There less than 200 hours left before the National Novel Writing Month begins -- at least in my time zone. I thought I'd send a wake up call to see who in these groups is still active, who's going to participate again this year and so on. Also, since it's my first time, does anyone have any advice?...
Wow, you are going to get SO tired of hearing about this! But you just can't stop reading. You think you might miss something cool or funny, don't you? Of course you do, so first, let me reward you with something I find highly amusing: WE CAN LEVITATE! Okay, I can't. I didn't get the Evite for...
It's November 15 (well, it was a few minutes ago) - the half way point. The day when NaNoers ought to reach 25,000 words of their 50k target if they want that steady-paced success. And I am so there! Past there, actually. After a week of the dull real life stuff I just couldn't get myself not to...
It's 4:30 on Tuesday, Nov. 3rd, which is significant if one plans to participate in NaNoWriMo. I've spent most of the day organizing Hub's maddening sock drawer and uploading photos to Facebook. At one point I considered discarding FB - it's a time sucker and my brain's not geared that way (I barely...
But I'm going to give it the old college try this weekend and try to get as many words in as possible to catch me up. Can I do 4k words on Saturday and again on Sunday? That's what I need to have me on track to make the 50k for the month. Dang. That's a lot of words. Honestly, I'm realizing that...
NaNoWriMo: 24,624 words so far Believe me, it's getting a total re-write when I finish it and holiday gift making. This is totally gonna be an outline. Parts are good enough, parts I think go off track because I'm rushing. Reading: Finished Grave Secret (Harper Connelly Mysteries, Book 4) . So I had...
Yesterday was the most beautiful day. It was warm and sunny and just absolutely gorgeous. Yes, I should have stayed in and worked on my NaNoWriMo, but how could I be expected to stay inside on the first warm day we've had in weeks?! So John and I headed uptown to Central Park to enjoy the afternoon....
This last weekend I made Beef Purses, which are something that play-goers may have bought before they entered the Rose Theatre to check out the latest Shakespeare play. I snagged the recipe from a really gorgeous cookbook, Shakespeare's Kitchen by Francine Segan. (I HIGHLY recommend buying this book...
I'm working on my second novel right now. The first was written for National Novel Writing Month, a challenge held every November to write a novel of new material and at least 50,000 words, starting November 1st and submitting it by 11:59pm on November 30th. I managed 50,133 words in 24 days and,...
Apparently, this wasn't as easy to keep going as we had hoped. For all of you looking for impetus or inspiration, check out www.noblowrimo.com. I'll be posting there and at dailypress.com for the month of October. Feel free to follow/join (yeah, we were supposed to start yesterday. If you backdate...
I'm supposed to be working on a novel right now. A real one, I mean. Not for NaNoWriMo. And I am! But I decided to write the first chapter all over again, and I can't get past the first paragraph. Those first lines set off the mood of the whole book, so they have to be right. Which reminds me of a...
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