Herewith, five lines, chosen with a random number generator:

brave and confident and Herculean, “Ready?”

“Richard proposed!” Glo yelled, waving his free hand in the air.

barged in.

of the table without denting and breaking it. Nothing happened, but

drew my knees up against my chest, pressing my face into my legs.
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This is from Jo Bourne's journal, about the latest romance novel she's writing.

OK. Maggie and Doyle are about to meet. But I'm 6700 words (of Rough Draft Two) in. ... That's too many words of warm-up ( Read more... )

Best non-X-rated Nanoism of the book:

Mike hesitates, and I clap my [h]ands, making him jump. “Obedience implies timelessness, Mike! Get moving!”

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24 hours. 21,000 words to go.

Heh. Heh heh. Heh heh heh heh heh. HA HA HA HA HA!

But seriously, back to work.
 

Word count this morning: 9,666 ( Read more... )

( Visually Stunning Mathematics )

Also, I am STILL SICK. It is very hard to write when you're blowing your nose every three seconds, so my novel has been languishing for over a week. This will be an interesting race to the finish. But I will finish! I already sacrificed the $100 no-soda bet for Nanowrimo. I'm not giving up now. I mean, there's still time to give up. But not ( Read more... )

As you move from the spring wood of Week One into the trying climate of Week Two, one or all of the following are likely to happen:

1) The fun, good-time feel of the first week will evaporate.
2) You will decide that your book is a miserable failure, that you are a creative fraud, and that novels are best left to novelists.... Yeah, pretty much. ( Read more... )

Jon told me I could have a soda tomorrow if I coughed up 7000 words for my story. Dammit. But WANT CAFFEINE. SO MUCH.

We got a new kitten! Seven months old, and he is huge!


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