Eight days left... It's getting closer and closer to the end of NaNo and that countdown has begun. I'm not panicking. Yet. I don't think I'm going to panic,actually. Okay, maybe I'm a bit worried and internally freaking a little, but I think I'm going to be okay. Remember me saying I had seemed to … Continue reading Back on Track Just in Time
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Work Roadblock Behind, Full Steam Ahead
It's been three days of me not writing a single word. Wait, let me rephrase that: It's been three days of me not writing a single word for my NaNo novel. I did get my Wednesday Words flash fiction bit written and up on both my blog here and on Wattpad, so I did do … Continue reading Work Roadblock Behind, Full Steam Ahead
New Goals, Planning Ahead, and Difficult Characters
40,131... Forty thousand, one hundred and thirty-one... Forty thousand words... Ho-ly. Shit. Are those numbers for real? I've written 40k for Camp NaNo in eleven days? (More like eight because I did not write for three days this month.) I am on a roll! I wish I knew what my secret was for this month … Continue reading New Goals, Planning Ahead, and Difficult Characters
Word Count: Goals, Hopes, and Insanity
I'm not sure if it's just the maddened excitement of NaNo, or if it's my excitement of getting closer and closer to finishing this book that has me writing like crazy. Or maybe it's me setting more personal, higher goals than what my actual goal for one day is. Whatever it is! It's definitely working! … Continue reading Word Count: Goals, Hopes, and Insanity
The Descent to Madness Begins!
Or is it ascent for me? Well, either way: Hello Camp, Goodbye Sanity!! Camp NaNoWriMo for April has begun! I started writing last night as soon as midnight hit and got in 3.5k words before I turned into dreamland at about 4:15am. I had already requested the day off from work so I knew I … Continue reading The Descent to Madness Begins!
On the Downhill
Remember me saying numerous times throughout this blog that I don't know the meaning to short and sweet? Well, that problem is starting to look like a real problem, and making me start to doubt myself... As I was working on my novel yesterday, I began to realize just how long this book is going … Continue reading On the Downhill