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NaNoWriMo

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NaNoWriMo – T minus 30 days

Now is the time to panic, if you haven't already started. We're writing a NOVEL in a month's time, we must be mad. October is the month of the Great Site Relaunch, all the posts in the NaNoWriMo forums get wiped for the new

NaNoWriMo - T minus 50 days

I love November because that's when NaNoWriMo happens and we write novels together. I love the camaraderie, the intensity, the goals, the notes, the team challenges. I love having a story at the end of it. There are 50 days until NaNoWriMo 2012. Scared yet? Days til NaNoWriMo

Plans and Previews

I'm currently reading (and annotating the glitches in) my 2011 NaNoWriMo novel with a view to finishing the story. The last three chapters are missing and I need to tidy things up and put a pretty bow on them so I can put this project to bed. It&

Tidying a loose end

I've been writing a short story a month for our post-NaNoWriMo writing group, Fictional Authors, and utterly neglecting the ending of my 2011 novel. I'm planning to re-read the story so far and my planning notes, and get the thing done by the end of July.

Under the radar

Between the secret swap gift and some long-delayed half-finished projects, it's gone a bit quiet around here, but I have been working on a few things: There's some chocolate cherry Finn wool on my spinning wheel that is almost done, I need to spin another half-bobbin

Looking back

In 2011 I knit: * 6 pairs of socks (all my own designs) * 3 neck-warmer scarves (one from unspun silk hankies) * 2 shawls (Larix and Citron) * 4 toys (two bats, a hedgehog and a bunny) * 2 lace scarves (both knitspot designs, Butternut and an unblocked Aria Delicata) * 2 tops (Eris, still

Back to what passes for normal

It was a long November. I haven't finished my novel, though at 58,000 words it's at the end of chapter nine, with three more chapters to go. I'm going to finish this one, read the first book, then this second book, and then

NaNoWriMo 2011 - Can't stop the story

I don't think I'm going to finish this story at the end of the month, but I am going to finish it, and the third part of the trilogy, then edit the whole lot, possibly using a Holly Lisle course, How to revise your novel. Tuesday

NaNoWriMo 2011 - And miles to go before I sleep

This week has felt like really hard work. Wrote till 11pm on the Friday, struggling to set up a new routine. Fred was right, it is crazy to change job during NaNoWriMo. But is it just crazy enough to work? Tuesday 15th 33607 words, 1094 today. Went from work straight

NaNoWriMo 2011 - Plowing on

This is where it's supposed to get difficult. I don't have TIME for it to get difficult, I have too much story to get out! Tuesday 8th 19001 words, 3279 today. My last day at the old company, changing job during NaNoWriMo may be certifiably crazy.

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