{"id":2901,"date":"2013-11-18T11:14:34","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T16:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ajaalto.com\/?p=2901"},"modified":"2013-11-18T11:14:34","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T16:14:34","slug":"sore-knuckles-and-a-maniacal-smile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ajaalto.com\/?p=2901","title":{"rendered":"Sore Knuckles and A Maniacal Smile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a quick note or two today, before I trudge off to the word mines to deal with the mess I&#8217;ve made during post-NaNo craziness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEWS<\/strong>: ~Touched~ is being featured\u00a0Tuesday, November 19 at The Fussy Librarian, a new website that offers personalized eBook recommendations. It&#8217;s pretty cool, easy to use, and filters out the books you won&#8217;t enjoy, focusing on the books you&#8217;ll love to read. You choose from 40 genres and indicate preferences about content and then the computers work their magic. I signed up &#8212; check it out!\u00a0<a id=\"yui_3_13_0_1_1384788623755_3016\" href=\"http:\/\/go.toutapp.com\/f3610ccbbdaac2e14e\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">www.TheFussyLibrarian.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>In NaNo NEWS<\/strong>: So far, my NaNoWriMo count is ~64k, and my knuckles are feelin&#8217; it. I&#8217;m really glad NaNo is only once a year. Maybe I&#8217;ll only do this every other year. We&#8217;re halfway through November and I&#8217;m feeling rather burnt out. It&#8217;s funny how many people encouraged me to quit, most of whom became especially vocal when I was at the 40k word mark. It makes no sense to quit when you&#8217;re so close to rocking your personal challenge, even if you are exhausted. Who stops when they hit the wall? I&#8217;ll tell you who doesn&#8217;t: Writerghoulie, that&#8217;s who. Nope, nope. \u00a0I&#8217;ve let a few things slip: laundry, cooking, social obligations&#8230;I&#8217;m very behind on my TV watching&#8230; but a wise man once told me, &#8220;In five years, which will you remember? What TV shows you watched, or that novel you wrote?&#8221; So, yeah, good point! Fuck that quitting shit. I will ease up after Nov 30.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajaalto.com\/sore-knuckles-and-a-maniacal-smile\/5wkze0-1024x819\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2903\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2903\" title=\"5wkze0-1024x819\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ajaalto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/5wkze0-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"922\" height=\"737\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ajaalto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/5wkze0-1024x819.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.ajaalto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/5wkze0-1024x819-300x239.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ajaalto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/5wkze0-1024x819-190x151.jpg 190w, http:\/\/www.ajaalto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/5wkze0-1024x819-60x47.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 922px) 100vw, 922px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a quick note or two today, before I trudge off to the word mines to deal with the mess I&#8217;ve made during post-NaNo craziness. NEWS: ~Touched~ is being featured\u00a0Tuesday, November 19 at The Fussy Librarian, a new website that offers personalized eBook recommendations. 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