November 2023 Daily Writing: Full Recap

J.B. Norman vs. NaNoWriMo…ish.

In the spirit of NaNoWriMo, a month-long writing exercise taking place in November, I did my own month-long writing exercise in November.

November 1 — “Among flowers, the Cherry Blossom; Among people Kat Darkstone

Cherry blossoms.
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November 2 — Talk to Small Bears

A juvenile bear between its mother's legs.
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November 3 — Egeria been learnin’ Martial Arts

People doing judo.
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November 4 — “I married his daughter”

A bridge and groom walking away from their wedding.
Photo by Emir Kaan Okutan on Pexels.com

November 5 — Hypno-Sis

Two people standing in front of a hypnotic spiral pattern.
Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com

November 6 — The Place: Space; Space: the Place

A toy robot.
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November 7 — [Lutes Aggressively]

A lute and some other musical equipment.
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November 8 — Everyone is here

Hands holding a glass of water.
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November 9Intro to Dramatic Introductions

A woman in a hoodie seen from behind holding the hood of her sweater.
Photo by Alena Shekhovtcova on Pexels.com

November 10 — Billie Hawkins from the Top Rope

The elbow of an arm with a large tattoo.
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November 11 — The Matthias Cursor Academy of Grappleology

A building on a university campus.
Photo by Matthis Volquardsen on Pexels.com

November 12 Cousin Ainsley

A woman photographed with a valley landscape in the background.
Photo by David Lago Rodru00edguez on Pexels.com

November 13 — The Pirates of the Piratesburg

A fort overlooking the ocean.
Photo by Nirmal Rajendharkumar on Pexels.com

November 14 — A yarn, in more ways than one

Photo by Surene Palvie on Pexels.com

November 15 — Lyte Brigade vs. evil Lyte Brigade. Again

A mirror with pearl necklaces draped over it.
Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com

November 16 Observe this, Brother. Again.

A person holding a sparkler like a magic wand.
Photo by Rahul Pandit on Pexels.com

November 17 — The case of the faience chickens

Pottery chickens. Image via pxhere.com. Public Domain via Creative Commons 0 License.
Image via pxhere.com. Public Domain via Creative Commons 0 License.

November 18 — Turning Cole to diamonds

A diamond necklace.
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November 19 — Beyond the pail

A wooden bucket.
Photo by M. Sovran Wolfe on Pexels.com

November 20 — And also date squares

Shelves at an antique store.
Photo by Sergey Meshkov on Pexels.com

November 21 — Sally Bite

A dentist's model of a mouth.
Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com

November 22Box Crab

(it’s a pun)

A wooden box.
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November 23 The turkey eats you

A turkey.
Photo by Mohan Nannapaneni on Pexels.com

November 24 Writers writing about writers whinging about writing

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November 25 — Sally and Biting: Realmgard’s second-greatest love story

The British 4th Regiment of Horse, 1687, as depicted in a book from 1838.
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November 26 — Matilda & Annie vs. Middelmerish Western Oceanic Company & Company

British soldiers as depicted in an 1800s book.
From ‘Historical Records of the British Army.’ Public Domain.

November 27“It’s a disaster/I speak only in rhyme!”

The muse Euterpe holding a flute.
Simon Vouet: “Euterpe, The Muse of music and lyric poetry.” Public Domain.

November 28 — Deus ex machina: both literally and figuratively

A pulley.
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November 29 — Naming names

A name tag.
Photo by Angela Roma on Pexels.com

November 30 — This is Altruistic Arundel Appleby Country

(It’s a big country)

A pile of coins spilled out from a glass container.
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And that was November 2023. The rest of my short writing exercises are here.

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