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Thursday Things

1. Today is the start of National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNo or NaNoWriMo). I do plan to participate, but I’m not sure I’ll get much writing done today.

2. I have all three kids home today due to various illness. K finally got the sore throat and fever the other two had. JR has a sore throat and stomach ache (and he didn’t even eat a bunch of Halloween candy) and J has stomach ache and vomiting (she didn’t eat Halloween candy either). *sigh* For some reason, the kids always get sick when the weather changes.

3. J asked me about doing online schooling yesterday. She’s in 7th grade this year, but doesn’t like it much. We are looking into it and considering allowing her to enroll in online school. We’ll see.

4. I’m glad to see some of my east coast friends are getting back online after the hurricane/storm/mess. It’s also good to see some agents/agencies getting back online too.

5. And I read the news about the Penguin/Random House merger yesterday. There are those who don’t like it and those who do. I’m not sure what to think.

What are your thoughts on the merger?

Hope you have a great Thursday and an amazing start to a brand new month!!

Write on!

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I haven't given it a ton of thought, but my initial reaction was that it would mean fewer opportunities for authors (through fewer editors/decision-makers). I guess we'll see what actually comes of it.

So sorry you're dealing with ickiness!
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I hope to get some serious writing done today--first time all week, really!
Good luck on NaNo! I'm on there as forest_creature, in case you want to add me.

I've no opinion of the merger yet.
Good luck with NaNo - it's not for me as I need time between writing sessions for lots of delicious brainstorming. I know from past experience that I don't write at my best when I'm just throwing down words without allowing my brain time to chew things over in between.

I saw Sebastian Faulkes on the BBC news (in Britain) talking about the merger, btw, and he seemed to think it would be a good thing for authors, especially in the face of the rise of the digital ...