For the past five years, every November, I have sat down at my computer to write a novel. 50,000 words in 30 days, trying to come up with some semblance of plot and character. I've written fantasy, war stories, and some strange kind of literary fiction ( Read more... )

Hurricane/tropical whatever Ida is really getting annoying. It's been raining here since yesterday...like non-stop raining, and it's supposed to continue until next week. Solar-powered me is not happy.

I didn't do anything on my NaNo last night, I had a funk. But I'm doing some tonight, and will work twice as hard to make up for yesterday.

I spent ( Read more... )

"Rill" quick, because apparently my country upbringin' is showing today. Don't judge me ( Read more... )

Just a quick NaNo-ish update. Around 12,000 words now, woo hoo! I have to my mom's tomorrow to vote in my hometown for our local elections, and then I'm probably coming back to write more. Or my mom will kidnap me as she usually tries to do and I'll take a nap on the couch like I usually do. :D ( Read more... )

Quote for the day, from Chris Baty, founder of NaNoWriMo:
"There's an old folk saying that goes: Whenever you delete a sentence in your NaNoWriMo novel, a NaNoWriMo angel loses its wings and plummets, screaming, to the ground.
Where it will likely require medical attention.
These are words to live by. Resist the tyranny of the delete key!"

AND HE ( Read more... )

Firstly, Happy Halloween! It's cloudy and cold tonight here, which is kind of perfect for staying in and watching scary movies and eating copious amounts of sugar, amiright?

Second, who is doing NaNo? Are you excited?! You should be! I cannot wait. Plus, the first day is on a Sunday and I don't have to work, which means more writing time! Woot! ( ( Read more... )

-At 44,101 words right now on NaNo. Wish me luck, guys. These next few days'll decide it all *dramatic music*

-Thanksgiving break officially begins tomorrow! I can go to my mom's house and be in a comfy bed and be fed by my mommy and told I'm wonderful (as she sometimes likes to do.)

-I can't leave to go home until 8:00, when my last class lets out ( Read more... )

*I am actually caught up on NaNo as of right now. Last night I forced myself to keep typing just a little bit more, and it seems to have paid off. Now to only keep that up ( Read more... )

Taking a short break after word-warring. I'm going again in eight minutes, but I find that if I sprint, then break, then sprint again it's easier for me.

It's funny- I've never done word wars until this year. Before I'd never had a problem getting into my NaNovel; even when the going was hard I could plug away. Now, I think because I'm bogged down ( Read more... )

i. If you live in teh America, have you voted today? If not, go do it! Otherwise, you don't get to complain about who wins. I know, I know, the Electoral College decides anyway, it doesn't matter, it's just hitting a button, whatever. But it's not hard, it doesn't take more than a minute, and it's your chance to at least try to make a "difference ( Read more... )