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NaNoWriMo

A collection of 141 issues

Writing up a storm

After National Novel Writing Month last year, a group of us wanted to keep meeting, and we're working on a series of stories set in the same world. In this world, magic is real, fairies are modelling on all the catwalks in London and New York, and dwarves

After the ball was over

After the ball was over, she took out her glass eye, Put her false teeth in the water, hung up her wig to dry; Placed her false arm on the table, laid her false leg on the chair; Then what was left went to bye-byes, after the ball. NaNoWriMo is

Greeb and Purble!

When your NaNoWriMo word count goes over the magic 50,000, you get a green bar on your profile. When you put your novel through the validator, you get a purple winner's bar, a certificate, icons for your website, an entry on the winner's list, and

G.R.O.W.L

Or: Gateway Region Of Wordwarrior Legends. St Louis is in a Regional word war with W.H.A.T. (the Warmongering Hoosier Attack Team from Indianapolis) and D.A.N.G (Dayton Area NaNo Group from Ohio), so we needed a threatening acronym too. One of our guys gate-crashed the

Miscellany

I'm still writing my novel. They say everything comes together in week 3 and once you hit the 35k mark you're golden. I made 35102 last night and it feels good. This is the fourth year I've done NaNoWriMo and it's a

Works in progress

Started the Silky neck cozy on Saturday. Used just one strand of Silky Wool, I'll probably end up making another cozy with the pink yarn. It's a very simple pattern but I love the puffiness of the fabric. The yarn is very soft and warm. The

Stash diving and novel writing

I haven't cast on for anything since finishing the Boudica socks, which are a good fit and look great. I'll definitely be looking for more BFL sock yarn. It's been eight days since my last stitch and I miss it. I have a skein

Can't talk, writing a novel

Just crossed the 5.5k mark. I'm aiming at 2,000 words a day and so far all of my characters are miserable, except the cat. Writing was hard the first day, it's flowing a lot better now. The St Louis region is in a Word

The calm before the storm

'Twas the night before NaNo, when all through the house Not a keyboard was stirring, not even a mouse; The laptops were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that a good plot soon would be there; There are be St Louis NaNo'ers at the Steak

NaNoWriMo strategies

National Novel Writing Month is approaching fast. The St Louis kick off party is on Sunday 28th at the Clayton Bread Co. from 4-6pm, Hubby and I will be there in our NaNoWriMo 2007 t-shirts. My basic rule of NaNoWriMo is "write every day and make at least one

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