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I've been doing some thinking about NaNoWriMo, and specifically about the gamification theme that it's had going the last couple years, and why I've really fallen out of love with the site (though I remain motivated by the event ( Read more... )

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The first snowfall of the season is here. It started last night and we had a lovely few minutes sitting inside tucked up in blankets and cats with tea, watching the snow fall into a winter wonderland. This morning when we woke up it had shifted to "wintry mix" aka "gross wet cold shit." By afternoon it turned back into snow, and now everything ( Read more... )

Yeah, I fell off the face of the planet last week. I was hideously sick from Thursday night through Monday (I am now in the lingering-cough phase). As a result, I basically got nothing done all week except lying on the couch and playing FF14, other than dragging my sorry carcass to work ( Read more... )

Alright. I've totally had six hours of sleep and three glasses of wine, so I am probably mentally competent to talk about NaNoWriMo.

( If you don't want my navel-gazing about the collision of competing priorities that was NaNoWriMo, skip. )

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So I hit 25K tonight for NaNo. I like the shape this novel is taking; I am working pretty well with only outlining the next five chapters or so, and letting it take shape more slowly. (I have a 2000-word sketch of the overarching plot, so I always know roughly where I'm going, but in prior years I've had every chapter outlined with at least a ( Read more... )

NaNoWriMo, that is. I'm over 10K today, which is tomorrow's goal, and I had taken Sunday off, even. So far, doing a little extra every day and giving myself permission to take a day off has been pretty good; the last few years I've averaged 2000-2500 a day but stressed myself out toward the end of the month. And admittedly during NaNo I spend ( Read more... )

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