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"Ominous melodramatic threat," she hissed. "Catchy triumphant one-liner." . . . A direct quote from my current draft. This is a representative sample of today's writing. Send help. Current word count: 108,169 #alsosendchocolate #socloseyetsofar #insertsnappydialoguehere #writingfightscenes #icant #revisingdays #writerproblems #writerlife #amwriting #wordcount

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Today we have a malaria prevention lesson. Check out my almost-sitemate Hannah showing a video about malaria stats to something like a hundred GLOW and BE club students. It was loud and educational, and we had a genuine argument with some kids about whether anopheles mosquitoes live in bushes. (After which I came home and bumped my word count to 90,162, because malaria is a blood-borne parasite, and you know what else is a blood-born parasite? Vampires. Today we also have vampires.) #admiremypun #vampiresandthepeacecorps #whendidthisbecomemylife #malariamonth #revisingdays #amwriting #writerlife #writerproblems #peacecorpsRwanda

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Help: I need suggestions for fun paranormal-species-related euphemisms for my characters to use as invectives. For example, one character currently likes to use 'bloodsucking' (shoutout to all the vampires out there, this one's for you). Send your ideas by owl, carrier pigeon, paper airplane, or telepathy. Or, y'know, type them in the comments. As a thank you, here is a photo of my cuddly babies not helping me brainstorm. Current word count: 80,529 #sendhelp #literally #strugglingonthisone #butheyifixedaplotholetoday #revisingdays #amwriting #writerlife #writerproblems #carlospurrfecthair #sweetcecil

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Berry sweet afternoon, berry sweet friend, and berry close to the end of this draft! #writingbuddy #revisingdays

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Cookie dough cures third-draft blues. #writerslife #revisingdays #cookiedoughcure

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Sometimes I leave sweet little notes for next-draft-me to find. Other times I'm less gentle about my opinion of this cliché or that plot hole. #myownworstcritic #revisingdays #writerproblems

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When a live puppy isn't available, my ever-faithful peluche comes to the rescue. #editingbuddy #revisingdays #puppylove

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When you think your novel is pretty good, but then you get to the section where every other line has comments on it. #writerproblems #helpme #revisingdays