Category: Random Thoughts

The junk that pops into my brain

Ready, Set, Write!

~ JodiLea
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2023

Today is November 1st. It marks the start of the National Novel Writing Month (a.k.a. NaNoWriMo). I have 30 days to write a draft of my next novel. The idea is to just write and write and spew out your story. Any research or editing can be done later.

Divided up evenly over 30 days, to get a novel of 50,000 words, you must write 1700 words per day. Brutal.

I have heard of authors who can dream about their novels and wake up to write chapter after chapter with ease. I would love to be one of those authors. Maybe tonight? It could happen – I will keep you posted.

If you don’t see posts from me very much this month, now you know why. The same goes for emails and phone calls. So, please don’t feel ignored or forgotten.

It’s just November.

TTFN



Things I’ve Learned after 10 years of Mountain Living

~ JodiLea
Oh My!
  • You cannot escape the 100+ degree temperatures, even surrounded by trees at 4,000 feet elevation.
  • Do your grocery shopping on Thursdays or early Friday mornings. Before the weekenders (a.k.a. flatlanders) start arriving. Don’t go into town until Monday.
  • Just when you think winter is coming to an end, a massive blizzard hits and dumps 5 1/2 feet of snow, breaking trees and tearing down power lines. We did not have power for 2 weeks. It was worse than camping!
  • Dawn and dusk are the times to avoid being on the road or in the forest.
  • When you overhear people in the grocery store or the Post Office discussing cats, they are not talking about kitty cats. They are talking about cougars & mountain lions.
  • Everyone has an opinion on how bad the winter is going to be. They often contradict each other. Believe no one. Wait for winter and see for yourself.

TTFN

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Why Didn’t I Think of That?

~ JodiLea

I often come across an invention or see a product advertised, and I say those very words. Usually, I use a whiny tone when saying them. Because someone other than myself made a fortune off something I came very close to inventing. It’s true. For a while, I had a defective smoke alarm that would go off if I used my broiler. I often yelled at it, “I’m just cooking!”

Sigh.