I am an official winner! ;)

Yeah, check this out:

I scrambled my manuscript, uploaded it and got this funky graphic. Oh, and a certificate too.

So, this is officially my second NaNoWriMo win. Yay.

I actually re-read the last few chapters this afternoon and the final first draft word count is 55,450. Not bad. Gives me some room to move during revision. The novel's also been printed out, and I will put it aside for a month.

Now all I gotta do is take some notes for the sequel! :/

Hey!

Okay, how's everyone today?

I've updated my word meter accordingly:

As you can see, I've finished the first draft. Yeah, I got through it yesterday. But you see, everything tumbled out of me in such a crazy rush that I'm sure I've left off a few nitty-gritty bits of detail. But that's fine. I just need to go back and read over the last two chapters. Layer it as I go.

Then, I'll print out the novel and put it aside for a month. I like to get a little distance from it. Lol.

But I won't be doing that today. I'm off to do some more edits.

It's me again!

Okay, I just had to stop because my hand and arm hurt. :/

Here's the updated word meter:



So take a look at this:

Yay! Yay! Yay!

Still, after all of that excitement... the novel's not done. LOL. Here's hoping that tomorrow is the day. ;)

New week, New goals

It's early Monday morning.

Got the third round of edits for VB completed and emailed yesterday afternoon. Yay!

Also added a little bit to the NaNo novel before my daughter woke up:

Hoping to cross the 50k today. I'll post again later.

All by myself today, so...

Here's where I'm at right now:

Not sure how many words I added today, but man... I'm totally into this tale.

And I really, really need to thank this wonderful, most awesome band.

You see, right now I'm in the thick of things. A sequence of bad things are going to get this novel to the end. And although I knew what had to happen, the order in which it should go was starting to feel a little murky. So, this morning after I dropped my daughter off at school, I stuck the headphones into my ears and played their album A Beautiful Lie.

During three of their songs -- From Yesterday, The Story and R-Evolve -- it all just came to me. Honestly, I kid you not.

Their music is my muse for today. And for that, I thank them.

xxx

Checking in

Well, the hubby was sorta home today. But I did get some writing done. :)

Here's where I'm at now:



Going well, but I really have to get my notebook out now.

Checking in a little earlier today

Not sure what happened, but I've met my target by 11:30am. The words were just zooming out of me today.

So, here's what it looks like now:



Crossed the 40k mark. Yay.

Now I've got this afternoon to work on the second edits of Valentine's Beast.

Write on! :D

Checking in for Tuesday:

Very happy.

Left it mid-chapter, in a fun spot. ;)

More tomorrow.

Into the (writing) Groove

Yep. It's the start of a new week. I've got 5 new and very shiny days ahead of me...

Of course, one of them is now gone, I've gotten some edits, I need to get my newsletter together, and there are a million other things to deal with. Still.

Here's my progress so far this week:

I've decided that it would be fantastic if I could get about 5k written each day this week.

Progress...not so much

It's been a slow weekend but I expected that with having kids home this weekend. I did get 20 pages of The Right Moves edited yesterday, and I got the third novella plotted, but the issue with Novella One is still plauging me. I'll figure it out AFTER I wrote novella three though and give the old subconscious time to work. Am I the only one who relies on that part of her brain?

SO now it's time to write and I'm going to try for five pages today on the third novella whose name I haven't decided on yet. LOL

Progress on a Saturday!

Yeah, I don't write on Saturdays, but since this week's been a little wonky... I thought I'd write until the lappy ran out of juice.

So here's the updated word meter:

Although I'm not halfway through on the 60k I want to reach, I am technically halfway through the NaNo 50k! Yay. Can't wait to see how the word meter changes next week...

Happy weekend everyone!

Thursday Progress

Feeling good about this story.

What a Bust

Hey Emma congrats on finishing! My weekend was pretty much a bust. I got 2k done and that's it. No writing sunday. The freaking cable guy was here 12 hours.

Thank God he was cute!

Monday and Tuesday I pissed my days away with only a few pages here or there. Today I'm off, and seriously need to crank out about 4-5k. That means I've got 16 pages or so to go and I better get my ass in gear. Once the kids get home it's all a wash!

Back on the NaNo track...

I didn't write a single word yesterday. The hubby was home, so we had a lovely day together.

Got back into my novel today:

Stopped in a good place. Looking forward to going back there tomorrow. ;)

It's Monday here in Sydney!

A yucky, rainy and cold Moday... hell, it's supposed to be Spring. :/

Anyway. On a better note, I got back into the NaNo swing of things today.

I'm now up to:

And I'm very happy with how the story's turning out. It's all pouring out of me quite quickly at the moment. Not sure if it'll all slow down soon. But for now, this is very cool.

I'm also lovin' my Playlist for this book.

As long as I write 3-4k every day this week, I'm happy. :)

Now for a little fun:

There's a 36% Chance You've Been Abducted By Aliens

Even though you have a few alien abduction signs, you're almost certainly in the clear. However, if aliens ever do come to your neck of the woods... they'll probably be coming for you!

What Are the Chances that You've Been Abducted by Aliens?

What Page Seventeen Looks Like

I'm posting this for shits and grins. I hope everyone had a good first Nano day! This is what page seventeen looks like (written about hour six or so). I'm going for another 4k today (if the boss is out)

Swear ‘ta Gawd he did it because he knew it lit my ass up. I chrewed on a couple of greasy fries, tehn studied my watch, making him wait for my response. “About thirty more minutes. Why? What’cha got in mind?” Smiling innocently, I sipped at my iced tea and watched the wind ruffle Cash’s hair.
He smoothed his fingers donw his chin,w hich was clean-shaven, and shrugged, turning his attention back to his lunch. Once he was done and stood up to throw his trash away, I tried again. “SO what’s for dinner, Boss.”

He ignored me, until he came back that is. “Graciellas.”

I whistled appreciatively. Graceillas was the best Mexican food in Galvestone.

“Interested?”

“You mea, like a date?” I stood up, piling my own trash on my tray.

“No. I just don’t like eating alone. And you’re the only person I know around here besides Reece.”

“And James.” Giggling I jabbed a free thumb to where he sta still talking on the phone.

More NaNo Words

Here's the current word meter:



I think I need to lie down now.

No writing over the weekend for me.

Have a good one!

Ralph

"Finish every day and be done with it...You have done with you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it...serenely, and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense."
---Ralph Waldo Emerson

I like that and thought I'd share. I don't remember how many pages I had when I checked in last but I'm at 81. I've GOT to go ahead and start the second novella--in hopes that 2 and 3 will help me wrap up 1. Plus it's a nice spot to start Nano.

I'm shooting for ten and beginnings are easy for me so it should be fun. I'll check in before I Leave work today and happy writing everyone!

qb

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*I hate writing in third person. I mean really.......

It's on!

And I got off to a great start. I think it was a good idea to take yesterday off writing. Sure, I did other writing-related stuff, but nothing that involved new words.

Today was another story. And here's my first NaNo progress bar:

Yeah, I know we're supposed to do 50k during November but I'm aiming for 60k!

Have a good day everyone!