The bad part is Halloween - an excuse for gangs of kids to wander the streets demanding sweets, or preferably money! And what do we get in return? Persistant banging on the door, followed by the windows and back door if we don't answer, and abuse if we do answer and don't give them what they want ie cash.
When I got home from work today I made sure the front and back doors were locked, shut all the blinds, and shut myself in an upstairs bedroom with just the flickering light from my laptop for company. I did make a cuppa first, but spilt half climbing the stairs in the dark when someone lobbed a firecracker just outside my front door :o(
It's not even like this is a bad neighbourhood. The kids are generally quite well behaved, and although respect is still sadly lacking they don't go out of their way to intimidate or otherwise upset the people who live here. So why do we allow Halloween to give them a license to do whatever they want?
I dread to think what it's like in other areas that already have a problem with gangs of kids wandering the streets.
Anyway, that's my anti-Halloween rant over with, as today is also the eve of my first NaNoWriMo, which is really what this blog is about!
Is it possible for a complete newbie to write a 50,000 word novel in just one month? Well, we shall see :o)
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