Posting late, because my site host had an unexpected outage last night, knocking all my sites off line. They’re back this morning, so here we are. I made it to a cumulative total of 23,505 words last night. My goal (to be on time for Backward NaNo) was 25,889. I’m … Continue reading →
The day 8 cumulative total is 21,556 words. That leaves 28,444 words to meet the goal for November. I’m 1,921 words short of being on track today for Backward NaNo. This means if I want to be caught up by tomorrow, I’ll need to write 4333 words. I’m slowly whittling … Continue reading →
The seven day cumulative word count total is 19,068. That means I still need to capture 30,932 words this month. To be on track for Backward NaNo, I’m behind 1,882 words for today. For regular NaNo, I am ahead 7,398 words. I guess I won’t complain. This is clearly a … Continue reading →
Cumulative total is 16,758, meaning I have 33,242 words to write yet. I’m still 3,550 words behind for backwards NaNo, but I made up some ground from last night when I was 3,981 words behind). Of course, to get completely back on track, I need to write 4,192 words tomorrow. … Continue reading →
14,327 words. Got #nanowrimo count for the day but not the 2872 needed to stay on track for Backward NaNo. There are a couple of bad days this week, but I should be able to get caught up over the next couple days. For regular NaNo purposes, I’m fine.
Continue reading →Four days down. My cumulative total is 12, 653. That means I have 37,347 words to go. Today, I learned my narrator’s wife-to-be is trying to avoid an arranged marriage–and not to my narrator. Sounds a little tricky, doesn’t it? This is my Central Texas workspace: The Mini is under … Continue reading →
There we have it. 9,701 words. That means only 40,299 words to go. To stay on track for the Backwards NaNo, my daily count finally drops below 3000 words for the day tomorrow to 2986. In non-NaNo news, we did work at the ranch today. I continue to be amazed … Continue reading →
My cumulative Day 2 total is 6,831, leaving me 42,169 words left to write. By my calculation, for a successful Day 2 of Backwards NaNo, I needed to write at least 6,562 words. That means I’m comfortable on track. I am pleased. To remain on track for what should be … Continue reading →
I’m very pleased with my first day’s word count. 4, 203 words completed. That means I have 45,797 words go go before the end of the month. I’m writing Dickie’s POV first to maintain continuity. The flow of the story will be Dickie relating the story. Then, between his chapters, … Continue reading →
Regular readers will remember that I’ve participated in National Novel Writing Month every November since 2003. The challenge is to write 50,000 words on a novel (typical full novel length is 60,000 – 100,000 words) (I’ve written on non-fiction before — they aren’t that stringent on the rules). That’s an … Continue reading →