NaNo Time Again

Dear Shell,

It's that time again. November has shown up on the calendar again and writers around the world are slaving away over their keyboards, fighting the clock to hit 50,000 words or more by midnight on November 30th.

Like I did last year, I plan on sharing excerpts from the novel I am working on this year.

Hide Me (Hideaway Inn)

Three beautiful women stood in the extravagant foyer of the Hideaway Inn. Amanda Cameron, owner and manager of the inn, stood with her arms crossed and a scowl on her face. “I measured. I swear I measured it. The piano should have fit between the fireplace and the dining room entrance.”

“Did you measure before or after you upgraded from the vertical piano to the baby grand?” Brynn, the middle sister, tapped the measuring tape against her arm.

“I –oh shut up.” Amanda stalked away from her sisters, cut around the corner of the oak front desk and slammed into her office. The sound of the door hitting the door jamb resonated through the lobby.

Brynn and Diana looked at each other and grinned identical grins. “She's so easy to rile up.” Diana waved her hand in the direction of the baby grand piano and they watched the piano shrink back down to the correct size.

“You know she's going to blame me for this.” Brynn mentioned to her baby sister. She glanced toward the office door and laughed. “Not like I wouldn't have done it if you hadn't beaten me to it.”




Hiding out at the laptop for the next 27 days,
Shell