ShadoNoMo

...or whatever. I am punchy, having produced well over 50,000 words in the past month, and just finished a draft of the ghostwritten novel. Even if I'd participated in NaNoWriMo I wouldn't have qualified--my own word count is spread over two discrete works and the finished draft was started before november began. (And of course, it's december now.) But--I've finished my slog, and can now THROW myself into Christmas prep and, OH MY GOD, the GIRL SPY IN NAZI-OCCUPIED FRANCE who is EATING MY LIFE.

who knew.

I should have known, since the "prisoner of the gestapo" trope was one of the serious obsessions of my early teens. (I wonder where those illustrations are. I drew a lot when I was 13...)

so, my German speaking friends, I need to know how to say:

"I can see the sea from here";
"The sea is that way";
and
"I have a flat tire."