Well today I spent some time backtracking in my novel and filling in some fine details such as the town my characters live in and some of the background of the town. I decided to set the town in Kansas, but came up with a fictional name that I'm not sure will stick, but for... Continue Reading →

Today is an epic day in NaNo world. The tables have turned and I've finally written more words than I have left to write. I topped the halfway mark by 304 words today, making my count, 25,304. While I picked up some fresh material over the weekend, today was a bit more of a challenge... Continue Reading →

I am happy to report, today was a success. And it not only was a successful day in reaching today's word count, I have successfully caught up on the two days I missed due to being out of town for my uncle's funeral.It wasn't as hard as I thought. I was more than 4,000 words... Continue Reading →

Sadly, I will not be making my word goal today or tomorrow. Number one, I have some family matters to attend to and number two, I simply need to recharge.It's a lot harder than I thought to write every day and write that much. While I'm excited to get to the end goal, I can... Continue Reading →

I'm pleased to announce that NaNo Day 10 is a wild success! Ok, so not "wild" but it has been a success.I have little to write today really. I'm not feeling well today and it's been a challenge getting the words out. I now have 61 pages written on my book. It feels wild to... Continue Reading →

Well, despite another soul-eating day, I managed to get in my daily word count. I wrote a total of 1774 words today, bringing my grand total to 17,357. That's still ahead of the "required" 15,000 word count at this stage of the month.Today I gave myself 45 minutes to write and I wrote anything and... Continue Reading →

Despite a rough day at work (which by the way started at 6:15 a.m. and is far from over at 5 p.m.), I have managed to make Day 8 a success. I'm now at 15, 588 words. In a few short days I'll be at 20,000! It feels like I'm really getting somewhere now! This... Continue Reading →

Day 7 is now officially behind me -- at lease the writing part of the day. Like my previous blog entry today, I awoke very early with the title of my novel in my head. I wish the rest of the time spend on writing today was as easy. Today I spent doing some more... Continue Reading →

Day six. Success!  As of day 6, I'm at 12,017 words. That puts me on target for finishing on Nov. 25 -- if I keep up this pace. I have 24 days to write 37,983 words. After today, I have no doubt I'll reach that goal. And my goal is to get done early so... Continue Reading →