NaNoWriMo 2013

Anyone attempting National Novel Writing Month this November?

nanowrimo.org

that's pretty cool Terra! The first i've heard/seen this, might check into it some more this weekend if I get the time, thanks for sharing

I have done it for the last two years, but I am not sure if I am going to do it this year.  Then again I said that last year too lol.  I am just not sure if I am up to two thousand words a day at the moment.

I can't this year because it is my last year of grad school (yea? boo? I dunno). Although, a friend of mine is being a rebel by writing a memoir. I was perusing the Rebel thread in the NaNo Forums--there was an "Academic Non-Fiction" thread...complete with one chick writing her thesis and a dude writing a math book! LMAO! So, I guess I could participate, if I wanted to write 50k words of my thesis in a month. Then die. Cuz that would be the sequence of events. Next year, I am in!!

doh! I remember you all talking about this before. That's quite a bit to do in such a short length of time, think if I'm not mistaken I didn't take it on cause I was working mad hours at the time. Hmm...

Toasti Jen wrote:

I can't this year because it is my last year of grad school (yea? boo? I dunno). Although, a friend of mine is being a rebel by writing a memoir. I was perusing the Rebel thread in the NaNo Forums--there was an "Academic Non-Fiction" thread...complete with one chick writing her thesis and a dude writing a math book! LMAO! So, I guess I could participate, if I wanted to write 50k words of my thesis in a month. Then die. Cuz that would be the sequence of events. Next year, I am in!!

Sounds like Sept/Oct 2009 for me, the month before I defended!  (Actually, I should do it on some academic papers I owe my coauthors...)

Of all people to persuade me on this insanity, my bf was the last person I expected!  So, I blame him for the fact that I have started on another month of insane writing lol.

Yay!

Just totally had to share this



And a day early too

You won?! Awesome!

Nice!!!

Well Done!!

Wow Bekah, congrats!!

Congratz! I've been in there for like 3 years apparently and none written. I didn't even know I had an account there :L

Stupid reports drain my sanity.

I've been there two years (according to them) and written three books - at least I have reached their quota and on time.  This current book, which I now have to take a break from, is certainly not finished because I still have a lot more story to tell.  Who would have thought that death and torture would be so much fun to write?  

Bf asked me the other night "is it just me or are your books getting progressively darker?"

My answer?

"Nope, it's not just you."

What can I say, I am finally allowing my inner psychopath out, and I know its in there because my psychiatrist told me so ...

Bekah wrote:

What can I say, I am finally allowing my inner psychopath out, and I know its in there because my psychiatrist told me so ...

And this is why we love you

Congratulations Bekah! I only made it to about 15k, but looking forward to trying again next year.

Congrats Bekah. I really should have remembered this contest lol. I started working on a manuscript back in October, currently at 34,000 words

Terra, that is 15k you didn't have at the start of the month - so you still have made a good start

Thats awesome Bekah! Super jealous. Still in the Portland NaNo facebook group and have seen people cross the winners line this weekend--wish I could have participated! Next year, next year. But this years graphic is really awesome!!

Yes, and I used the participant discount to get Scrivener, so I'm going to keep plugging away at it. tpb Sumi was a finisher this year as well! One of my favorite indie authors was on my writing buddies list, so I get the perk of reading what she wrote soon