NaNoWriMo

Today is day five of NaNoWriMo. I've only gotten 1171 words written and that's not good. My kids keep getting sick and between that and all the regular doctor's appointments scheduled this week, I've not been writing. I swear that my writer's block comes from too much going on here, really. I don't know if I'll be able to complete a novel for NaNoWriMo, but I'd like to feel like I was at least on the road to accomplishing such a thing. Instead, I'm running back and forth to doctors' offices and distracting myself with Facebook and other joys of the internet. I don't do this when the muse is flowing, but when I'm feeling writer's block I spend too much time doing other things and avoiding staring at the screen knowing I should be writing the next great novel. (LOL)

One thing I've found online that I love is Inkygirl: Daily Diversions For Writers by Debbie Ridpath Ohi. She's a writer, but she's also a cartoonist and draws the funniest comics for writers. I ran across her on Twitter and often read her comics when I'm having "one of those days" writing. She's doing a series of comics for NaNoWriMo that are just hilarious.

Today's music of the moment is again on my "Mel's Music" playlist on iTunes (this is my fave playlist if you haven't noticed). The song is "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by U2. Right now I'm not sure that this song relates to any of my books, although I do have it in mind possibly for Train Wrecks or Blame It On The Samba. Both of those books have characters who get involved in romantic relationships that are not fully fulfilling and not what they are truly looking for.

Well, my sick son would like my attention so I should finish this up and go spend time with him. I will post more tomorrow. Sorry I missed yesterday, but my whole day got eaten up with doctors and a sick child, and I ran out of time to blog.