Twelve days into November, I made the idiotic decision to first join NaNoWriMo, and ever since, my desk has been a feces-flingin’ factory of writing. Victory seemed improbable but is oh-so sweet for this now official NaNoWriMo-Fo. Reflections on the experience are forthcoming, but for now I really need to take a shower…
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Barrels of Monkeys
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Recent Primate Posts
- Ahhh…Thanks. I Needed That.
- No “Hem”-ing and Hawing About It: Hemingway Speaks in “Ernest” – Part III
- No “Hem”-ing and Hawing About It: Hemingway Speaks in “Ernest” – Part II
- No “Hem”-ing and Hawing About It: Hemingway Speaks in “Ernest” on Writing – Part I
- When Not Being Published Doesn’t Feel Too Shabby…
- Writing What You Know – My Date with Daphne, Part IV
- Writing What You Know – My Date with Daphne, Part III
- Writing What You Know – My Date with Daphne, Part II
- Writing What You Know – My Date with Daphne, Part I
- Do not attempt to adjust your television – er, computer monitor…
Previously Thrown Poop
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Recent Flea-Picking
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This Bookish Baboon is Reading:
Monkey Screeches (on Twitter)
- Really? Ya Mean it? Oh, Thank You, Thank You! wp.me/pLJnP-VI 1 day ago
- No “Hem”-ing and Hawing About It: Hemingway Speaks in “Ernest” – Part III wp.me/pLJnP-Va 1 week ago
- No “Hem”-ing and Hawing About It: Hemingway Speaks in “Ernest” – Part II wp.me/pLJnP-UQ 2 weeks ago
Tree Houses
Monkey on Your Back
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Zoo Stats
- 11,126 visitors have monkeyed around with me
Works in Progress
Manuscript #1
92,000 words
Manuscript #2
75,000 words




