At least I've managed to post these rants every day, though apparently to an ever-dwindling audience.

Today was the last freestyle on the calendar, but I expect I'll be doing a lot of these even in November. I find that writing down thoughts as I get them, rather than letting them spin around in my mind, helps me come up with other ideas. Clears brainspace, maybe. Like I said before, I do this sort of thing for almost every story I write, and it works.

You know what else works? And I hate to admit this: physical exercise. Not my favorite activity. Not by a long shot. But I always feel better afterward (which does nothing to get me motivated to do it in the first place), and usually, I'm not thinking about much during the exercise except what's happening with plots and characters. Maybe I should get my expensive clothing rackelliptical trainer finally set up before November starts.

Anyone want to take bets? I'm a gambling man.