lot of writing done, even though I’ll be in charge of the word sprints and other fun. It has given me something to focus on as it just came up Friday morning. Hopefully it will be productive AND fun!
I also noticed a couple of days ago that I am really close to hitting my 1000th blog post. I’m kind of wanting to get to it by the end of December so you might see me posting more than once a day on some days so I can get to that milestone and move on to the next one right when the new year starts. So if you see me increase my posting schedule, that’s why!
Well, it’s now 2:15 am and I have the alarm set for 7 am so I should try to sleep. I still have some prep work for the write-in and I also have Anderson here overnight. He’ll want me to sit with him in the morning so I can’t doze while he is up.
I hope you all have a good day and a productive week.
And if you find it in your heart to do so, please say a little prayer for our friends in Paris. Send them some virtual hugs and shoulders to lean on.
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Wasted Days And Wasted Nights 
Good luck with your week. How exciting that you have almost reached 1000 blog posts! I am barely at 100 so I have a long way to go!
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Thank you, Nancy!
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The write-in sounds like fun, and a lot of work for you. I hope it went well. 🙂
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I wrote a lot and talked a lot! It was fun.. I could do it again. I have a short one tomorrow…2 hours. I need to get caught up.
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1000! Wow… And here I was, commemorating 200 🙂
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Lots of posts. I have blogged on other platforms prior to WordPress. Those posts aren’t reflected in this number.
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Best of luck with your writing goals today, this month, and in reaching your 1000th post! It’s such a fun milestone to pass (I’m sitting at 1144 as we speak)! Hope you have a wonderful week!
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I have to admire anyone who has made the commitment to the NaNoWriMo challenge/event. I wish I could fine the time to write more and still keep caught up on what’s left of my life.
The events in Paris are tragic and senseless acts of violence and quite appalling. I just do not understand why.
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my heart breaks over the Paris attacks, cant we all get along.
all the best with the writing sounds like you in for some productivity.
1000th post coming up wow i am barely at fifty never checked actually lol
~B
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I can understand your heart not being in it. I don’t think it is for any of us really. My husband believes that the situation will now improve and that Paris will be the catalyst needed to force the change. I’m afraid I’m more pessimistic but underneath I hope he is right.
It sounds like you have oodles on. How did your hosting go? Next year I hope to take part in nanowrimo. It sounds like it can be fun as well as a bit stressful.
Hope you have a good week. Cheers Irene
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Corina, thank you very much for the coffee. It’s meant a lot to me to be able to talk about Paris in our coffee share, particularly as I’m exhausted and keeping close to home. I have been living and breathing Paris lately researching my book and reworking poems and in particular, a short story, I wrote when I was in Paris for 6 weeks in 1992.
Unfortunately, I know thing about what Paris is going through as we had a terrorist siege in Sydney just over a year ago. I was relatively minor but it was in Martin Place in he heart of Sydney and went on for something like 12 hours and the centre of Sydney was evacuated and shut down. I subsequently found out that a old work colleague and friend was one of the hostages.
For months afterwards, I avoided the place. It was so creepy. Friends of mine work in the area and I really admire them for going back to work.
I can’t imagine what we went through in Sydney multiplied like it was in Paris. Hell on earth. I’d be hiding in my cupboard.
I really am praying for some kind of end to all of this.
xx Rowena
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