In which our heroine is thankful for caffeine

I have survived Thanksgiving, and this morning's Black Friday sale for which I was up before 6 AM. I have also survived the first round of leftovers, and will soon attempt to survive a matinee of The Deathly Hallows I: Three Hours of Walking in the Woods, or whatever the proper subtitle is. Then I will come home and stare at Kingdoms, which I haven't done in days.

My single but all-encompassing problem with NaNo is that November is not novel writing month. November is Halloween recovering/holiday planning/house cleaning/finals cramming/present buying/retail crunching/overspending month. Every year I tell myself I'll write in November, and every year I'm lucky if I get 10k.

Still night, nothing for miles, white curtain come down

I failed at seeing Deathly Hallows, but I celebrated Black Friday by buying new gothware and concert tickets. I was going to come home and write, but...

Blood Maidens came in the mail today.

It sat in the mailbox long enough that it's currently sucking the warmth out of me, which is appropriate. I'm almost scared to open it. I've been waiting for this book for nearly fourteen years. Traveling With The Dead is my favorite book ever.

I don't think I'll be getting much else done tonight.