Couldn’t face my NaNo today, not after Margie’s funeral. I’ll be back at it tomorrow. So today, I wrote a short for EveryPhoto instead. Not sure if I’ll keep it, but I wrote it. It’s called, simply, Answers in the Wild.<\/p>\n
Starting Count: 0
\nEnding Count: 1106
\nCurrent NaNo count: 1541
\nCurrent Word YTD count: 2647<\/p>\n
Starting line:<\/b>
\nA single leaf moved in the breeze, breaking away from its branch to drift by him as he hiked into the clear spring afternoon. He paused to follow its path, and that’s when he saw it.<\/p>\n
Ending line:<\/b>
\nWhatever humanity did with this gift, he hoped it was better than the last one he’d given them.<\/p>\n
Darling:<\/b>
\n“Thirty years can be a lifetime,” he said, recovering a bit. “Long enough to grow up, and grow old.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Couldn’t face my NaNo today, not after Margie’s funeral. I’ll be back at it tomorrow. So today, I wrote a short for EveryPhoto instead. Not sure if I’ll keep it, but I wrote it. It’s called, simply, Answers in the Wild. Starting Count: 0 Ending Count: 1106 Current NaNo count: 1541 Current Word YTD count: …<\/p>\n