Tuesday, November 30, 2010

In which I agree that my novella is finished if I can write 26,200 words by midnight tonight.

I have never attempted to write anything like a novel before but when my college buddy, Julia P.Bennett, showed up a few weeks ago and told me about NaNoWriMo (nanowrimo.org) I was hooked.  What a challenge!  Not one in which I am actually going to succeed to the extent that the challenge demands (50K words) but one in which I will achieve my own personal goal of 26,200 words.  You know, marathon length!  Well, I probably will reach that goal.  I still have another 1,000 words to go and here I am, typing this, instead of figuring out how Mira becomes the Countessa di Liguria.  And there is still a masquerade ball to attend.  http://www.nanowrimo.org/

The followup is this:  I completed 28,065 words before the midnight deadline and, for that feat, I have a moderate level of pride.

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