Secondhand Mom: Day 9

Current Word Count: 22,376
Words to Go: 27,624
Cups of Coffee: 0
Hours Spent Writing Today: 2ish
Number of Breaks Taken: One, to eat dinner, and then I don’t think I did any more writing after that. I feel like piggy flu has come to get me.
Number of Characters Killed: 0
Number of Times Writers’ Block Occurred: 0
Number of Times I Almost Gave Up: 0
Number of Chapters: 10 — bet you thought I was gonna say 0 again!
Number of Pages: 76
Favorite Character of the Day: Young Gigi (main character), because she is making a very tough decision (adoption) while dealing with her family’s criticism of her unplanned pregnancy.

Secondhand Mom: Day 8

Current Word Count: 21,501
Words to Go: 28,499
Cups of Coffee: Niente.
Hours Spent Writing Today: About an hour and a half (maybe two hours), while Mike played football in the cold.
Number of Breaks Taken: Twitter, texting, and BBM. Heh.
Number of Characters Killed: None.
Number of Times Writers’ Block Occurred: I don’t remember getting writers’ block, so I don’t think I did.
Number of Times I Almost Gave Up: Unless you count having to pee really bad and not having an outhouse, none.

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Number of Chapters: 9
Number of Pages: 69
Favorite Character of the Day: Jay