NaNo Day 30 aaaaand done.

14k words in 13 hours? LET'S DO IT. #SeriousFace 10:52am: Well, 899 more today. Wordcount 35,890 1:16pm: 950 more = 36,840.  This is not going as well as I'd hoped. 2:18pm: 1848 more = 38,688. It's sort of cheating, because I'm copy-pasting segments from old blog entries. But it's not, because I'm actually going to…

NaNo Day 29

From the NaNoWriMo.org "Week Five Pep Talk from Lindsey": And even if 50K is well and truly out of the question for you, even if you know there is no way you’ll hit it even if someone is offering you a million bucks and a frozen banana to get there, don’t stop chugging. ... Wherever…

NaNo Day 26

There are a few things I need to do either work or writing: Headphones (or speakers, if I'm in my own room) Music An unlimited supply of various drinks (tea, coffee, water, soda) Internet, for breaks and Twitter support Another 1,371 words so far today (24,525 total). I'm finally in some kind of groove, where…

NaNo Day 25

It may have been a mistake to try writing in the Fortress of Solitude, which is located directly under the room of a 6-year-old having a sleepover. THUMPTHUMPTHUMPTHUMPTHUMPTHUMP <-- them *YRNDKK* <-- me /1,864 words today (???), for 21,866 total {2:15am} /1,288 more (23,154 total)

NaNo Day 21

20,002 words. *pleased, shy smile* -J

NaNo Day 18

15,542, so that's good. I faffed around for 45 minutes, and then went to http://www.WriteOrDie.com and wrote 500 words in about 10 minutes.  Damn, that's a good tool. From the Week Three Pep Talk from Chris Cleave: I once drafted a novel in six weeks. That draft eventually became my first published book, Incendiary. There are…

NaNo Day 17

Oh, my. @Jaque_Thay: Anybody struggling with #nanowrimo ? Would kittens make you write more? http://t.co/ST8YsWv7 #nano #writing #kittens #cute "A new kitten every 100 words" sounds like an old-timey campaign promise.  

NaNo Day 16

Up to 13,214 words. I'm writing at about 1/2 to 1/3 the speed I "should" to keep up with the pace set by NaNoWriMo, but it's cool. This is my first attempt at a book, and my first attempt at writing non-tech material in years.  I'll keep trying, but I don't think I'll make it…

NaNo Day 15

From 11,339 to 12,666 words today....I'm writing about MidnightDBA today. I'm hopelessly behind, but I'm sticking with it, best I can. This weekend there's a 12 hour writing event (the "Evening Of Scribbling Recklessly")...hmmm, wonder if I should participate?  From the local NaNoWriMo chapter:  As I type this, my word count is... 7,006. No, not…

NaNo Day 10

Well, this has been a really, really rough week. So I haven't done much writing. But I'm back, baby.  I also spent some time switching over from Word to Scrivener, after hearing BIG BIG props from two NaNo friends AND Chris Hardwick (who used it to write his new book, The Nerdist Way). Loving it.…