Jacquelyn's Blog - Preview Feed Informer http://feed.informer.com/images/fd.gif http://feed.informer.com/ http://app.feed.informer.com/digest3/ZG5Z9BGYQR.html Respective post owners and feed distributors http://feed.informer.com/ This afternoon a tragedy occurred at Ft. Hood, Texas, where a gunman (possibly three) opened fire at the Readiness Center, killing 11 and injuring 31 soldiers. [<a href="http://bit.ly/3QvSCd">Fox News Report</a>] Please keep the families and friends of the victims in your thoughts and prayers.<br /><br />As someone who lives and works on a US military base, this incident really hit close to home for me. What makes this even scarier is that the culprits were all US Army soldiers... They were not "outsides" who exploited a weakness in security but "insiders", sort of speak. People who had legal access and right to be on the fort and at that Readiness Center. No one would question an Army officer going into the Readiness Center in uniform and with appropriate identification. <br /><br />Then I was wondering: What would make a person who has dedicated their life to serving their country decide to mercilessly massacre their fellow servicemen and women? What drives anyone to steal the life of another person? <br /><br />Life is a precious gift, and every single life is precious. Once the breath of life is gone, the body is nothing more than decaying flesh.<br /><br />Hm... I got sidetracked. Must write in my NaNoWriMo novel now... http://polargriff.livejournal.com/398330.html Internal Ruminations http://polargriff.livejournal.com/398330.html? Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:13 GMT <b>6,034</b> / 50,000<br /><br />It is the end of Day 5, and I am 2000 words behind my daily goal. I was unable to write yesterday. It was an exhausting day at work with one of our biggest events of the year, and I was too tired when I finally got home to do any writing.<br /><br />I was also feeling a little bit of frustration, because my story was not flowing from my mind to the page as it usually does. Though I could see it perfectly in my mind&os;s eye, the words themselves were flat and lifeless. Though I know the POV of the story well, I was failing to get into my Main Character&os;s head. It felt like I was merely moving the characters from Point A to Point B to Point C without weaving the story and making it come alive.<br /><br />This evening, though I only managed to get 1000 words in, I feel I have overcome this first hurdle of NaNoWriMo 2009. I got in touch, sort of speak, with my MC. So while I am disappointed at not being where I wanted to be, I am also feeling confident that the story will progress smoothly from here. http://jacquelynfisher.livejournal.com/32345.html Invisible Ink http://jacquelynfisher.livejournal.com/32345.html? Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:46 GMT