NaNoWriMo

Why I Jumped the NaNoWriMo Ship

November 13, 2010

NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing Month. In November, thousands of folks step up to write a novel. A “novel” for these purposes is defined as 50,000 words of non-fiction, written over the course of 30 days. November 2009 was my first NaNoWriMo. I hunkered down with my laptop, and wrote my 50,000 words. [...]

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NaNo silence

November 5, 2010

Yes, I’m not around here much right now. It’s NaNoWriMo time, and I am off elsewhere, writing my second novel. My first was written in NaNoWriMo last year–National Novel Writing Month. And no, it’s not published (yet). I haven’t even gotten it beyond the rough draft stage … Anyway. I am giving my writing time [...]

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NaNoWriMo 2010

October 7, 2010

Gearing up for this year’s NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month, in November. The goal is to write 50,000 words of non-fiction in the 30 days of November. It works out to be a little less than 2,000 words a day … last year, when I was on a good roll I could write 1,000 words [...]

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Winning NaNoWriMo

November 30, 2009

Sitting here still slightly stunned to have reached the 50K mark, but feeling excited, proud, enthused, and definitely doing many mental happy dances. NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing Month, an event officially held in November each year, and the goal of which is for each participant to write 50,000 words between midnight October [...]

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