NaNoWriMo Update #3

Posted by on Nov 22, 2008 in dish | 0 comments Productive week this week. Turns out what I need to do is wake up early (just a little after 4 a.m.), write for an hour or so before I have to start waking DH or Frick (Frack sleeps in until after 7), and watch the words pile up. I am way ahead of my pace from two years ago–the year I won–29K now compared to 20K then. Plus, we have all week off from school next week, so I won’t...
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NaNoWriMo Update #2

Posted by on Nov 15, 2008 in dish | 1 comment Slow week. Lots of thinking about the story, but not much typing on the story (as you can see from the wordmeter). It’s interesting what kinds of things pop up, though, when you haven’t done a whole lot of planning. Like Lucy hitting a highway patrolwoman because she hasn’t been paying attention. Or having to dress in scary 80s fashion for a reunion party. Or ending up doing...
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NaNoWriMo Update #1

Posted by on Nov 8, 2008 in dish | 1 comment Things going fairly well this NaNo season, if not for the ennui and the self-sabotage and whatnot. I am about a thousand words ahead of where I was a couple of years ago. Which is okay, but not great. I’d really rather not have to write so much at the very end in order to win. Unfortunately, I managed to kill the stats from last year’s attempt, so I have no idea where I am in...
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On Your Mark…

Posted by on Nov 1, 2008 in dish | 1 comment NaNoWriMo starts today! Something about this web badge really appeals to me:Love the Viking helmet. Very Brünnhilde/shieldmaiden. Although typing in one of those metal corsets would be really uncomfortable, the idea of going after a new project like a Valkyrie has its own appeal.This year’s project: Belle on Wheels. Here’s the tag: Lucy Nugent is driving hell-bent through life in a...
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Fantastic Beasts, Not So Fantastic Effects

Posted by on Oct 30, 2008 in dish | 3 comments One of the Harry Potter series bonus books is a slim volume called Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander. This small book, written and illustrated by J.K. Rowling, describes the creatures of her magical world. All the profits were donated to Comic Relief UK. I was scanning it this morning–Frick had dropped it on the floor by his bed, and since it had text, well, I had...
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