Author: Jackie Pick

Jackie Pick is a former teacher and current writer living in the Chicago area. She is a contributing author to multiple anthologies, including Multiples Illuminated, So Glad They Told Me: Women Get Real about Motherhood, Here in the Middle, as well as the and the literary magazines The Sun and Selfish. She received Honorable Mention from the Mark Twain House and Museum for her entry in the Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Competition. Jackie is a contributing writer at Humor Outcasts, and her essays have been featured on various online sites including McSweeney's, Belladonna Comedy, Mamalode, The HerStories Project, and Scary Mommy. A graduate of the University of Chicago and Northwestern University, Jackie is co-creator and co-writer of the award-winning short film Fixed Up, and a proud member of the 2017 Chicago cast of Listen To Your Mother.

NaNoWriMo Days 8-10: Farthest Away and Halfway Home

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Life got in the way of updating the last few days, and I didn’t write too much the day of and after the election, but I’m back full force today.

I hit the halfway mark today, Day 10, and it feels good to refocus on what gives me purpose: putting thoughts onto the page. It feels in some way like a long hike to 50,000 and in other ways it’s not nearly enough. It’s a good feeling.

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Day 8 Stats:

  • Essay: “The Real Christmas Newsletter” 584 words
  • Essay: “Errant Blue Lines” 737 words

Daily Word Count: 1321

Total Word Count: 23,058

Day 9 Stats:

  • Essay: “Nothing is Funny Today” 847 words

Daily Word Count: 876

Total Word Count: 23,934

Today’s Stats:

  • Essay: “Dyspepsia: The Choice of a New Generation” 2873 words

Daily Word Count: 2873

Total Word Count: 26,807

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