Shannon B. Chenoweth

This year, I have to admit that I don’t have much I really want. In the last few years, I’ve started changing my mind about gifts. I tend to ask for things that will be useful in the kitchen or what have you. But, of course, I do have a Christmas Wish List that contains things that I would like to own. Below you will find some of the things I’ve seen this year that would be nice to have given as a gift.

I Am Not a Nugget shirt
http://www.petacatalog.com/products/I_Am_Not_a_Nugget_Turquoise_Fitted_T_Shirt-284-0.html?c=catalog_enews

The Vegan Table by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
http://www.amazon.com/Vegan-Table-Unforgettable-Entertaining-Occasion/dp/1592333745/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259632544&sr=8-1

Vegan Shirt
http://www.veganshirt.com/

Food Chopper
http://www.amazon.com/Oster-3320-150-Watt-Chopper-Attachment/dp/B002LVUG2S/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1259634200&sr=1-9

Seinfeld DVD sets (seasons 4-9)
http://www.amazon.com/Seinfeld-Season-4-Jerry/dp/B0007YXRCW/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1259635172&sr=8-7

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Just after 8pm Eastern time tonight, I crossed the 50k word count mark! This made me an official “winner” of NaNoWriMo 2009. My final word count, 50,092. I still have much more to write story wise however, as I am not even halfway through the novel. Well, it could be halfway, but irregardless, there is much to write to complete the first draft of the book.

Feels so good to have accomplished “winning” NaNoWriMo, and I already can’t wait until NaNoWriMo 2010!

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On Saturday afternoon, I drove up to Celebration, FL to take in the beautiful day there. Celebration is a little town here in Central Florida near Disney. The town celebrates holidays a bit like “the old days,” and has all sorts of fun events going on year-round.

We were having a beautiful weather day here in Florida and so I decided that taking in the town along with a long walk at their walking trail would be a great part of my day. I ended up walking for almost an hour just taking in the fresh air and surroundings. I love taking walks, not only is it a good cardio workout if you keep moving, but it gives you a chance to clear your head and think. Really calms the mind as well.

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Oh yes, that glorious finish line is in my sights now. It is merely feet away and soon, oh so soon I will be crossing it’s yellow ribbon line and celebrating. As of last night, I am less than 3,000 words away from the 50k NaNoWriMo winning word count goal. My word count presently sits at 47,314. Yesterday alone, I wrote over four thousand words which was very gratifying. The rush I feel when I am writing and have really dived into the story and into the characters heads is like nothing else. Amazing experience to have.

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I wanted to let my blog readers know that I am now a writer for Examiner.com! My area title is Orlando Vegetarian Food Examiner. This is a great opportunity that I cannot wait to really take advantage of. The amount of articles for the remainder of this month will be low due to NaNoWriMo, but I hope to write at least an article a week once the novel writing is done. Please click on the link and bookmark my page. I really appreciate everyone checking it out and passing the links on to anyone who might also have an interest.
http://www.examiner.com/x-30279-Orlando-Vegetarian-Food-Examiner

Quick update on NaNoWriMo…. I crossed the 30k word count mark late last week and am very happy to be a little more than halfway to 50k. Some writing days are harder than others for me, as I have had days where my characters and story really speak to me and I can write and write and write. Other days have proven to be more of a challenge, as though the characters are telling me to leave them alone and go away.
Anyway, I am further into Nano than I have ever made it the previous two years I have done the event, so that is already an accomplishment. Next up, hitting the 50k word count goal!

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So, here it is 11:30pm on Saturday night and I remain distracted. Distracted and under some sort of odd funk. When I say distracted, I mean mentally just not fully able to concentrate on the one thing I know I must do. That is write my novel. True, I have been busy most of the day, getting errands and what have you done, but the last couple of hours, I could have, should have been writing. Instead, I played the procrastination game as I watched Seinfeld in the background.

Now, I’ve been experiencing this “off” sort of feeling now for two or three days. I’m not sure if it’s my ADHD or simply exhaustion, but I am not getting the things done I had planned to do. This distraction problem seems to extend to the rest of my day as well even when I’m at work. It’s going to attempt to get back on the production track tomorrow. It will be a challenge, but I’m up for it.

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So, in the end, I opted to write my Asheville mystery novel for this year’s NaNoWriMo. Thus far, it is going well, I have almost 8,000 words written as of this blog post.

To give a bit of info on the story, it is set in Asheville, North Carolina in the 1930s. It is based upon a true murder that occurred in the Battery Park Hotel in 1936. I have done a great amount of research on not only the murder itself, but on the Battery Park Hotel. So, there will be tidbits of facts sprinkled throughout the book.

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