People are funny.

National Novel Writing Month site.
The Weekend Novelist
The Free Dictionary.com
From The Desk of Liz Ensley :
The type of spam that has been left on my Blogger is astounding. they do not even try to reference anything at all in my posts. Not even the ones who make a pretense of it, by referring to a video (which is non-existent, usually, as I rarely post videos).

Even the "nice" comments about content invariably get it wrong.

I think Camp NaNoWriMo is a bust for me. I have done no writing. The most I have done is think about what I would be writing.

On the other hand, I think my medical condition provides an excellent excuse, considering I cough most of the time, which screws up most things I write. I have to curtail this post as well, because of it. And Interstitial Lung disease, mind you, is no laughing matter. I had pneumonia on top of that in January, and have been on continuous oxygen since then. I'v found that the oxygen flow can severely curtail any activity, if the flow is disrupted or otherwise hindered. This includes sleeping.

Thanks to that, I think I may have decided to actively give up WriMos, at least, until I can deal with this problem. I'll still be around, and still posting, but I'll think a bit before committing solidly to one.

ADDENDUM:

I wish Blogger would not tell me that it cannot post my entry, when it has, obviously, posted my entry. It is highly annoying.

The Spam Itself

National Novel Writing Month site.
The Weekend Novelist
The Free Dictionary.com
From The Desk of Liz Ensley :
.....would not be so bad, if it actually had something to do with the post. What is it with these people, anyway?

It seems there is a spate of spam. Since I moderate heavily, and I screen all messages before posting, Gentle Reader, you don't get hit with it much, but I do, and a lot of it is blatant and not family (or writer) friendly. From strange links, to stranger offers for merchandise, it's sort of annoying, particularly the links that go nowhere. I mean, like, who do they think they are kidding?


My writing has been slow, as of late. COPD takes a lot out of you. Or, more precisely, out of me. Mine has had me in the hospital twice this year, once for pneumonia, and the other...yea. Both related to lung problems, the last of which also affected the left ventricle (i.e., heart problems: my last visit was to the cardio ward).

Eventually, it may turn up in a story, but for now, it is really, really annoying.

National Novel Writing Month site.
The Weekend Novelist
The Free Dictionary.com
From The Desk of Liz Ensley :
Fun with Camp NaNoWriMo, "write"?

I am off to a slow start. At least, my energy seems to increase marginally each day.

Oh, yes. I had pneumonia in January. On top of COPD. I'm still on continuous oxygen. And I really should go in and take a nap now, but as long as I was here to delete some spammentary, I decided to make a post.

I have not yet got much written s far, this month. The opportunity to examine my story is too good to pass up, though, so I pulled out some other material to help me work on it. I have to kick my fic gremlins into gear, and get to work. Even if it is a bit distracting to start writing something, and then coughing your head off, thereby derailing your thought train.

That, and thinking about all the stuff I need ot do, to catch up on the housework. Since I've been sick for so long, even with a cleaner in once, and the social worker even chippingin a few bits here and there, a lot remains to be done.