Category NaNoWriMo

Congratulations to everyone who has made it this far! We’re 25 days in, with 40,000 words down on paper and we’re almost halfway through a complete novel (depending on how much you want to write for it). This is going…

To those that say nano is a waste of time, you know who you are; I thought I’d tell you a bit about how it has helped me this year. It’s day 22 and I’m on schedule for the suggested…

After some unexpected scenes and ANOTHER dream sequence (they do pull the story together, honest guv!), I’ve already made today’s word count. With a few hours of writing time left tonight I’m hoping to get ahead. I even had to…

I finally broke out of the monotonous loop my novel was travelling in…just in time as well. I feel like a plane pulling out of a nosedive just before it crashes to the ground and bursts into flames… *sigh* I’ve…

Ever seen the film Groundhog Day? I feel like that’s where my novel is going at the moment. No, I’m not going to have Ned Ryerson a.k.a ‘Needlenose Ned’ a.k.a ‘Ned the Head’ suddenly pop up… BING! I mean my…

I have no idea what the hell just happened… Twenty-six hours ago I was feeling dejected and defeated. I was on 15,683 at 20:30 and I thought I had little chance of catching up at all. Fast forward to 22:30…

Sunday night: 8ish – 15,683 words, so far behind it’s not funny. 24 hours later? 22,342 words. Yippee! 6,659 words in less than 24 hours. That’s four days work in one! Or as I like to look at it I’ve…

Almost the halfway point…[tap tap tap]…which…[tap tap]…means, ummm…[tap tap tap tap]…which means…where was I? Sorry, I’m [tap tap] trying desperately to catch up with my nano word count. You don’t mind if I alternate blog posting [tap tappity tap] with…