All but one activity was cancelled due to the weather, so I spent most of it writing. I've almost caught up on my words with: surprise visits home at the ranch, a lover's spat, a marriage proposal and the beginning of a very important dialogue between two characters. Things are about to get very dramatic.
I have surprised myself at how much I can get written with NaNo, but the other surprise is that somehow I'm reading more too. As you will notice from the side bar I have just finished my sixth book for the month: THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES by Sue Monk Kidd, which was a very good read. I watched the movie a year ago and enjoyed it immensely, but the book is even better.Set in the 1960's in South Carolina, against a back drop of Black Civil Rights, the book tells the story of Lily. Her mother was shot accidentally when she was four and her father is a cruel, unloving man. All she has of her mother is a picture of a black Mary. A series of events leads her to run away and she finds herself living in a flamingo pink house with black sisters May, June and August, and a statue of a black Mary.
What follows is a poignant story of love and forgiveness, sprinkled with humour. I've put the book back on my shelf knowing that I will return to it again and again.
for a minute there I got confused as to which events you described were happening at home and which were in your novel thought your writing must've been interrupted by a surprise visit to 'the ranch'... that's living the story! Keep going :)
ReplyDeleteI had planned to watch the movie but never got around to it. Maybe I'll read the book one day, it sounds great.
ReplyDeleteYou're doing so well with Nano Sue. Sometimes I think the more you have on your plate the more you get done.
Joanne - you're right I'm sure. As they say "If you want something done, ask a busy person."
ReplyDeleteI have to say, I am looking forward to the 30th. All this busyness and discipline is quite unnatural!