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Sunday, November 1, 2009

Day One Down! Surname Casualty

Well, poor Seth's last name was a casualty tonight. His name isn't... whatever I said it was. I needed him to meet Sidra in alphabetized homerooms.

I got in some good writing today. I crossed 5000 words just now--ten minutes before midnight. It feels good to write and write and write.

I should check the fire before I go to bed. B just woke up. She might have just had a nightmare--she has them too.

So, yay, NaNoWriMo is officially on. I'm already cruising toward my goal--which will most likely be to actually FINISH the book at 75,000, but we'll see. I keep hitting rough patches the last two months. I think it's all the rewriting and querying. Still, I haven't been cruising through the books at warp speed lately.

Okay--my kids have school tomorrow. I'm off to try to sleep.

6 comments:

  1. Hey, that's impressive. I think I did a little under 5k. I'm also hoping to have the first draft done by the end of the month (about 75K) too.

    Good luck for tomorrow.

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  2. This is great! Good luck with the rest of the month. It's really exciting that so many writers are just writing and writing and writing without inhibition.

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  3. Good solid start and best of luck :)

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  4. Wow! 5 k in a day. Wow! That's about all I can say.


    *shakes head, mumbling, "Dang, I thought my 1500 words was impressive."*

    Shelley

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  5. Congratulations. You had an awesome start. If I could have just one day like that, I'd be jumping up and down. I am also hoping to get somewhere in the neighborhood of a completely finished novel also by the end. I got a good start yesterday too (though not nearly as good as yours).

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  6. Thanks, everyone! Go team!

    I feel like a cheater, though, because I write/type so fast. It's the voices in my head. They demand speed.

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