Over the next eight weeks I plan to write the damn novel that I keep starting and stopping.
At the same time, I’m in training since I’m going attempt to complete a half-marathon on October 18th. (Which in my world means I’m going to run, jog, walk, shuffle, crawl — hell, I’m not above piggybacking on some hapless soul).
For those of you who boast a measure of sanity and have never wanted to tackle such insane tasks — that’s 80-90,000 words and/or 13.1 miles.
I’ve noticed over the past two months (yay me for getting halfway through my marathon training!) that I “run” (if you could see my tortoise-like pace you’d know how loosely I use that term…of course you’d also have tears streaming down your face from laughing so hard) like I write.
Alone.
Gritting my teeth.
Wondering why the hell I’m doing this.
So I thought it would be an interesting experiment to keep a “training blog” (ha! I’ve coined a useless phrase) of both projects over the next two months.
I will buy pom poms and cheer you on. 🙂
Comment by Jennifer Colgan — August 23, 2009 @ 8:48 am |
Thanks! Can’t wait to hear the cheer, lol.
Comment by love2wryte — August 23, 2009 @ 7:23 pm |