I finished my Nano novel. I need to brag about my awesomeness right now. 4 days early and I actually life this story. Basically it tells the tale of a 20 something we all wish we could be (sexy, English degrees, getting her PhD, etc) who gets engaged to this Scottish guy. Within 10 pages he dies. So it's then about how 5 years later she can't get over him, changed her life around to be where he was before he died, and has all these issues (seriously dark and depressing). And oh yeah, the fiance?...

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This is going to be a giant KVETCH. Warning now:

I'm one of those people that believes homemade gifts or semi-homemade gift are the best kinds of gifts. I'd rather get a really pretty card that one of my friends made me than some gift set from Bath and Body Works. So every year I make everyone on my list something. It's cheesy I know, but that's how I roll. And I mean I knit, I sew, I freakin' modge podge! I've knit copper and silver wire to make jewelry that's my extent of craftiness...

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I was trying to think of these witty blog titles about my novel for Nano this year but I'm stuck.

This year my novel, which was inspired by a fact in the Espresso lounge (the love and relationships factoid thread), was supposed to be this cute little chick-lit novel that would be fun and easy to write. I thought I'd gloss over certain aspects because chick lit doesn't really deal with those. It deals with fun and "I just ate a million calorie waffle and I should feel bad but I...

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While most people think of fall/autumn as the time when leaves change different colors and fall (which I just saw happening! So cool! Why didn't anyone tell me that it's so cool to see that?!), pumpkin spiced flavored everything, maple flavored everything, and Halloween candy. For me Fall/Autumn is National Novel Writing Month/nanowrimo time (hopefully it's okay for me to post this here). Basically it's my 1 month period where I actually write and finish a story, and it doesn't matter if it's good...

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I'm afraid of heights. Okay not so much heights but falling and falling and heights go hand and hand. I think it's one of those control issues. I have nightmares where I'm on an endless slick wood floor and can't stop sliding and I'm struggling to stop, literally kicking my legs out, really using my legs not in dream world, to stop myself and I can't. So it has to be a control thing about heights and falling. I force myself to go on rides that are really high that I fall straight down on but even...

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