ROW80 – Page 39 – Linda Nelson

Have you seen the photos on TV of the devastation hurricane Sandy left behind?

It is so unbelievable. But I know it happened, we felt the effects here in NH as well. Not quite as badly as they did in New York, Jersey, or Connecticut. Our power was out for a little over fourteen hours. This is more than some can say in the other eastern states.

The pictures out there of what took place this week is overwhelming. I just had to share this one I found via Creative Commons.

This photo is courtesy of Creative Commons Flicker search:

Coast Guard flyover of Long Island post Hurricane Sandy [Image 8 of 9]

Areas of Long Island, N.Y., is shown during an overflight with Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., following Hurricane Sandy Oct. 30, 2012. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Rob Simpson.)

U.S. Coast Guard District 1

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Simpson

Date Taken:10.30.2012

Who would believe that a category 1 Hurricane could create so much damage? I mean come on, it was a category 1. We have seen stronger hurricanes make the same kind of mess in the south.

Some are saying it is more proof of global warming. I say this will be the decade of the storms. Last year at this time we had two feet of snow fall before Halloween. Almost on the same date as Hurricane Sandy made landfall in Jersey. During our two foot snowfall we still had a full canopy of leaves on the trees that left us without power for three days. This year we lucked out. It was like the trees knew what was coming. They all dropped their leaves a couple of days before the hurricane made it to Jersey. I think that was last Saturday.

It was funny too. Mike started blowing the leaves that Friday and on Saturday the lawn was covered once again. At least the hurricane did not blow all the leaves back onto the lawn.

This week I have not done much writing. This week’s distraction can be blamed on the hurricane.

I did get another 1k words added to the manuscript.

It’s Nano Wri Mo…

I don’t think I will take part in it this year, technically…

I will use this time to keep working on Road Salt. I really need to get this wip done as soon as I can. I have blown all my self-made deadlines, but I will still persist.

RWA:

I sent out my membership form to RWA this week. Now I will have to wait for them to process the form. Then I can become an official member of RWA. I am really looking forward to joining this writing community.

Next Week’s weather update:

Another storm may head toward the eastern states once again. This time they are calling it a Northeaster. What’s the difference, folks, between a Hurricane and a Northeaster? A Northeaster is a wintertime hurricane…

How do you do that?

How do you go about staying motivated to keep on writing every day?

It’s hard, especially when you get stuck on a scene.

I had trouble with keeping my fingers on the keyboard but I still did work on the manuscript. I made the book cover and it came out awesome. All I have left to do on the cover design is the back cover and the blurb. So technically I did work on the work in progress, I just didn’t add any word count on Monday or Tuesday.

Tonight I added about 200 words. I will try to work on it some more after writing this post.

Wanna see my cover?

Here it is… I may tweak the font size a little after I see how it looks on CreateSpace…

I did have to do a little bit more research on bath salts to get an idea as to how I am going to end the story for this one character. He is the one who has the violent episode while on bath salts and it does not look good for him at this time.

I have never killed off a character before. I will only do this if I find out that there is no hope for recovery for him. I am waiting for the verdict to come in. I stand a 50/50 chance of the counselor replying to my request for knowing what kind of fate my character should face. I already talked to an EMT and he said it will not look too good for the character. From what he said, most individuals end up dying from either the substance or from being restrained or such. What a sad thing to say about the fools who chose to use this particular substance. No wonder it is now being banned in most states here in the US.

I’m going to join RWA!

That’s right folks. I hope to make it official next week when I mail in my membership form. I can’t wait either. The NH chapter has a great bunch of fun gals in it.

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