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Word Counts and Courtesans

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NaNoWriMo. I'm behind. Shocking. However I've just hit the day two goal and I'm insistent on catching up by the end of the weekend. Which means hitting 10K before bed tonight.  Which means I should probably not be blogging. Finishing NaNo has been basically impossible since I had my kids. Which sucks, because to me that means I haven't been prioritizing my free time correctly. Plenty of winning wrimos have kids, so it's not quite the excuse that I pretend it is.  my story inspiration this year, from darkbeautymag.com Netflix is my downfall, I swear to god. It doesn't help that The Crown just came out. Ugh. I've also committed myself to far too many library books, plus my book club pick which I haven't even started yet.  Yeesh. My novel this year is a fantasy novel that's definitely inspired by the Kushiel's Dart series by Jacqualine Carey. A royal courtesan finds herself suddenly a pawn in the political machinations of an evil ...