I’m dropping out of NaNo. I’ve thought about it long and hard (about half an hour!) and I need to do this. NaNo, as I’ve stated more than once, should be fun. Yes, it’s a challenge, but if you’re not having fun, something needs to be re-evaluated. I’m not having fun. I don’t know why–I […]
Instead of a #5kday, I’m Calling it a Day Read More »
Or at least the Namib Desert. Here’s the deal–if you’ve hung around here at all, you know that I like to do things differently. When I came across the dare in the NaNoWriMo Fantasy forums to write a fantasy set somewhere “not pseudo-medieval pseudo-Europe,” I didn’t need the hint. It was already In the Plan.
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So yesterday was a bit obnoxious. Crappy day at work, came home to non-working fridge and pain in the neck child and ended up too tired to NaNo. This morning was not shaping up well. My back hurt a lot, I was tired despite going to bed early, and the computers and phones were still
Pardon me while I flail a bit. I haven’t had time for much of that. NaNoNaNoNaNoNaNoNAAAUGGHHHHH!! *runs around in circles* Okay, I’m better. I spent the weekend so far working on STUFFS for NaNo. Last night an icon, today a banner (that I don’t know how to upload yet), and sorting out my notes. (Icon,
This is me. Flailing. I must edit before I plan, or I won’t edit, but omg, omg omg, it’s getting so close and I should draw a map and wait I haven’t named all my characters yet and oh, oh, crap, I haven’t figured out if it’s a caravan or… Seventeen days. AAAAAaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!! Yeah. I
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So. That was fun. Not. NaNo was rough this year, and I think I know why. One, I was over-confident. Most years I finish handily, getting my 50K by the 28th at the latest. Last year it was the fifteenth! So I didn’t worry as I fell farther and farther behind. Two, I was trying