Yes, I am one of those annoying people that calls Jane Austen by her first name ( Read more... )

I'm at 38k and Nano ends on Monday. This is my fourth year participating and the first one that I will not win ( Read more... )

It's that time of year again. That time when we stuff ourselves silly with turkey and lots of other things that we only eat at Thanksgiving and maybe Christmas. I've always found it funny that certain foods symbolize the day to people and it just doesn't feel right if that food isn't there. I also love the fact that every family seems to have their ( Read more... )

Someone in chat tonight said they had finally reached the point where they had given themselves permission to write crap.  And you know, that's kind of the point.   I do Nano to get rid of that awful internal editor, at just such a pace that I have to keep moving. Standing still, ruminating, second guessing only leaves me lagging.  So I write ( Read more... )

I'm writing! I'm even about one day ahead in my word count which gives me a slight buffer.

I felt like I was writing all day yesterday but didn't move ahead  as I'd hoped, but I'm writing.

I'm not as wholly enamored with this nano as I was with last year's, but it's workable and fun and I've got forward motion.  I used a phase outline this year, ( Read more... )

The words are finally flowing again (thank god). I love NaNoWriMo for just this reason. Whatever angst I've had all year about my writing doesn't really matter because I have a goal and dammit I've got to win! I've won every year I've participated so far and damn if I'm going to wreck things now.

Looking up something mentioned in chat I came across this story:

From Wikipedia

When Germany invaded Denmark in World War II, the Hungarian chemist George de Hevesy dissolved the gold Nobel Prizes of Max von Laue and James Franck into aqua regia to prevent the Nazis from stealing them. He placed the resulting solution on a shelf in his laboratory at ( Read more... )

It's been a long time since I updated. I guess I just haven't had much to say. What I do have Twitter handles pretty well within 140 characters.  This has been a difficult year writing-wise; well in real life ways, too.  At this point I've decided to call it a learning year and I'm comfortable with that. I'm improving my craft and that is progress ( Read more... )

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ETA: Magic you are totally right. It does say add 1 cup of cold water.  Posting while sick = posting while drunk. Don't do it. LOL

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