I've started writing again! I looked at my stories, picked one that had something resembling an actual, workable plot, and got a good few paragraphs. It's everything a first draft should be--an opening that catches potential readers' attention, brings up questions that will only be answered later, and hints at things to come.

It also SUCKS, but like I said, everything a first draft should be. XD

Hopefully I'll pull off NaNoWriMo again this year; it's kind of debatable, but the one year I did it, I figured out the secret, at least for me: write 30 or so scene ideas in advance to have something to go on. I also got something to help--now I have my own Alphasmart! (For anyone who doesn't remember the first one, scroll down a few entries.) I just prefer typing to writing, so I'm hoping it'll help... despite its many, many shortcomings. ^^ The worst one at the moment is lack of transfer cord; it's not the same as the one I was lent, and I can't find any that work with it. Still, it was totally worth it--the Alphasmart itself was all of $4.26, tax included. ;-) I LOVE thrift stores.