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Sherlock Holmes

Jackie Layton

Sherlock Holmes was created in 1887, and for over one hundred years generations of fans have loved him. We’ve read his books. We’ve watched his movies, and we’ve seen how people reimagined him.

Today let’s look at some of his most famous quotes.

“My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.” The Adventures of the Blue Carbuncle

And this might be one of my favorite quotes:

“Only one important thing has happened in the last three days, and that is that nothing has happened.” The Adventure of the Second Stain.

November 1 is the beginning of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). It’s fun and exhausting, and it’s a great way to get your story written. The goal is 50,000 words in thirty days. To make your goal, you need an understanding family. Because they may come home at night and feel like nothing has happened. And really, who has time to focus on mundane things when you’re in your writing cave for NaNoWriMo?

If you’re also participating, look for me on the NaNoWriMo site. We can cheer each other on.

I’ll be writing The Con, the second book in An Organized Crime Cozy Mystery series. Happy November!

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Just for Fun~Playlists

Jackie Layton

November is NaNoWriMo. Authors join with the goal of writing 50,000 words in thirty days. Good luck if you’re one of the authors.

One thing I enjoy doing to prepare for NaNo is to create a playlist. I’d like to share one of the songs on my playlist.

https://youtu.be/_oL_pCjPgUg?si=IP8wqoHkek_PuMOY

Kevin Roosevelt Moore, known as Keb’ Mo’, is an American blues musician, and I’ll be listening to more than a few of his songs this November.

Here’s one more from Keb’ Mo’ with Darius Ruck and Vince Gill. https://youtu.be/WbqLIFQqTXg?si=kXKkgwMh-8_vpGCo

I’ve also got my Post-it notes, pens, vision board, and my loose plot outline ready. I’ll be writing The Con. It’s the second book in An Organized Crime Mystery series.

I’m ready to write as soon as November 1 gets here.

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NaNoWriMo 2020 Results

Jackie Layton

I wanted to let you know, I’m still married after another NaNoWriMo! Tim is always supportive of my writing.

We took walks on the beach in November.

Besides writing, we were able to meet our newest grandson, we hung out with my youngest son and his wife, and I even got to play disk golf with my oldest son. Considering we’re still living through COVID-19, I felt blessed to see part of my family.

Here’s the newest member of our family. He’s got a sweet temperament, and we’re all in love with the little guy.

It’s rare for my kids to get together now that we’re so far apart, making this time even more special.


Bill taught me to play disk golf and never complained about how bad I was.
In case you’re not convinced I finished writing 50,000 words on the fourth book of A Low Country Dog Walker Mystery series, I did complete NaNoWriMo! Normally my books are 75,000 words, so I continue to write. But I consider November a success.

I hope you had a blessed November!

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National Novel Writing Month

Jackie Layton

There’s nothing that will make my husband cringe faster than when I announce my plans to participate in NaNoWriMo.

The goal is to write 50,000 words in 30 days.

That’s 1667 words per day if you don’t take a day off. I started slow, so I’ll need some powerful days.

I’m working on the fourth book of A Low Country Dog Walker Mystery series.
The tenative title is Bark and Seek.

If I write 50,000 words, I’l be 2/3 finished. If I don’t try, it won’t happen. So if you don’t hear much from me this month, you’ll know I’m writing.