I’m paddling away on my novel for Camp NaNoWriMo!
Current word count is 16,239! At this rate, I’ll make 50,000 by May 11. So, I have a hell of a lot more paddling to do :(
Category: Camp NaNoWriMo
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(photo from omtimes.com; Sphinx pose)
“Take a deep breath, stretch, and sigh it all out!” I love hearing these words from my yoga teacher near the end of our yoga practice. My body by then–after a series of vinyasas, sun salutations, and (failed) attempts at crow pose, to name a few–is warm, loose, and calm. Much like my head feels now after reaching 10,000 words in my novel for Camp NaNoWriMo ;)
Of course, I’ve lost some ground and my new expected end date at this pace is May 30. But tomorrow (Saturday) is the Camp NaNoWriMo marathon and I plan to participate. In fact, I’ll be writing tonight since my husband will be out so maybe I can bump up my projections and get myself a better footing for finishing on time.
In the meantime, I’m counting my blessings for slow-running SQL queries. As millions of data records are being recoded, categorized, and/or linked, I can take the dead time to write a chapter or two on my iPad. Life is good.
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I didn’t think I would have it in me to write today. Last night (or rather this morning) I was up until 1 AM. Fortunately I had the day off work, but I kept napping and we had “stuff” to do so I didn’t get to writing again until late. I thought for sure I would blow it off and lose ground. Many thanks to my fellow bloggers who have been encouraging me: I thought about them as I sat down to give it another go. Now I am up to 8,538 words with an expected finish date of May 18 if I keep at this rate. Oh, but I won’t. I WILL finish my 50k at the end of April. I’ll make it happen, even if it means the kitties have to wait a bit longer for their meals :)
(She looks like she can afford to wait, doesn’t she?)
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I’m procrastinating at the moment. Past time to go to bed but just a few more minutes on the computer … so I go ahead and check my stats on my blog and I have 12 spam messages. Usually I just delete them, but some of them are quite funny so I decided to share the content of the messages. For obvious reasons, I won’t share the links.
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Enough procrastination. I’m participating in Camp NaNoWriMo and way behind in my word count. My goal is 50,000 words and at the rate I’m going, I’ll be done in June :( Still, it’s late, my cats are demanding to be fed, and I still have to take my clothes out of the dryer.
Pleasant dreams my fellow bloggers.
Marie at 1 Write Way 