Thursday, November 22, 2001 ( 11:18 AM ) Giving Thanks!

I have a lot to be thankful for today. I just finished my first novel, The Scribe of Irohila. It is a children's middle-grades novel about a boy living in a very ancient civilization, beyond what our history books can tell us about. I'm putting it on the back burner for a few months while I finish up some other novels I had started a long time ago, before the NaNoWriMo challenge.

I wrote The Scribe of Irohila in 21 days, writing at least 2500 words daily except the one day I took off due to having to drive into Yreka for an appointment. I just got the cool graphic from the Journalers NaNoWriMo group. Thanks Ryan Kawailani Ozawa!!! (He organized the group and made the graphic!)

I also want to thank Chris Baty and his friends who created NaNoWriMo, without whom I'd still be a wannabe instead of a real novelist!

My current work in progress is an adult mystery novel called Escape From the Hills of Pravado.

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