November 1, 2009
Today was the first day of NaNo. I did well. 12,828 words on three different novels. It was quite a ride, really. I did not expect to do so well since Russ left this morning (always depressing) and I was ill for part of the day.
But I did it.
And now I need some sleep.
November 2, 2009
I had a second 10k day. It was fun, but VERY tiring. I got some DAZ stuff done, too.
Unfortunately, I had a very bad case of eat everything in sight today. I hope I don't face that again tomorrow! I did finally get it under control. I'll have to try harder tomorrow.
Sleep now, though. Must sleep for a while....
November 3, 2009
Over 33k for the total at midnight tonight.
Must go sleep now. Had bad headache. Took a lot of pills. I think I'm going to sleep well because of it, so there's a good side effect.
Novels are doing well, too. Happy with them. Won't be doing so many words soon, but it's been a fun ride so far!
Now. Sleep.
Thunk.
November 4, 2009
Hello. It's late. I'm very tired.
I passed 40k today. I'm happy.
I'll be writing less starting tomorrow, I think. But right now... sleep is all I care about.
Thunk.
Again.
November 5, 2009
I am going to get this done a little earlier since I have to upload something else to the Internet, and getting this up at the same time will save me from having to remember it later.
I'm having about a 5k day. That's pretty good, considering all the other work I've been doing. It's helped a little, too. I feel better tonight, and the writing -- when I get to it -- went very well.
So, that's my news.
NaNo month is so exciting.
November 6, 2009
First, this:
http://www.inkygirl.com/nanowrimo-day-6-dont-forget-to-have-fun/
Second... a bit over 60k. But so tired from it that I can't see how I could do it again tomorrow. I must sleep now. It is amazing how worn out writing can make you!
I'm going to bed now. I'm going to sleep, I hope -- haven't done so well the last couple days.
Tomorrow, I will write less.
I think.
November 7, 2009
Isn't that a lovely bird? I just love the new location of the bird feeders. I look forward to sitting at the table and watching them this winter -- at least if it isn't too cold.
NaNo is going fine. Brain is fried, but NaNo is fine.
And that's my report. Almost up to 70k. I will slow down now. My week of crazy stuff is done. And I'm ready for a little more calm!
November 8, 2009
I just reached 75k. That was hard!
It's going well, though. I like the stories. Wildlands is still giving me trouble, but Silky 4 and Autumn storm had been very nice today.
I'm going to try and get some sleep soon. That hasn't been so nice lately. But I think tonight might be better.
I hope so.
I need to get a couple more things done, and then off I go!
November 9, 2009
Time to do this early and get it posted tonight, so I'm not starting at it., blurry eyed and wishing it would go away.
I have a sore throat. I'm tried. But I'm getting writing done, so that's good.
I am a little slower the last couple days. But 5k is still good, and I need to start getting other work done, too. The novels are going well. They're each fun, so I couldn't ask for much more than that.
Except to feel better. sigh.
November 10, 2009
I slept quit a bit last night. I feel a lot better for it, too.
The writing is going pretty well today, though I've got a lot of work stuff I've had to do, too. And still more to do. But it's okay. I'll get there.
I'm at some really fun stuff in Autumn Storm right now. I want to get back to it now while I'm still feeling well. I guess I'll leave work for when I'm feeling bad. LOL
Must go get things done.
November 11, 2009
I'm up to around 90k, but it's been very hard work this year. I hope that things clear up work-wise and my brain kicks back in story-wise soon.
Just need to get 'work' cleared up. Once I get there, I think things will be better.
Like I'm going to get caught up with work at any time in my life.
Back to work....
November 12, 2009
I'm trying to get back to work here this afternoon. Need to finish the newsletter and then some work for the county. Then, maybe I'll do some work on a NaNo novel. I'm ready for it!
I didn't post last night's stuff. I just got busy and didn't remember until I was in bed. And I wasn't going to get back up!
Work. Must get to work. I'm going to post this right now. I won't have anything more interesting to say the rest of the day!
November 13, 2009
Lost internet for a while this afternoon. That wasn't good, but it's back and I'm able to work again. I'm just getting this done so that I can go into a story leaping mode later and not stop to do the various things that I usually update each day.
Writing is over 100k. Yay! I'm having fun. Today seems to be an Autumn Storm day. My main character just found out he's in a lot more trouble than he thought. Always great fun.
The weather here has turned kind of grey and gloomy. I think it's going to be winter on the way soon, though I see they've taken the snow back out of the forecast again.
And that's it. I'm going to write for a while.
November 14, 2009
I almost forgot to write and post tonight.
I didn't get as much done today as I had hoped, but it was still not horrible. I've written 1000 since midnight so that when I get up after a few hours of sleep, I'll have something to start with. Good plan.
I was ill again today. I sure hope that this all clears up soon. I'm tired of it. I want to just sit down and write and feel good at the same time. I don't think that's really asking for too much.
But now... way past time to sleep!
November 15, 2009
I've crossed 110k words, so that's good for NaNo. What isn't quite so good is that my computer is making odd noises, I'm not feeling well, and -- despite all my good thoughts -- I am already getting increasingly depressed about the coming holidays.
I just get the feeling this is going to be a long, bad winter in a lot of ways.
Time to post this and let the computer rest for a few hours!
November 17, 2009
Another NaNo day done. I got quite a bit written, I'm glad to say. I'm happy about it.
My computer is still noisy, but we know what it is and it can be easily fixed, so I'm not too worried. I'm still a bit ill, though, so I'm going to keep this short and go curl up somewhere warm and relaxing. It's been a hard few days.
We are past mid-month. I'm ready for some calm non NaNo days again.
November 17, 2009
Almost forgot to do this one tonight. Wind has been ill for most of the night, and between that, NaNo and trying to get work done, it's been really difficult.
I have come to hate my life sometimes. Russ needs a job back here so he can share in the awfulness, I guess. Really, just so that I don't panic so much, knowing there is someone else to help out. I've had one disaster after another the last few days. I'm ready for a break.
But I'm not going to get it any time soon.
November 18, 2009
Wind is feeling better today. Well enough, in fact. to run whenever he thinks I have medication. Sigh. It's going to be hard to keep giving him this stuff.
The computer is not better, but I'm surviving it. I have to hope I can get it fixed soon, though.
The NaNo stuff is going along fine, too. I need to get back to it soon. Keep working on it, because at least it takes my mind off the rest of this stuff.
November 19, 2009
I finished the last book of the Silky series tonight.
That's just so odd. Almost 21 years. Yeah, I didn't think it was that long, either.
Now I'm just going to go crawl off and sleep for awhile. I'm drained.
Good ending, though!
November 20, 2009
I'm not really surprised to learn that I'm having trouble getting back into writing anything else now. I've been playing with Autumn Storm a little bit and I really do need to get back to work on it now.
But I thought I would do this early and get it up. I did get the DAZ newsletter done, so I'm good. I haven't had to turn the computer off and restart it again lately, so I'm happy about that, too. Russ has got the replacement part ordered. Yay! I should have it next week -- though with Thanksgiving in there, probably not until later.
But that's about it. I'm going to get some writing work done now.
November 21, 2009
I don't have much to say today. I want to get this all written and up before I kill the computer. The noise is driving me nuts. Really. But the replacement part is on the way. I just have to think about how I'm going to get it in.
Autumn Storm is really going along well. I want to get back to it and hope to get quite a bit written tonight. I'm really enjoying the story and I think I can see the ending, which I don't have outlined yet.
Not a bad day. So off I go to get more work done!
November 22, 2009
Little more than a week left in the month. I am glad. I love NaNo, but man -- by the end of the month, I really am ready for it to be over.
I've been working on Wildlands today, but it's going very slowly. I think I'm might stop at 2k each day on it and go back to Autumn Storm, which I was enjoying so much. At 2k, I'll still hit 50k for it, so that would be fine.
And that's it. I need to post this and get back to work!
November 23, 2009
Another late night. I had hoped to get some more writing done before bed, but that's not going to happen. Instead, I'm just going to crawl off to sleep soon.
Had a good writing day, though. Sure hope my computer replacement part arrives soon, though. Computer still giving me trouble and making it hard to get stuff done.
And I want to be able to work with graphic stuff again. It's good this is NaNo, otherwise I would be really annoyed.
Time to upload this and go sleep!
November 24, 2009
The NaNo work is still moving along fine. I'm worn out from it, but I'm happy with the novels. Wildlands is finally coming together and I realized a big, major point I had been missing. Will have to go back and edit that into the earlier parts. Good!
Weather here has been up and down for the last few days. They keep calling for snow, then not, then yes and now we're back to not again. Fine by me.
Other than that... no, nothing more going on. There won't be for a few more days and then December hits and... eek. Too much to get done.
I don't want to think about that yet.
Time to get back to work. I have another newsletter to get out this month, too.
November 25, 2009
I am running out of energy. Really. I'm only about half way where I need to be today. I think I can still make it, but it's just dragging. It's not the story. It's me.
Only a few days left. I can make it through this!
The replacement part came today! Yay! I think Russ and I are going to try to go through replacing it via the phone, probably tomorrow. I don't think either of us are up to it today.
And that's really it for me today. I want sleep, but I still have a few hours to go.
I can do this.
Thunk.
November 26, 2009
I barely wrote 3k today. I did get most of the newsletter done, but I just didn't feel like working on much of anything. I needed the day off. I had a headache and I had a hard time focusing on much of anything, so just not pushing was a good plan.
So I'm going to relax still and maybe get a few more things done, and then sleep. Sounds like a good plan.
November 27, 2009
I wrote over 7k today, which was far more than I expected to do. This is good. And it was on something odd -- I decided to add a new section to the start of Wildlands. It took off. It is still going strong, so the book is going to go over 60k.
I need to finish it and then get back to Autumn Storm. I would love to finish it this month, too. We'll see.
But much better day than I had expected, especially after yesterday's miserable count.
I'm going to try and get a little more done tonight, in fact.
NaNo is almost over!
Dinner
November 28, 2009
I have not had a chance to write much of anything yet. I thought I was going to spend most of the day writing, but things kept coming up. It's not quite 6 pm, so I still have a good run at it. I hope I can get moving!
I may be running out of story, though. This could be a problem!
But time to get to work on it.
Only a couple more days until December. I am SO looking forward to it just to be done!
November 29, 2009
Almost done with NaNo. Yay! And I've done well -- far better than I expected. I think I can finish Autumn Storm before midnight tomorrow night. Can't complain about that!
I do have to finish up the newsletter before I go to bed, too, though. That shouldn't be too bad. I should get right to that, in fact.
It's been an interesting NaNo. Let's hope I don't have trouble transitioning back into the real world.
Yeah, like I would know what that is.
Time to go get some work done!
Plot Bunny
November 30, 2009
It is the end of November. I survived with 200,775 words. I am happy and worn out. And glad we're minutes away from December.
I'm getting the updates to FM done. It's going to be odd to get up tomorrow and realize I don't have to write 5 to 6,000 words. I have two outlines and a short story to finish out for the year. I'll probably find a novella to rewrite, too.
But that's it.
And now... finish up work for FM and be done! Yay!