Monday, November 21, 2005
Entering the Home Stretch
There are ten days of Nano left and I have slightly more than 15,000 words left to write. If I can manage to keep up the pace I might even have a day of grace. However keeping up the pace is going to be the hard part. With holiday functions and obligations starting to become a weight for me I am...
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Friday, November 18, 2005
Surprising Progress
Even though I was soooo tired last night I managed to get a good chunk of writing in. I took my notebook upstairs and wrote for a solid hour with no distractions or interruptions and then loaded my word-count to the NaNoWriMo website and was happy to see that I am right in the target area. I was...
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Thursday, November 17, 2005
Insomniac Baby Foils Novelists Great Plans!!
You know how it goes, everything is going as planned you’re strolling along feeling pretty good, thinking that all those smiling looks you are getting are because you a looking so hot. Then you realize that your fly is undone, or you have toilet paper stuck to your shoe, or… you tucked your skirt...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Over the Hill… Hump….??? Whatever It Is I’m There!
It’s November 16 th and I am more then halfway through the 50,000 word count that I need to complete the Novel In A Month concept. I have hit the break in my story and am now moving on to familiar ground where I am going to pull all the treads back together as I head for “The End” Speed-writing is...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Movin’ Right Along
According to the nice folks at NaNoWriMo the stretch of words between 20,000 and 30,000 is the hardest. After that you have a feel for where you are going and how you will get there and it’s smooth sailing. Interesting. As I near the halfway point I am learning to make the most of my writing time,...
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Monday, November 14, 2005
My Writing Group Doesn’t Totally Suck
They still suck a little, but I think there is hope that things will improve. I wonder if being in a writing group is like being in any other kind of relationship? There is conversation and a respect for the abilities of the other writers, and there are differences, in style, direction, and...
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Sunday, November 13, 2005
An Epiphany At The Library
Well the novel is ticking along, my hero and his forbidden love have been discovered by her mother, therefore conflict is rife. Choices need to be made and consequences faced and it is all great stuff for the writer in me. I have never been a procrastinator when it comes to writing. The need to...
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Saturday, November 12, 2005
Nothing Like Competition To Get You Focused on Writing!!
Two other women in my writing group are also writing a NaNo novel this month. They have written every day (and I have not) but I am still ever so slightly ahead of them on word count. Clearly this can’t last if I keep taking days off. So with renewed determination to write and at least write enough...
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Friday, November 11, 2005
Recharging My Brain and Wondering
I am taking a short break from my NaNo novel. It can only be a short break since I only have twenty days left to write this thing. But I have a few other things that I need to do, including remembering my grandfather today, Remembrance Day in Canada, and taking the girls to the Cenataph for...
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Thursday, November 10, 2005
Getting Into The Writing Groove
Well, despite a rocky start I got my word count for the NaNo novel completed yesterday AND managed to get my submission for another contest shined up and sent in. A funny thing happened while writing my novel yesterday, I got into the groove and the words just began to flow. My characters began to...
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