Well, I sort of went radio-silent after claiming that I was going to beat the odds and still hit my goal on November 30th. The reason? I was kind of busy doing it. You need to see my stats to appreciate what happened in November. I have created a graph for you to observe. No,… Continue reading Recap Time
Category: NaNoWriMo
Watch This
100k/40d day: 15 NaNoWriMo day: 5 Total word count: 21,525 Status: lagging 15,975 words I have just finished drawing 290 little circles. I’m alright. I organized the 290 little circles in rows of ten. Each circle represents 100 words. Every 100 words, I plan to fill in one of the circles with a yellow colored… Continue reading Watch This
NaNoWriMo Begins
100k/40d day: 12 NaNoWriMo day: 2 Total word count: 13,662 Status: lagging 16,338 Well, I’m not sure that I calculated that quite right. I counted today’s minimum required word-count as missing. I have not yet begun to write! Not today. I just got off work. The books is going very well. The plot moves very… Continue reading NaNoWriMo Begins
I’ve Got an Even Worse Idea Than Usual
Well, time to shoot the moon again. For those of you who don’t know me as well, I have a reputation for taking on projects that may or may not be possible and driving myself crazy. It’s funny because when I have some practical task to undertake, I prefer to find some clever way to… Continue reading I’ve Got an Even Worse Idea Than Usual
Seven things I learned from NaNoWriMo
This year was my first attempting National Novel Writing Month’s great 50k words in 30 days challenge. I’ve been hanging around on the sidelines wondering if I have what it takes for several years now, and abruptly—here in the middle of my senior year of college—I decided it was my time. And I… Continue reading Seven things I learned from NaNoWriMo