Sunday Stuff and a NaNo Update

Work on my NaNoWriMo manuscript has slowed a bit more in the last few days as my wife and I get ready for Thanksgiving guests. Yep, a big part of that is cleaning up the house. My brother and his wife should arrive here from Orlando in less than an hour. So, the Sarabande manuscript sits now at 21,500 words.

A sequel to The Sun Singer , Sarabande features a young woman's lunar journey as she faces "the road of trials" en route to tracking down the only person she knows who can banish the ghost that has haunted her without mercy for three years.

Thank you to everyone participating in Blog Jog Day today. Visits are up on Malcolm's Round Table as people sprint through en route to as many blogs as they can find in one day. Today's post is Songs and Whispers of the Living Earth.

At least one of my friends is a bigger e-mail pack rat than I am. She sent me some information for Sarabande in February, but somehow I lost it. Fortunately, the e-mail was still in her SENT MESSAGES folder. What a break.

If you enjoy reading hero's journey novels, I would like to suggest the latest epic fantasy from author Seth Mullins, "Song of the Twice Born." I've posted a review of it on my website


Blog Jog Day Pop Quiz

Those of you enjoying the wonders of Blog Jog Day are, I'm sure, taking notes.

WARNING: YOUR SCORE ON THIS QUIZ GOES ON YOUR PERMANENT RECORD.

What kind of coffee does the Goddess drink? (a) Maxwell House, (b) Chase & Sanborn, (c) Hills Brothers, (d) Some Chicory-laden crap from New Orleans.Crows flying between Two Egg Florida and Amsterdam on a northeast heading, have a trip of: (a) 4571 miles, (b) 7145 miles, (c) 0 miles, since most Crows are too smart to do such a thing.J. K. Rowling has hinted that there might be another Harry Potter book. According to informed sources, the projected title is (a) Harry Potter Tries a Few Spells on Fergie, (b) Harry Potter Drinks Single Malt with Jock Stewart, (c) Harry Potter Finally Gets Lucky.True/False: If Captain Ahab met the Ancient Mariner, the result would be one whale of a story.Author and raconteur Malcolm R. Campbell was raised and/or reared by: (a) alligators,  (b) hyenas, (c) three sporting girls in Abilene.True/False: If the Earth Mage met the Earth Sage, they would talk about parsley, rosemary and thyme.True grits are harvested during the dog days of August by: (a) knocking them out of trees with cane fishing polls, (b) using wild pigs to dig them up in the piney woods, (c) running over them with a 1969 Dodge Charger.Jock Stewart is best known for writing: (a) "Mrs. Danvers at Sunnybrook Farm," (b) "Banshees in the Cuckoo's Nest," (c) "Three Blind Mice and One Piece of Tail," (d) "The Worst of Jock Stewart,"True/False: Red ants can be substituted for paprika in an Illinois potato salad.True/False: Crater Lake was named after Judge Crater.Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

--Malcolm