I Have A Mouth But It Does Not Work

[marycrawford]

Earlier tonight I was nearly as good a Gollum as Andy Serkis, and now I can't speak at all. I can only whisper. This should make meetings and answering the phone tomorrow v. interesting. Maybe I could do charades.

To all the people who coughed on me in the tram this week: I'd hate you all if I wasn't so sure that you're suffering right along with me. Feel better.

NaNoWriMo is stalled at +/- 30.000 words. I'm fairly happy with that: it's the largest amount of fiction I've ever written in such a short period, and I like some of the characters and situations that made their way into the story. I would've liked to make it to the finish, of course, but I don't see a chance of that. I do see that I can write about 5000 words a week without trouble, and more than that if I make more room for writing in my life. That's really good to know.

When I'm feeling better I'll start working on my Yuletide story, and continue the Stymphalian birds one if I have time. I'd like to finish that last one sometime before the new year.

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[halimede.livejournal.com]

To all the people who coughed on me in the tram this week: I'd hate you all if I wasn't so sure that you're suffering right along with me. Feel better.

That is so compassionate of you. {melts} Just don't cough on me, okay?

Congrats on the productivity. :)

[marycrawford.livejournal.com]

Thanks! cough cough :-P

Still mute here. I think I'll clear a whiteboard and start answering questions in writing.
The interesting thing is that my co-workers are now starting to use sign language back to me. (Well, not real sign language, but the point to mouth and raise hand = "do you want something to drink" stuff.)

Mary, source of confusion

[halimede.livejournal.com]

The interesting thing is that my co-workers are now starting to use sign language back to me.

*Fascinating*! Like, anthropology & linguistics fascinating. :)

[marycrawford.livejournal.com]

Heh. Some of them have also started to whisper, or said that they find it hard to 'break the silence' and talk to me in their normal voices. It's pretty funny. All the same, I want my voice back! :-)

[barbaraa.livejournal.com]

Cool, more Herc stuff...

And I can relate about the colds...well, from the other side. I wasn't coughing on people, but I'm sure the people sitting near me on the plane were worried as to WHY the sweat was pouring off me like I'd run a marathon. Gotta love the flu...so much for the vaccination a month earlier.

[marycrawford.livejournal.com]

Oy, that sounds nasty. My sympathies.
I don't put much faith in those vaccinations, I must say - a colleague had one, then got sick as a dog and started coughing for three weeks.

[barbaraa.livejournal.com]

Usually vaccinations keep me from getting bronchitis. This one was a combo Influenza A and B.

[dbw.livejournal.com]

Hope you feel better!

I do see that I can write about 5000 words a week without trouble, and more than that if I make more room for writing in my life.

It's an amazing thing to learn, isn't it? I'm glad that I participated in nanowrimo for just this kind of reason. The discipline -- the habit, if you will -- of sitting down to write on a daily basis is what I wanted to attain. Whether I write 100 words or 2,000 words, so long as I write something, I feel like I've been successful for the day.

And you should feel great about the 30,000+ words you produced. That's an incredible amount of work! :-)

[marycrawford.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the kind words!
I hope you're happy about your progress, too - you were certainly an inspiration. :-)

The discipline -- the habit, if you will -- of sitting down to write on a daily basis is what I wanted to attain. Whether I write 100 words or 2,000 words, so long as I write something, I feel like I've been successful for the day.

That's exactly how I feel. I've made a pact with myself to write at least 100 words a day from now on - that way I'll never have to feel bad about 'not making my quota', yet I'll get into the habit for good.