15k, I'm on my way!

I went to a write-in at the library today, and despite much talk and revelry, I managed to make 15,008 words as of today. That's with having written a big fat ZERO yesterday.

I'd blame the election, but really I think I just needed a break. I'm exhausted from working so much, among all of the other stuff I've been doing. I really needed a Me Day. Oh, and I forgot. I also made nine (yes, count them, NINE) breakfast quiches for work. Given that I was jumping up and down like a jumping Jack, there's no way I'd have been able to concentrate on writing. It worked out best to just take the day off and make it up today, which I almost did.

Anyway, I went to the write-in thinking to get peace and quiet to write, but there was much chit-chat that took place. Even still, I hit 2739 words, pushing me over the 15,000 words I wanted. I'm still something like 1000 words behind, but I'll make it up tomorrow. It seems that 3000 words really isn't that hard to manage when I get the peace I need.

As for the story, it's going well. I introduced a new character, developed another one that's important but was glossed over earlier in the book, and am having fun building on the morals and ethics of the community Piper grew up in. It's a sad little place, really, but a lot of what's there is put in place to protect them in a very rough world. I like how it's coming along.

More tomorrow. I'm beat tonight. :(

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Non-writing day

Well, I blew my chance at getting any words written today, I think. While I was up at 5:40, I spent my time doing laundry, showering, and surfing the forums. Argh! And I only needed 850 words today, too. *sighs*

Well, I have about 15 minutes. Time for a word war, I guess. Maybe I can get 500 words in that time.

UPDATE: Made 619 words in 15 minutes. Word wars - even with yourself - rock!

No work for you

Well, I managed 10k in my first day of writing by the time I went to bed. It proves that I can do it when I have the time and the initiative.

Today, I wrote a whopping 50 words. Woot! Instead of writing, I spent the day cleaning (my house sparkles!), working (at the bookstore), and having a lovely Samhain party with about 15 people at my house. It started about an hour or so later than first planned, but it was still very nice and ended right on time. AND the house is still relatively clean since most of the party was held outside around a fire.

There's a reason I started so strong. Tomorrow I hope to write a bit before going to work, but at lunch I need to run and get a TB test, and I work at the bookstore tomorrow night. By the time I can write again (Tuesday), that 10k will seem a bit paltry. The good news is that next weekend is mine to do with as I will. I'll meet up with Misty Saturday morning to talk about the SCA and NaNoWriMo, and then I can write at will until Monday morning. I'll make up the word shortage by then, I'm sure. If I can get another 10,000 to 15,000 by a week from today, I'll feel pretty content with things.

Talk soon!

And it starts!!

At midnight last night, NaNoWriMo 2008 began! Woot!! I admit that I did not start right at midnight. Instead, I let the older two boys have the computers while I hovered for a bit, and then went to bed. Fifteen minutes later, I came back downstairs, sent the boys to bed, and then started the novel. Roughly 2500 words and an hour and a half later, I finally crawled into bed. I was up again at 7:45 in the morning, and by the time I walked away at 9:45, I'd added another 3k to my tally. It's not nearly as hard as I thought it would be, but then it's only day one. My goal is another 5k before I go to work tomorrow morning at 11:00. I'll hopefully get about 3k or so tonight, and then tomorrow will be easy sailing at 2k.

The story is coming together in a way that I really like. I'm sort of surprised at how it's working out, and in a good way. Before I'd always tried so hard to have everything planned out with an outline set almost in stone. I'm wondering if maybe that was my downfall. Of course, not having a deadline doesn't help much. Now that I know I can write more than 5000 words in one day, in fact in about three hours, there's no excuse not to write the story I've long dreamed of writing.

Of course, first I have to finish NaNo. :)

The rest of the family has a pathetic start. The twins have written no more than 500 words between them. My daughter has done nothing, and neither has my husband. My only child not doing NaNo has read what I wrote and is impressed. :D

Okay, off to work on the novel. The older boys have friends over tonight so I have to take advantage of whatever time I can get on the computer. Tomorrow is going to be a nightmare, but that's okay. There's always the early morning.