There is a column that appears in the Chronicle (sfgate.com) from time to time called "Failing at Life". They are true stories of a woman who has neurological problems. She now has a large following.

Another series in the same paper was about a woman whose husband was hit by a car and was now a quadraplegic. Again, she had a large following.

People are interested in how other people cope. You are a good writer. Flog some columns to the newspapers. Try the Chronicle. Doesn't matter where you live. You do a book later, if you wish.

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erika, I suspect there may be a fucking boatload of people in the disability community who would kill for that kind of book.

I agree with this erika. Your voice is so unique and really needs to be heard.

Listen to sj and my mama-in-law, erika, for they are Wise.

Thanks. I'm working at it...thought I'dve cracked it by now, but you know.

Well, wri mo is over. Did any of us make it? I sure as hell didn't.

Any hope of making it died with my grandmother, sadly.

I just had too much shit hit the fan at once. I managed about 129 words.

I got 15,000 words and a plot I'm really happy with; I took an idea I'd been toying with at bedtime, and it turned out to have legs.

So by my standards, yeah, I won.

Not by theirs, of course....

Also, last month was the Migraine Month from Hell, the Week That Topamax Ate My Brain, and other unpleasant stuff. So excuses? I got lots.

I got about 15K too...Impressive for me, but not 50,000 words/month.

I like the fact that people came out of it with plots, and the seeds for new ideas.