Dusting off hands
Well, Writing Marathon is over. I completed 5 chapters, for approximately 20,000 words. I met my targets precisely - I knew that this Marathon was a bit more limited than past ones, because I had a full roster of activities on both weekends.
Most importantly, though, I have 20% of the book under my belt. It's always easier for me to go on, with some "ballast" laid.
As for the weekend activities - we spent the past one up in Baltimore. Following our baseball draft, we drove up to Charm City. After grabbing burgers at Five Guys (a small local chain, featured in GIRL'S GUIDE!), we went to the Maryland Science Center - a wonderful science museum with dozens of hands-on learning opportunities. (The star attraction, for us, was the table that displayed satellite imagery of the world, which could zoom and travel, merely by tilting the table.) We had dinner in Little Italy - I should have been taking notes for a novel, because the people were *straight* out of Central Casting.
Yesterday, we visited Babe Ruth's birthplace (a well-done small museum), and we attended the opera DEAD MAN WALKING (the ostensible reason for our trip north.) I'm not a huge opera fan, but it's always interesting to see different theatrical interpretations.
So? Did other people have charmed weekends? Get a lot of writing done? Have important, exciting, or interesting things to report?
Mindy, back into the normal swing of life
Most importantly, though, I have 20% of the book under my belt. It's always easier for me to go on, with some "ballast" laid.
As for the weekend activities - we spent the past one up in Baltimore. Following our baseball draft, we drove up to Charm City. After grabbing burgers at Five Guys (a small local chain, featured in GIRL'S GUIDE!), we went to the Maryland Science Center - a wonderful science museum with dozens of hands-on learning opportunities. (The star attraction, for us, was the table that displayed satellite imagery of the world, which could zoom and travel, merely by tilting the table.) We had dinner in Little Italy - I should have been taking notes for a novel, because the people were *straight* out of Central Casting.
Yesterday, we visited Babe Ruth's birthplace (a well-done small museum), and we attended the opera DEAD MAN WALKING (the ostensible reason for our trip north.) I'm not a huge opera fan, but it's always interesting to see different theatrical interpretations.
So? Did other people have charmed weekends? Get a lot of writing done? Have important, exciting, or interesting things to report?
Mindy, back into the normal swing of life
I guess for a real marathon, I have to do the 4,000 every day for a week. ;)
Well.. I guess mine was a junior marathon then . :P
Glad you met your targets!
My voice teacher @ Anne Arundel Community College also saw Dead Man Walking last week. My best friend & I have been meaning to go hang out @ the Inner Harbor, go to the Science Center and all that, for a while now. No time or money. *sigh*
Just wondering, have you ever visited Annapolis?
My parents were considering retiring there, for a while, but I think they've decided to live closer to us, in DC/Northern Virginia.
Do you enjoy it?