Victory Lap!!!!

So, the day started off a little slow. I lost about three hundred words due to an odd computer glitch. But I managed to rally and write more.

The story took a bit of an odd turn, and I found myself debating as to whether or not I should let my MC live. I asked two of the three people I'd sent the increments of my story to. Both liked Jenna, the MC, and were pulling for her. I still couldn't really decide. Then I hit and passed the 50,000 word mark. Looking at the paragraph I had, I realized that I could simply stop the story right where it was. It would make for the sort of ending I hate to read, but it is an ending nonetheless.

So shortly after 10 pm, I copied and pasted my work into the validator. It then announced that I had won!

45,000 Words!

The current short term goal was to hit 45,000 words by bedtime Friday. Here it is, early Friday afternoon, and I just hit the 45K mark. Less than 5,000 words to go, and hopefully a lot less by the time I go to bed this evening....

40,000 Words!

And now I'm slightly ahead of where I need to be. (Well, by all of 8 words.) Thanks to taking the day off and the prodding of the Write or Die website, I managed to have a 3,200 word day.

Chris Baty had challenged everyone to write 40K by bedtime Monday. I had my doubts on Thursday when he issued it that I would actually make it, and I was very doubtful on Sunday when I realized I would have to write over 3,000 words, which is a difficult feat for me.

But I did it! Shortly before 11:30, I hit 40,008 words. Yay me! Now to just either stay on track or ahead long enough to finish. Less than 10,000 words. I know I can do this...

35,000 words

Made it this morning. Then I broke down and gave the write or die site a try. The song it's playing is quite annoying, but I think it does actually work, because I managed to hit 36,000 words, and the day's writing isn't over quite yet. So maybe the 40K by bedtime Monday isn't so out of reach after all. But we'll see....

30,000 Words

I didn't make it by midnight, but I did make 30,000 by bedtime Wednesday. The next deadline is 40,000 by bedtime Monday. Good thing I already planned to take the day off.

Things are getting bad at my office. No more overtime for my department, but a lot of others are looking at 32 hour weeks. Ugh! I think this may be the impetus I need to start looking for another job.

Halfway there!

Well, after a bit of a disappointing day yesterday, I went and helped out my hubby's disc golf team and worked on my novel. I transcribed what I'd written during the Shadowrun game (I really hate it when I can't do anything.) and then wrote another 1,700 words. Which brought me up to exactly 25,000.

I'm not really too far behind, and I expect I'll have more time to work on it, because I'm going to have to start taking longer lunches thanks to a newly established prohibition on working ANY overtime at all. I so need a new job. :(

20,000 Words

Despite the temptation of Thursday night television (Survivor, CSI and ER) and a phone call from my mother, I still managed to make 20,000 words before bedtime, just as Chris Baty had suggested. I had my doubts that I'd make it, but I did. Yay me!

But sadly, I learned today that my company has asked that we not have any more overtime. We can only work 40 hours a week. This is not very cool, as I typically come in early because my husband and I carpool. I guess I'll have to start taking longer lunches.

15,000 Words

Chris Baty (of Nanowrimo fame) issued a challenge to everyone. To make it to 15K by bedtime on Monday. I managed to make the target with 15 minutes to spare.

Today, his new challenge is to make 20K by Thursday night. I don't think I can, but I'm willing to give it a shot.

10,000 words

With over 2,000 words written today. Not bad, considering that as I was getting ready to settle down to writing this morning, my sister-in-law called to invite us to join them on the Coast and have dinner together.

We knocked out some of our Christmas shopping, and had dinner at the Pig and Pancake. We all ordered breakfast, then headed to the casino. I spent an hour working on the novel, and had 1,900 words done once all was said and done. Driving home, I got another 400 words done, and then a less than productive hour between eleven and midnight.

Total words: 2,448

Not a record, but it definitely makes a dent in the deficit. :)

5,000 Words

Election Day - One candidate (Obama) has been declared the winner, and I just hit the 5,000 word mark. Which means, I'm about a day behind on my word count. But what's new really?

The story is progressing slowly. I am anxious to see it pick up. :)

1,000 words

Are written now, and it's only about 10 pm. 9 really, when you consider the time rollback. It's going a bit slow, but it does take a little while for things to pick up, and I'm not looking at my outline very much. I probably should, but I'm going to try flying by the seat of my pants for a little bit.

I must admit, I am getting pretty tired at this point. The airline trip was very long and I'm still trying to recover from it, I think...

November 1st

Is also called All Saints Day, but it also marks the first day of Nanowrimo. So far, I haven't done too much, but we're going to head on a two hour trip to The Dalles later today, which should give me lots of uninterrupted writing time.

I still need to get my notes transferred from paper to computer, but I'm not going to worry about it quite yet.

After tea, a shower. Then packing my bag. Maybe after that, I'll get to work....