Nov. 21st, 2009


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NaNoWriMo Update

Did my first word count verification of the NaNoWriMo website this evening. I really didn't think i was going to make my daily word count today but I got a brief second wind when I came upstairs and managed to complete a scene and just get a little higher than the suggested 35007 at this point. I do find having a NaNo themed wall paper on my desktop helps so much as does filling out the daily report card. It makes it all so manageable.

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Nov. 14th, 2009


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Rough Night..

Woke up after about 4hours last night with bad cramps and then found once medication worked I could not get back to sleep properly. So spent a lot of the day feeling very rough indeed. Ended up going to bed with a book sort of expecting I'd fall asleep but didn't. Still lying down for a couple of hours did help.

I have not written for NaNoWriMo today though finished last night a few hundred words ahead of schedule. If I am in the mood before I get sleepy tonight I may do a few and then attack it tomorrow hopefully after a better night's sleep.

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Let's do the time slip again

Wonderful line from Fringe delivered deadpan by FBI department head to agent:

"Why are shape-shifting soldiers from another universe stealing frozen heads?"
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Nov. 10th, 2009


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Middle of the night one third through NaNo Update

I know it's circa 5 in the morning and trust me I am going to be heading back to bed in a minute. I woke up just after 4 from a dream. I don't think the dream connected to my story but I just had an urge to finish the scene I'd begun yesterday when it was time for dinner. I guess i could have continued later on but I was sleepy and figured I had done my word count for the day.

I have been typing like wildfire and did over 1200 words in less than an hour.

Anyway, Chris Bray's weekly pep talk just came into my in-box and he had some tips that were so very useful that I thought I'd share with my friends list - for those who are engaged in this or have NaNoWriMoed in the future or for just a taste of the philosophy of the endeavour. Under the cut )

His second tip is one that I've been adhering to in terms of word counts for each session. Although I've not taken part in any of the on-line sprints this year, my IMs are just not activated at the moment, I take the same approach.

Anyway back for some more zzzzs.
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