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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

How Is The Writing Going? Please Post Your Progress Here Today

Hi all,

Please post your daily progress (November 2nd) on today's blog post.

I'll try and post a new comment, article, or rambling every day and we'll post on that day's post. Otherwise, it will get too insanely cluttered.

How is everyone's writing (or lack thereof) going today? Be sure to post whether you made progress or not.

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Kimberly IveyNovember 2, 2010 at 1:48 PM
Ok. The writing isn't going so well today. BUT....I DID get my desk cleared off and found some notes for two future projects.

How is everyone else doing?
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Diana CastillejaNovember 3, 2010 at 11:05 AM
I only managed a few hundred. The man being home takes me off my game. More today, hopefully.
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