Monthly Archives: November 2009

NaNoWriMo Day 2

4098 words in two days aren’t bad, and the story is still moving for me, so I still have hope that this is doable. 28 days to go! DLH

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Something to think about at the polls tomorrow

If you are one of the small fraction of voters, who themselves represent a small fraction of eligible Americans, who vote tomorrow, here are some things to think about while you’re touching screens or punching chads: How did all these … Continue reading

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In case you forgot

In case you forgot why we are in Afghanistan and why we must never forget: New York’s ship comes in. The USS New York, LPD-21. DLH

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NaNoWriMo

Today begins the thirty days known to many writers as National Novel Writing Month, “a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30”. I … Continue reading

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