The wife and I carved our pumpkins yesterday. Mine is the goofy one on the right. It was fun, and I haven’t done it for over fifteen years. What a cheap form of entertainment! I think we bought our pumpkins for $3.00 each, and spent over an hour carving, scraping, and carving some more. Halloween has become a spooky holiday for me, but it has nothing to do with ghouls and ghosts.
Halloween now signifies the night before National Novel Writing Month. My anticipation is peaking. Being my 2nd year, this makes a healthy tradition. Just like last year, my outline isn’t as solid as I’d like, but unlike last year I have a lot clearer idea of what I’m doing this time. Let’s hope this first draft only sucks half as bad as the one I did last year! While the kiddies are getting treats, I’ll be doing some last minute efforts to prepare my trick of 50K words in 30 days.
Are you getting scared yet?
No! I’m finally getting excited about writing this thing. I’ve been in a huge funk the past two weeks but now things are looking up.
I love Halloween and carving pumpkins, btw. Yours is great! (they both are) We’re going to do ours with the kids tonight.
I’m not scared, I can’t wait. This book has been simmering for a while and I’m excited to get working on it. :) Love the pumpkins.
I’m amped too. Tomorrow! Are you ready?
Nice Jack O’ Lanterns! Good luck young wordsmith!