no ordinary wings i need

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.

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.

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

"Why are shape-shifting soldiers from another universe stealing frozen heads?"

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.