NaNot

So, it seems this NaNo's lesson was not how to write through adversity (though I did some of that), but how to let go of a challenge when it really is unreasonable to continue. The final straw was when I got pulled over for the license plate light being out; not that that was that big a deal, in the grand scheme of things, I didn't even get a fix-it ticket, but it was the one more damned straw that made me admit the full 50K just wasn't going to happen when I was spending twelve-hour days advocating for decent medical care for Mom.

That said, I kicked ass. 20317 words in the first 11 days, and I managed another 6114 even after Mom went down. That alone is more than I usually manage in a month. And they're words I'm happy with, too; the characters are developing nicely, I started setting up for some things I'm excited about, and my speed-researched angelology came in handy and generated ideas without constricting anything. (I will note that next time I do NaNo, I need to either pick something with less research requirements, or start researching a lot sooner.)

I feel pretty satisfied with my NaNo accomplishment, given the circumstances. I am sitting bedside in the hospital (different one) again as I type this, so obviously Apocollapse isn't getting very far atm, but I feel good that it will.