NaNoWriMo
October 26, 2009
- A couple of things this week - I'm now sitting in a whole new place in the living room. Having had a minor fit about being SICK TO DEATH of being in the middle of the dining room-living room where the kids can dump their crap ON MY DESK, and bug me constantly from the kitchen, and the dining room table.I'm just that much further out of the way. Far enough that they can't ask me to get things ...
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October 26, 2009
- Day nine of the Daughter Am I blog tour, and I am still going strong. I actually went to bed before midnight last night, and I’m a bit more rested. Good thing — there is a lot going on today! First, check out “After the Writing Comes the Work.” Great discussion going on at that unscheduled tour stop, and a wonderful compliment about Daughter Am I.Next, check out “How Best To ...
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October 25, 2009
- All right my lovely commentators-and-lurkers, I have a question! What is your opinion on National Novel Writing Month? (Otherwise known as Nanowrimo, or Nano) Do you think it's a great idea? Are you skeptical? Or somewhere in between? Also, if you're doing Nano, why? What do you hope to get out of it? (I'm doing it for the kickstart. After five months of revisions, I need a serious boot ...
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October 23, 2009
- November revolves around writing, and, like the Thanksgiving holiday celebrated during this month, that's something for which to be grateful.First, it was named National Novel Writing Month by Chris Baty, who began in 1999 with 21 San Francisco Bay Area friends writing a novel in 30 days. Of the 21, six of them succeeded that month in completing a novel, which they defined as 50,000 words—the ...
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October 22, 2009
- Dear Esteemed National Novel Writing Month Participant, I wanted to drop you a quick line to let you know we've kicked off our 11th season of literary abandon over at NaNoWriMo! We've got new pep talks, new web badges, new videos, new servers, new writing goodies, new Q&As, and 4,361 new ways to procrastinate on your book (yep, the forums are live and bumping). The only thing we're ...
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October 6, 2009
- I got my computer back up and running! And guess what...A friend of mine was able to recover data from my hard drive before I reinstalled windows so I didn't lose anything important (the books I'm writing in particular)! So needless to say, I'm pretty happy! So it's time for me to get back to writing on a regular basis. I only took about a week-long break while my computer was out of commission, ...
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October 2, 2009
- Although it's still a month away, I'm bringing up the subject of November as National Novel Writing Month. If you've never joined this crazy club consider doing it this year. It's a pain with perks you will not regret. A few years ago... so I decided to do it. I was unemployed, so yes, I had lots of time on my hands, but remember, I was looking for a job which is pretty mentally ...
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October 2, 2009
- (No, I don’t mean that kind of toy. Although we need those, too… but all right, that’s another blog.)The point is, you are going to be working SO HARD for the next two months (and I hate to be the one to break it to you, but for the rest of your lives, as well…) So I really encourage you to splurge on a nice big beautiful notebook to brainstorm and outline ad write your novel in ...
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October 1, 2009
- I’m sure many here are aware that November is Nanowrimo – National Novel Writing Month. As explained at the official site here, and here and here, the goal of Nanowrimo is to bash through 50,000 words of a novel in a single month. I could not be more supportive of this idea – it gives focus and a nice juicy competitive edge to an endeavor that can seem completely overwhelming when ...
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September 3, 2009
- I teach in the south and we start school earlier and earlier every year it seems. Northern schools start after Labor Day, the traditional day, but we started school August 17th. The teachers were back a week and a half prior to that. I don't care that we get out the last day in May when summer is just getting started and I have to pack my bags and re-shelve my books, unroll my posters, stick ...
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