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1. Don’t watch videos of earthquake footage just before bed. 2. Your mini blinds are actually far dirtier than they appear. 3. It’s best not to count how many ungraded essays you still have to read. 4. It’s also best not to look at the weather forecast for the next ten days (spoiler alert: COLD).

In addition to working and writing, Jesse and I have also been: 1. Listening to Billy Joel. 2. Watching the Tournament of Champions on Jeopardy! (I was cheering Tom on. He’s a writer, trying to buy some time. He got second place, so sad.) 3. Eating caramelized onion/blue cheese pizza (YUM).

Me: Writing, writing, writing, grading, prepping for classes, cooking, sleeping, grocery shopping. Jesse: Working, working, working, coughing, working, working working. Scroll down and check out my NaNoWriMo word count widget on the left! You can track how many words I’m writing. Had to do some serious catching up this past weekend. Better try and stay [...]

1. NaNoWriMo is going well so far. I’m a little over 12,000 words–the goal very far off still. Already, I feel I’m losing a bit of steam, but I’m trying to keep going. 2. I’m writing scenes in San Francisco for the book, and it’s like reliving parts of the city. I’m watching video I [...]