Yesterday and today I did not update my word count on the Nanowrimo site because:

1. I forgot (yesterday)

2. I got a new tattoo (today)

But over the course of the last few days I wrote 14,231 words which put me at

51,660 words this month!

I honestly didn’t think I could do it, much less do it early but there really is something to be said for not paying attention to the word count and just writing.

There’s a lot that can be said for just writing. Just writing works, worrying about everything else doesn’t. But, as always, it’s hard advice to swallow.

I haven’t completed any of the projects I set out to complete this month BUT I did get a lot accomplished and I look forward to my continued progress into the next year.

Right now my brain is dead so I don’t have anything profound to say about “winning” Nanowrimo.

Here’s a picture of my new tattoo:

It’s a cover up and you wouldn’t notice unless you looked really hard.