November was National Novel Writing Month and this year I failed completely due to an attack of the flu. However, I have been given the chance to redeem myself by taking part in the Waterstones Story Cube Bloggers NaNoWriMo Project. Starting in November, eight bloggers have been set the challenge to write a chapter of…… Continue reading Waterstones’ Story Cubes Project
Back in November, I completed NaNoWriMo and was a very happy bean. Sadly though, I did not finish my novel. Faerie or No is not, it would appear, a 50,000 word novel unedited. Meaning that although I battled though and hit that word count, I never managed to complete the story I was trying to…… Continue reading Camp NaNoWriMo
It only seems five minutes since I was doing NaNoWriMo and yet here we are with April fast approaching and a new challenge before us. I say us, I mean me. For some people April means CampNaNoWriMo, where you set your own word count and spend the month trying to hit it – like NaNoWriMo…… Continue reading NaPoWriMo
So, I completed NaNoWriMo 2012. I have a funky badge to prove it – look: I also have a Scrivener project that is 54,127 words long and impossible to summarise. I am using the excuse that the novel isn’t actually finished as my reason my I am unable to describe what it is about without…… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2012 and The December 750 Words Challenge
Tomorrow is the final day of NaNoWriMo and I should be sailing through to the finish. Happy, exultant and relishing in my 50,000 word novel first draft. Instead, I am curled on the sofa 3,247 words from the finish wondering if I can give up yet. Three thousand words. That’s nothing really, I’ve written nearly…… Continue reading On Wanting To Give Up
Today it is the 15th of November which means it marks the halfway point of National Novel Writing Month. It means that people all over the world are aiming to hit and break the 25,000 word point in their novels. I’m almost there, it’s only lunch time and I have 587 words left to write…… Continue reading NaNoWriMo – The Halfway Mark and an Extract
Day 1: Found it hard to get going today then suddenly got into the swing of it and rattled out more than I expected. Day Word-count: 2,150. Total Word-count: 2,150 Day 2: Enjoyed one of the scenes I wrote today – nothing like a bit of drama to help the word-count along! Day Word-count: 2,244.…… Continue reading NaNoWriMo – Update
It’s November on Thursday. That means I have to start writing 1667 words a day. Every day. For 30 days. Starting on Thursday. THURSDAY! How is it so close? November is ages away. November happens just before Christmas and that’s not for months yet. Right? I have the NaNoWriMo jitters. I was all hyped up…… Continue reading Dreading November
I keep meaning to do this. I said I was going to one year – I signed up on the forums etc etc and then wrote slightly less than 100 words. This year I am using it to try to finish my WIP. I know it’s supposed to be a new project that you start…… Continue reading NaNoWriMo… ish
