November 29, 2007

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  Need I say more?  
  

  Well, I will anyhow. Without trying to sound like I just won an Academy Award, I offer thanks.  Thank you TheGoodDoctorJ (for not rolling his eyes too often when I said, “I’m going to write now.”)

  , englishwestern

  (without whom there would be no Lord Farley), arohk,(who explains weapons better than anyone else),  Mamaglop (who actually read some of it and said kind things), Hobbits8 (for all that Facebook encouragement), and most especially AimeeAnne

  ( who asked me to do this in the first place and sent me all sorts of lovely things in the mail and is coming in person in a week!).

  Feel free to congratulate some other NaNo winners–rachelstarr,  kirby1960, and momtoH_VandJ. LaDamedeShallot

   and Ilassie (who didn’t win yet, but I know they will!) are worth congratulating as well.

  Now, someone is sure to ask, “When can I read this great American novel?”   Here’s what
  Vladimir Nabokov had to say about reading rough drafts. “Only
  ambitious nonentities and hearty mediocrities exhibit their rough drafts.
  It’s like passing around samples of sputum.”  
  
  Since I certainly fall into the hearty mediocrity camp, I’ll have to say, “Sure, you can read my spit!” But, beware. The plot fluctuates more than a shadow in firelight.  The characters aren’t sure who they are supposed to be and change their personalities as often a five year old changes her clothes. I randomly wrote things and left big, giant gaps when I grew bored with a scene. This novel is by no means finished, and who knows if it ever will be?  
  
  Anyhoo, thanks for all your encouragement along the way.  We’re having Domino’s and a movie to celebrate. Whoop! Whoop!

  
  

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