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how does one say yikes in gaelic?

am still completing my novel.
i celbrate by honoring the turnings of the wheel.
tomorrow night at gloaming of winter solstice.
longest darkest most yin, receptive, creative time of the year i teach a yoga class to align with this mystery.
i celbrate by knowing this alchemical container of novemeber allows me the awareness to realize i will complete my novel and my friends and i , after yoga, will drink a wee glass of island whisky at a fabulous opium den of an la hotel and whisper creative blessings to each other for the year to come.
laurel aka aisling
laurel@symbolicbridging.com

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I did it! I typed the end at 11:30 on the 30th, after about 90K words. And I cried.

And then I went to our local TGIO with three other winners and made plans for ongoing support and critique.

YES i went to my TGIO party! we're the flint MI group, and we have a 50% success rate, thankyouverymuch. :D i wouldn't have missed my party for the world - all my teammates are extremely awesome and i love them all dearly.

Because I was traveling a large portion of the month, I didn't have an opportunity to attend any write-ins but, thanks to my writing buddy, I did have a small rubber duck ready to whip out) or the TGIO parties. I enjoyed the virtual support of the fellow nanovelists on 43things.com.

On the evenings following NNWM, I had deja vu from when I finished my MBA: the entire evening was free. Very eerie, but I'll manage ;-)

I celebrated by going to the TGIO party in San Francisco and had the best time! I'm generally a shy person and have a very hard time in A. large crowds, B. large crowds of people where I know almost no one.
The Nano'ers are some of the nicest, kindest, friendliest, most enthusiastic, least judgmental, most encouraging folks I've had the pleasure of meeting. I had a blast! So, to everyone I spoke to last night (I'm the one whose name tag said "57,081 words and still no plot") thank you so much. And a special thanks, of course, to Chris without whom I'd still be saying "I guess I'm just going to give up the idea of writing because I don't feel inspired anymore. . ." Last night I heard so many people talk about how Nano changed their life. Ditto.

Lisa

after a 20k sprint to the finish line, accomplished within 24 hours that included college courses and napping time, i celebrated by getting a good night's sleep. whoo. sleep. i'd forgotten what that feels like...