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December 3, 2012

What I Learned from NaNoWriMo 2012

My goodness.  Let me just say that I am really glad November is over.  If you are wondering why I did not happen to post here after November 2nd, and you guessed that it could have had something to do with needing to write 50k words in 30 days, you would be correct.  I really had no time to do anything extra in any spare time throughout November because every minute was spent working on my word count.  I wrote in cars, in trucks, on airplanes, next to swimming pools in Las ... View Post

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: book in a month, cheetah on the roof, nanowrimo, novel!muse, Uncategorized, word count, writing

November 2, 2012

NaNo Day 2: I feel like a REAL WRITER!!

Word Count Day One: 2834Word Count Day Two: 819The important thing to remember here is that I'm still ahead of schedule, and I've stuck with it for two days, which yes, is progress.  :)  I'll take anything I can get right now!  I stole my younger sister's desk while she's away at college and made myself a little NaNo headquarters in the corner of our bedroom.  It's small and unobtrusive, but gives me a place to put the laptop that's not on ... View Post

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October 24, 2012

Dialogue Tags…. Detail or Distraction?

So obviously it wasn't REALLY the Return of Me last time I wrote in here.But it is now. ;)I am being forced to find another job and it's making me cranky and upset.  But, it also made me decide to stop F-ing around and actually get to REAL WORK on this novel thing.  If you've been keeping up with this journal, you are probably shaking your head and laughing right now.  I know.  How many times have I said this, right?Well. I enrolled in "12 Weeks to a ... View Post

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