Raven's Range
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Sunday, 01 November 2009 19:13

01 November 2009

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As I sit and type it is Halloween, one of my favorite nights, and not because of the tricky treaters (those are non-existent out here). Woke up this morning way too early (I should not have drunk a smoothie just before bedtime) but did get to see the sun rise. I took a day off and got quite far with some Markeroni projects. I dream of being independently rich so that I can write for fun and snarf for a living. ;)

Actually I didn’t see the sun until much later, as I woke up to a world swathed in mist. That’s par for the course this season, it seems: mysterious mist and a sense of magic, with this gradually giving way to a warm, pleasant afternoon. The earliest snow is already on the mountains, but it’s just a wisp so far.

I missed last week, more through disorganization than anything else. I suppose it would make more sense to talk about the things I did in the last fortnight that weren’t work:

I baked chocolate chip cookies.

I hit 50 articles at Suite101 and immediately saw a rise in revenues (there seems to be a critical mass that hits around this level, as I’ve only had one zero-income day since then).

We celebrated two years of living in an RV.

I’ve committed to NaNoWriMo again, as a Rebel, again. I intend to write 50,000 words for my on-spec projects like my blog, Suite101 and Examiner.

I went on several motorcycle rides with Don and several short walks and considered buying Charles Atlas’ course. Instead, I dug out my Fitdeck Exercise Playing Cards and practiced some stretches.

I laughed when Don rolled over and the cat fell out of the bed.

Did movie night with Kerry & co. Nobody else liked Erik the Viking :: sniffle ::

I attended a local winery’s fall festival with free music, and we followed it up with non-free pizza and good company. (That’s enough alliteration for now. Ffffpt.)

I got Raven’s Roads a bit closer to the way I want it. One day I might even finish posting the pics and write-ups from our June trip.

For the rest, I’ve been working. I am getting better at it every day, and it’s not a bad way to bring back the bacon, though very hard to make enough. I seriously can’t write 8 hours a day; if I could, I’d be set.

I’m trying to get webmasters with motorcycle forums to work with me on A Little Twist of Texas but it’s a bit disheartening to contact twenty of them and not get one response. At the very least, I find that rude.

I hear the law has changed. ;) The FitDeck link is an affiliate link. ;)

Here are some things I have written in the last couple of weeks:

Guggenheim Museum celebrates 50 years

Lincoln Highway historical marker in Nebraska

Winchester Mystery House Halloween events

Blue plaque for Welsh championship cyclist

What is National Novel Writing Month?

Review of No Plot? No Problem!

Legitimate cheats for NaNoWriMo

How a motorcycle ignition works

What to call the different parts of Britain

Two simple lentil recipes