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NaNo Day Twenty-Two__November 22, 2012: JUST BE THANKFUL DAY

Happiest Thanksgiving to those in the States, and be happy, wherever you're located!





NaNo: started the sequel today, as part of the first, so wc = 51,461





November 22 2012: Thanksgiving (U.S.)





Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S., but I’m declaring it “Just be Thankful” day wherever you are, whoever you are, whatever you are. Why am I thankful today? Well, I am alive (as far as I can tell), and despite health conditions I’m not an invalid, and I live in relative freedom. To some, I am valuable, and even though I validate myself, it’s nice that there are others who appreciate me. <smile>





Today I am specifically over-the-Moon thankful because:





Yesterday I topped 50,000 word count on my NaNoWriMo novel, on Day Twenty-One. I decided at the end of yesterday’s writing that I had found a good cut-off point for that novel, so today I started on the sequel (same characters, same framework, but now I get to add the future [1936] to their present [1880] and cross the Big Pond from an island off the East Coast of Scotland, to Michigan in the United States.  Basically what this means (for now) is that one of my main characters (and I just realized overnight that I have a main character I thought was a supporting character-yet she is the backbone of the framework LOL) experiences Dreams and Visions of what to him is the future (1935-1936) and of his grandson, Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Ironwood Asylum, just like his grandfather, who founded and  operates Brightmoor Asylum in Scotland). To me, this is all too cool. I sat down to the 30-min Writing Sprint this AM, and the story just flowed: no waiting for inspiration while the clock ticked; no scrabbling for ideas; it just flowed. Glory Hallelujah and am I thankful!