Day 9 of my journal and I am happy to report that this is  driving into the stage of addiction. Even though I am late getting to this today, I made it a priority, and that act alone felt good. I really didn't think I would stick with this, and maybe I won't, but for now- it's all go, go, go!

The word count is about half of my goal. I throttled the count for yesterday for good reason- as I started that important scene, I realized I was going to need to perform some well constructed magic, and the hours were running out, so I decided to opt for putting it away, rather than half writing it and then picking it back up again today. I want my thoughts to flow and be focused for this scene- even if this is a rough draft.

Words. Those of us who embrace writing can't live without them, and some of us do more that live with our lexemes. I for one, love to let words roll off my lips, I love to kiss words, I love to make love to certain words; I love to learn new words, then forget them, just so I can relearn them.

Certainly, there are words that are more splendid than most, and  for various reasons, just about everyone has favorites and least favorites. two of my least favorites are swine and intestinal. My favorite word? Uxorious. As defined at Dictionary.com, uxorious: