Anyone doing NaNoWriMo this year? If you don't know what I'm talking about, then go HERE to check it out ( Read more... )

Can't do it this year. No NaNoWriMo for me this year. And I'm feeling torn about it-- though it is definitely the right decision. I am writing already, every single day. I have the itch to work on another novel but it hasn't yet "formed" in my mind... but it's lurking there.

I loved being a part of it last year, and I did more than 50K -- it was ( Read more... )

randomdream, a recent winnner of NaNoWriMo, wrote this about the video below (and the video made me tear up!):

"I feel like everyone around the world is happy dancing with me right this moment. In honor of that feeling, I give you the most awesome YouTube video I've seen in years. Doesn't it make you happy to be human? "

I couldn't agree more!

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I joined NaNoWriMo this year for the first time. In fact, I didn't even know I was going to do it until one day before hand, and found there was indeed a novel lurking inside of me... For those who don't know, that stands for National Novel Writing Month. National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. ( Read more... )

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Forgot to post my word count for today (well, yesterday now that it is past midnight here). It was like pulling teeth, but after I was done I realized I had written 5,675 words! Whoo Hoo! I'm ahead of schedule by 4,273 words and I WANT to hit 50,000 before November 30th at midnight.


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I wrote 4,448 words this afternoon and I am exhausted! It was a very intense chapter of the book and when I was done, I was feeling the same as my main character -- knot in the pit of my stomach and shaky! I felt like I really experienced what she did. I am 1309 words ahead of schedule now (wrote NONE yesterday). I am going to make this 50,000 ( Read more... )

This is highly unusual for this area, to get so much snow before Thanksgiving! Our big snow month is usually January. But we had another snow, and it was even more than last time. i don't know how many inches are out there, but I estimate here at our house there is about 6". It is gorgeous! I love the brilliant whiteness of it. It was snowing this ( Read more... )

I have written 2,795 words this afternoon! I could go on a lot more, but Bear is home and it is time to be with him and have a cup of tea together. That's our ritual -- when you are married to a British man, tea is very important!


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I'm ill, so I didn't get much written. I slept two hours in spite of the narcolepsy meds, and I have a swollen lymph node just below my left ear that's been there for two days (ow). I'm starting on augmentin tonight, so maybe that will help. I hope ( Read more... )