This will be a short fact this week as I am in the midst of NaNoWriMo and closing in on the 50,000 words (I’ve got about 4,800 to go to “win”) so I am using every spare second to write because I seem to have OCD when it comes to doing this crazy project every year.
Here’s a tidbit about the United States Navy: It’s a tradition at all Naval installations are considered “ships” – so if you drive onto a Navy base, you are actually not on a Navy base, you are “Aboard”- even on planes, helicopters and inside buildings on a Naval base, you will be welcomed “aboard.”
Quirky and odd but there you are. Terra firma can be a ship. Who knew?
Jillian Chantal 
Ummm my brother was career Navy and I hadn’t heard this. And, wow on the word count. I need to do something like this. One year we did a January NaNo. I didn’t even come close to the word count.
By: Lavada Dee on November 14, 2014
at 12:59 pm
I did that January NaNo with you guys and I never have pubbed that story. Itâs done and is over 60,000 but it has a fatal flaw at the beginning I canât seem to fix but one of my 2015 goals is to do that.
I asked my dad about this Navy thing since he was in and he said itâs true. Our paper said something this week about âonboard Pensacola NASâ and so I asked him if the paper made a mistake. This was the lesson he taught me. LOL
By: Author on November 14, 2014
at 1:08 pm
At least you remember what you wrote for the January NaNo. I don’t remember which one it was.
By: Lavada Dee on November 14, 2014
at 1:21 pm
LOL Lavada. I remember because I love the story but the first chapter doesnât resonate with people like the rest of it. I think Iâve figured out how to fix it now though- just got to get to it.
By: Author on November 14, 2014
at 2:37 pm
My father-in-law was a Naval captain but I never knew that. I entered the family after he retired so I guess I missed out on a lot.
You never cease to amaze me with your writing productivity… You GO,Lady!
By: Tonette Joyce on November 16, 2014
at 1:38 pm