You Are a WINNER!!!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah, Hallelujah! HALLEEEELUUUUJAAAAHHHHHH!!!Congrats and many back pattings for me, for I have won NaNoWriMo on this oh-so-important day of November 26th, 2009 topping out at 52,845 words! Wooooooo!!! The moment could only be improved by streamers and confetti, but sadly I was writing to feverishly to buy any... I'll just throw a few crumpled balls of paper in the air instead. That's good enough, right?While I reached the 50,000 mark I'm still not done with the plot. In fact, I have a little further to go. I don't care about that, though. I wrote 50,000 words in a month!!!!! Wow! I am so proud of myself. I entered this month with

"Trouble Sleeping"
Exercise #96 : "Trouble Sleeping"Here are the nanes of the characters:Glenda; Howard; Fecky Hastings; and Asa, the old sheepdog. For each one, in three sentences or less: when and why did each of them begin to have trouble sleeping? How did each one cope (or not cope)?Tick, tock...Ah, trouble sleeping. I am most definitely not a stranger to this problem. Before I got mono, I would lie in bed for hours before I was able to fall asleep. It was absolutely ridiculous! I'm hoping that, with this new-found easy sleep pattern, insomnia will not rear its ugly head each and every night. Well, let's start with the exercise, shall we?

"Little Dog (or Cat) Name Poem"
Exercise #95 : "Little Dog (or Cat) Name Poem"This is an exercise in using alliteration and rhythm.The other day on C.M. Mayo's blog she posted this poem:Little Dog Name Poem (To the Tin Whistle & Gamelan) Tater, Tot, Louie, Boomer, Bridget, Bijou, Elpis, Roxy, Leader, Lucy, Lola, Coco, Chloe, and of course--- drum-rolllll--- Picadou.Take a look at the alliteration:Tater, TotBoomer, Bridget, BijouLeader, Lucy, LolaCoco, Chloe (well, close...)and the rhythms... (an easy way to get the feel for the rhythm of writing is to read it aloud, but with your hand covering your mouth).The exercise

Future Neighborhood
Exercise #94 : "Future Neighborhood"Describe your neighborhood as you would expect it to appear 10 years from now.Et allez!!! (And go!!! in French heh)Well, I live in what would be referred to as the "nice ghetto." It's gradually getting better, but 10 years from now, I don't think very much will have changed. Sure, there will be new inhabitants, and the streets may be repaved, but the houses, while pretty old, are extremely sturdy little houses. Unless there's some unforeseen catastrophic upheaval involving the end of the world or a land buy-out it's all going to remain.The neighborhood used to be really bad

"George's Movie Plot" and Motorcycle Trauma
Exercise #93 : "George's Movie Plot"Plot a movie in 5 minutes! I am not kidding. Just answer the questions about George in one sentence or less.How old is George?How does George make a living?What does George want that he is unlikely to get?What does George secretly want that he is unlikely to get?What is George most afraid of?What is George secretly most afraid of?Now, it so happens that one day, much to George's surprise, the very real possibility arises that he could get what he has always wanted. How does this happen? (Again, in one sentence or less.)What might be an obstacle to his getti