Flu Update and Novel Writing, Live From Dorchester

OK, this is cheap, but I should get back into writing.

Checked into the CDC's website. First four weeks of the flu season seem normal, right in line with the '03-'04 and '04-'05 seasons.

Just got back from a few days in Orlando for a family wedding, which followed a week and a half of single parenthood while Merseydotes helped her sister prepare for the big day.

While there, we stayed with friends, one of whom is trying her hand at writing a novel in a month. Apparently, there is some sort of global movement of people who sit down and write 2,000 words a night for 30 days in November, and wind up with a finished first draft of a novel on the back end.

This might be a good method for me to explore in order to get the idea for that stupid Themistocles novel off my back. I have a manilla folder that travels with me, with snippets of dialogue, possible outlines, and other source materials. It would be nice to actually produce something.

Maybe after I get through the next months, I may attempt this.