{"id":1420,"date":"2010-11-04T23:58:49","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T03:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=1420"},"modified":"2010-11-05T01:42:20","modified_gmt":"2010-11-05T05:42:20","slug":"nano-day-4-in-the-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/04\/nano-day-4-in-the-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"NaNo Day 4 &#8211; In The Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 4 of NaNo is under my belt. After yesterday&#39;s pretty decent word count, things started out slowly today. But after a 2nd writing session later in the evening, I made up enough ground to cover the words I missed writing on Days 1 &amp; 2. Woot!<\/p>\n<p> I may have to bank some words tomorrow, though. Home renovations begin this weekend, albeit in small scope, I still may be too exhausted to do anything else. And you know how it is with these things. 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