New Blog

I've always only posted here during NaNoWriMo. This is where I track my progress and my thoughts/feelings for NaNo. However I have recently launched a new blog that will be updated on a year-round basis. It's called PhD N the Single Mom Check it out if you're interested in more regularly posted blog.

Between NaNo Blog

I've been toying with the continuing to blog between NaNo's this year. I could ramble on about my life but that's boring! There are thousands of blogs that consist of someone going on and on about what is going on in every aspect of their lives. I could talk about my writing, just as I have been with NaNo, which might help ensure I keep writing. I tend to write 50k in the month of November and then 10k from December - October and this is a trend I want to change. I could start editing Midnight Cruise (NaNo '10) or The Secret (NaNo '11) and post the chapters here as I finish them as a web series. There are a lot of options.. does anyone out there have an opinion on what they would like to see? (is there anyone out there?)

December 1

As expected my writing progress took a big nose dive after I broke 50k :( I did end with 51594 but I did not write anything after November 27 (which barely counts as it is <500!). It was a busy few days that encompassed both mine and my son's birthday so without the "oh my god i have to write or else I'll fail!!" pressure, writing got left on the back burner.

I traditionally have only blogged during NaNoWriMo but I would like to increase my writing time throughout the year. So I am considering continuing to post here as I slug through the re-write and editing phase. I do better when I publican set goals as the pressure to not fail is increased when people are watching. Perhaps if I can get this novel tightened up I can even start the sequel! I'm really sold on these science book ideas I have and would like to get more of them created.

Now, in honor of completing NaNoWriMo 2012, I present an UNEDITED (aka don't kill me for the messed up grammar!) story excerpt from this year's novel: Stratospheric Syndrome!

Winner winner chicken dinner!

50,027 words! Officially validated at 10:24pm on November 25!! After my victory lap of screaming "50k 50k!!" I downloaded all of my winner goodies to be able to put that pretty little picture over there <--- on to the blog.

This is the earliest I have ever completed NaNoWriMo, usually I'm hitting 50k around the 28 - 30th. I have been trying to compose this for over an hour since I validated and I'm still at a loss for words to fully describe how excited I am to have averaged 2k a day. And I did not have a single 0 day!

Hopefully I can capture this excitement and continue the momentum to hit 60k by the 30th and finish the story! Then the editing can begin!

But for now I'M A WINNER!!!!

Kiddus Interruptus

Spent a good portion of my evening in RediMed with my kiddo :( Turns out he has a double ear infection and that's why he was spiking a 102 fever! We got home around 9:30 and it took me about an hour to get him finally settled into bed and comfy. At which point all I had recorded for word count was the 600 words I had written after midnight and before I finally went to sleep at 2 last night. Thankfully, the story is getting to the good part! A few conversations and poof total daily word count of 2273! My total word count was 47399 at midnight. But I kept writing and currently sit at 48217. It is tempting to stay up and try to finish but kiddo was just up vomiting and his fever is up again. So going to sleep while he is asleep in case this turns into a long night!

Gobble Gobble!

Turkey day has come and gone here in the United States, the food was AMAZING, as always. My Mom is a fantastic cook. Miraculously, my writing did not suffer the holiday. Usually, Thanksgiving results in a huge drop in production and then a massive scramble/panic attack to get caught up and finished. This year Thanksgiving is more than a week away from Dec 1 and I stayed above pace!

Thanksgiving word count: 1854, overall 43104
Black Friday word count 2022, overall 45126

Last year at this time I was about 100 words over pace. I barely made it and when I broke 50k I could not wait to stop writing and get away from the story. This year I am almost 7k above pace and hoping to not only break the 50k but finish the story. Then the real work will begin. If you look back or have been following the blog this year, about halfway through I was disenchanted with the story and almost resigned to simply hit 50k and give up. But now, a week until the end I am back in love with my story! The end is shaping up perfectly! If not for NaNoWriMo, the desire to "win" the silly certificate, the ego boost of updating my word count and seeing the graph rise every day, I would have stopped writing and given up. And I would have missed this fantastic ending!

Take home message: If you are struggling don't give up! Keep writing, keep going, and wait for the inspiration to hit. Never know what twist might surprise you.

Movin' Right Along

Footloose and fancy free.. ready for the big time is it ready for me.. oh wait I digress! Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the United States of America. The house smells amazing, pumpkin pie, apple crisp.. and tomorrow will be even better when the turkey goes into the oven! Mmmmmm!

On the writing front, the past two days have been great word count! There was finally some interaction between two of my favorite characters who had yet to be in the same scene yesterday. Today I finished off that sequence and right now I am at the end of a scene and not quite sure what scene to do next. I'm not ready to run straight to the conclusion but it might be time. I want to finish the story off before I start editing and I'm itching to edit! I don't even want to post an excerpt anywhere because of the massive editing this needs before allowing anyone to see it!


Day 21 word count1969, total 41250