Yay! The curse of seeing wonderful wildlife and being rejected is at an end. (Everyone chair-dance!)
I saw two really cool animals on Monday, and have yet to receive a rejection for any stories in circulation. And really, what a relief. I mean, it was getting a little freaky, you know? Now I can just enjoy seeing wildlife again without wondering about the rejection soon to follow. (How quickly I fell into that superstition, too. What does that say about me, about our society? What’s the story there… . Hmmm.)
OK, now for the Write-a-thon update: Today is Day 3 and today’s word count is 1700!
Fireseed is coming along very nicely now. It’s at just under 15,000 words. I know there’ll be plenty of cutting and revising when it’s done, but the “sh*tty first draft” has to be finished before the polishing can begin. And it’s moving, people, it’s moving! I fell into that wonderful groove where the words flow from brain to keyboard almost without effort. It doesn’t happen often enough, but I have to admit, it tends to happen most often when I’m in writing regularly–which I haven’t been doing enough of lately. (Sick dog + sick Mary=little writing. sigh.) So the Write-a-thon is really working for me.
If you haven’t signed up yet, there’s still time to register over at the Clarion Write-a-thon, which starts June 24: a week after CW. Go for it! Give yourself some public accountability, and your writing a shot in the arm. I bet you won’t regret it!
Everyday Magic | M. E. Garber 
I missed it… what’s wrong with your pooch? 😦
Not sure, still trying out hypotheses with the vet 😦 Swellings in her lower intestine, so she throws up a lot. Praying it’s not cancer…
I will cross my legs for you, because I need my fingers to type this.
Good luck, puppy! I hope you recover fully from whatever ails you.