Category Archives: 2008

NaNo 2008 Day 30: The sweetest feeling

So, I did it. This afternoon at about 1:45pm [1] I crossed the 50,000 threshold, and I didn’t stop smiling for about two hours. Earlier this week, I’d pretty much given up because there were so many other things clamouring … Continue reading

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NaNo 2008 Day 23: Help me, Obi Wan Plotdevice – you’re my only hope

My NaNo story is going, but I don’t know where. It’s not at all the story I had planned to write, and the one I planned to write had a beginning, a middle and an end, although the end was … Continue reading

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NaNo 2008 Day 18: Credit where it’s due

Dave’s Movie Marathon was a total blast. He and his lovely wife Sarah were generous hosts and made everyone feel welcome. The only person I’d met before was Jorge so I was a little nervous going in, but I had … Continue reading

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NaNo 2008 Day 12: An exchange is posted

As is the wont with NaNoWriMo and the writing of fiction in general, sometimes your story gets away from you, and you end up following these tangents to see where they end up. Witness: Originally, the hero of my tale … Continue reading

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NaNo 2008 Day 4: Getting caught up

Or trying as hard as I could. I now sit at a healthy 2589 words, which is still about 4000 short of where I need to be at the end of the day, but it’s 2300 words ahead of where … Continue reading

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NaNo 2008: Fiction vs. Reality

My plan for the weekend was this: Get up at decent hour. Write 2000 words. Get act together and head to Steampunk party. Party like it’s 1899. Come home at decent hour on Sunday, and write another 2000 words so … Continue reading

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