Well, it took me until almost the 11th hour, but I made it. This year I managed to stay above par almost the entire month. I built up a four day buffer. I lost it over the Thanksgiving break. Pies (from scratch, mind you) Turkey Day V ...
Today I broke 44k, which means my win is within the week. According to the official site calculations, I'll finish on the 25, which is a very comfortable win and right on target for my goal of 55k by the end of the month. Oh yes, I may finish early ...
So, I might be cheating just a little bit. The official rules for NaNoWriMo state: Just be sure to only count words written during the month. Now, I have about 15k of a previous draft of GISELLE sitting on my hard drive. It covers quite a bit of t ...
So, how's that fancy graph thing working out? Not. So. Hot. As you can see, I'm well below the plan. But, Days 1 and 2 both managed to beat the daily minimums, so there's that. Day 1 was a blast. We held a midnight KOP at a diner and I wrote over ...
While checking out the competition browsing our neighbor regions I came across a link to The Pacemaker. It's a super nifty little words-per-day calculator. Set your target word total, designate when you'll be most and least productive, and voila! ...
I first heard about National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in 2003. It was my senior year of high school and I was game to try. I was, after all, preparing for a career as a novelist. The project I started, still known as UNTITLED MOBSTER CAPER, ha ...
(Is my hair straight? Have I got anything in my teeth? Is this thing on? It's on. Crap.) Hello, Pitch Wars crew! All you amazing, lovely people making this contest possible. I'm a little terrified to be here but also ecstatic to try for a slot. A L ...
A few weeks ago I stumbled across the blog of Derek Murphy, a book cover artist. He was running a special promotion in honor of NaNoWriMo. 30 Covers in one day. Now that's a challenge! He was soliciting novels so I threw my hat into the ring. He mad ...
I have, technically, finished my first draft. It runs all the way from the beginning to the end, minus some missing scenes. The story still known as Statutory State (because I have yet to come up with something better) stands at about 72k. That leav ...
