Getting back to speed

[skyring]

Well, it's been a busy day what with this Cackleberry thing. Very distressing, and not what I really need at the moment, but it had to be done, and I'm hoping that something positive comes from it.

Apart from all the messages of support that is. Forum posts, emails, LJ comments, even a phone call! I must be doing the right thing if so many people I love and trust tell me so!

Sunday was My NaNoWriMo meeting. We assembled in Garema Place by the big silver pillow, upon which I naturally released a book, only to be topped by Calissa who released two!

There was a protest march assembling nearby and for a while we had more peoplee than they did. we considered amalgamation, if not forced recruitment:

"Wadda we want?"
"50 000 words!"
"Wenna we wannit?"
"Now!"

But instead we hied ourselves off to a nearby cafe, where I asked the smiling waitress whether if you ordered pasta and antipasto you went hungry. "There's always one!" she said "But with this table there's eleven!"

That's what happens when you get a team of high speed novelists together.

A pleasant lunch and I got some good lines which I'll try to winkle in somewhere.

I feel rather ashamed, though - even Calissa, who was undergoing treatment for a sore writing wrist right there at the table, has written more than I have! Basically, I'm almost a week behind.

Afterwards Kerri, DD and I went to the Botanical Gardens, where we walked in the rainforest gully, admired the wildflowers and had an icecream or two at the kiosk. I took some pix which I'll upload as soon as I free up some space on my hard drive.

Comments

[myopicmeringue.livejournal.com]

Sorry you're having a hard time with cackleberry. I didn't know what was going on, but I took a look at the forum post, and it seems like you've acted in a fair way, and it was wrong of him to post your PM. I find him an odd character.