November (+NaNoWriMo) 2017 recap
A little late this month but hey, you get an extra week of December for free! November has been a weird month for me. Productive, but weird. I wrote just over 50k words plus 19k on the…
NaNoWriMo 2017 roundup + update on GF#8
So I “won” NaNoWriMo yesterday at officially 50,188 words. Never mind what the site is saying, validation always screws with the final word count. I take mine from Scrivener every day so it’s a good benchmark. Did…
Week 4 – NaNoWriMo 2017
Actual words: 49,139 Words to go: 861 Ah, yeah, so much for daily blogging. Just didn’t really feel like it last week. Got some writing done but not really a lot, just over 6,000 words for the…
Day 17 & 18 – NaNoWriMo 2017
Required words: 1,666 Target total: 28,333 / 30.000 Actual words: 0 Overall words: 43,006 Took the weekend off, pretty much (might add Sunday, too). Two hours in dental appointment hell was enough. Friday / Saturday we were…
Day 16 – NaNoWriMo 2017
Required words: 1,666 Target total: 26,666 Actual words: 2,929 Overall words: 43,006 Had a good run through the day, but didn’t get anything done in the evening. Then 2 hours at the dentist this morning, I damn…
Day 15 – NaNoWriMo 2017
Required words: 1,666 Target total: 25,000 Actual words: 2,822 Overall words: 40,077 Stayed up late last night to break the 100k words on GF#8 – so worth it! Also to get so many positive comments in the…
Day 14 – NaNoWriMo 2017
Required words: 1,666 Target total: 23,333 Actual words: 2,049 Overall words: 37,255 A mixed bag of a day overall. The morning was phenomenal that I spent with my fellow writer and friend, her second book is out…
Day 13 – NaNoWriMo 2017
Required words: 1,666 Target total: 21,667 Actual words: 3,038 Overall words: 35,206 I’m writing this at night as tomorrow morning I’m meeting with a writer friend of mine (still squeeing every time I say this!). If you…
Day 12 – NaNoWriMo 2017
Required words: 1,666 Target total: 20,000 Actual words: 1,984 Overall words: 32,168 Slow start for me today as I didn’t get much sleep. Ended up going to bed at 11pm like the good little writer that I…
Day 11 – NaNoWriMo 2017
Required words: 1,666 Target total: 18,333 Actual words: 2,018 Overall words: 30,184 So, I usually type these posts on the mornings after the day, but for several reasons, the first half I do on Saturday evening; the…