The last few weeks, many of my writer friends have been preparing for the annual month of writing-frenzy, or, NaNo. I’ll be honest, I’m thinking (“sinking”) about it… National Novel Writing Month (NaNo, or NaNoWriMo) is a challenge to write 50,000 in the span of 30 days, over the Thanksgiving holiday and into the…
Well, I don’t actually know my final word count, but I passed my goal (15k) last week on Monday. Yay! AND I did it without becoming a crazed, word-anti-smithing fool, hauled off by the NaNo Emergency Squad (or shipped off by hubby)! My bigger goal, establishing a daily habit of at least 500 words, is…
Another bright and cheery NaNoWriMo-Monday-morning to ya! It’s the last one! The end is nigh. Yay, I have/will hit my 50k! (Or: Curses! Not this year.) I’m in the latter group. That being said, 50k was not my goal. I’m nearing the respectable 15k that I aimed to achieve and am finding my new…
November (and NaNoWriMo) are two-thirds over! Repeat the refrain and keep at it, writers! Or, for those of you who are ridiculous and are ahead or at the 50k mark, maybe stop at the first 500 words today. 😉 Have a drink for the rest of us! Happy Thanksgiving, thanks for reading and for joining…
NaNoWriMo 2016 is almost halfway over! How’s it going? My word count is somewhere it should have been leading in to week 2…but, hey, life! I’m writing (most every day) and getting more words out than I normally average. Satisfaction level = high! With the midway point on NaNo on the horizon, I thought it was…
This weekend was day light savings. Both kids were up early Sunday, and we kept them up late that night. And yet, right before I took my first step downstairs in the quiet dark of morning to write, there came a sound… Actually, an wailing cry. Toddler up. Writing time over. Happy NaNoWriMo, week 2, everybody!…
It may be Halloween, but it’s also the eve of NaNoWriMo! I’m not certain I will find the hours in the day to put all 1,667 daily words on the page. But I am planning to try! Here’s hoping the words flow in abundance for all of us who are embarking on the NaNo journey of 2016! *** What’s…
While immersed in 15-Day NaNo Challenge (but not posting…it will all come at once, more on that later), I decided enough was enough. There was no way I could start a successful NaNoWriMo that way. It was a recipe for failure. And frustration. The giant mess of boxes, piles of papers on the floor and general…
Almost one week later, I’m getting in gear. I’ve learned it’s possible to work on more than one project in NaNo (though it would make me a REBEL). While considering this option, I’m still planning to move ahead with Plan A: Starting my next project. Because of my time constraint, I’ve got Days 1 &…
I did it. I signed up. That is, I opened an account. Gotta start somewhere, right? As a NaNoWriMo newbie, I’ve been reading posts and tweets and suggestions and dos & don’ts…and generally delaying any real prep work. I have a major problem, which I blame for my lack of focus…What do work on come November 1?…
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