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Happy Thanksgiving!

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Happy Thanksgiving! I should be cleaning my house or prepping my turkey, instead I am reading blogs. I haven't posted any new art work and I haven't had a chance to practice my soldering which I wanted to do so I could make some soldered Christmas ornaments. I should have known better. November is a very busy month for me. And not just because the holiday season is upon us. Every November I particiapate in a writing challenge. November is National Novel Writing Month or NanoWriMo . If you are a writer or have ever had dreams of becoming one this is the place to be each November. The site is also a non profit org who collects money to build libraries in under developed countries. No donations are required to participate and they have also started a Young Writers Program. All you homeschooling mothers might be interested in that program. The object of NanoWriMo is to slam out 50,000 words of a first draft novella. Doesn't matter how good or bad it is just so you get the firs...