It is November 16 and I should theoretically have gone into today having written 25,000 words for the month so far. NaNo’s halfway point was yesterday. But as of now I am just shy of 22K, and my brain hurts. Some days it has hurt in a marvelously good way, others in a drained, exhausted [...]
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Halfway? Not really, but yes.
posted by erin on November 16, 2010
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2010/halfway
It BEGINS.
I spent yesterday doing what has become customary on October 31st — no, not giving out Halloween candy (we had no Trick or Treaters!) and not going to a Halloween party. I spent the day cleaning the house and preparing for NaNoWriMo’s start today. I stocked up on groceries and caffeine, did some laundry and [...]
posted by erin on November 1, 2010
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2010/it-begins
Tips from a NaNo veteran
I’ve attempted NaNoWriMo four times (2002, 2007, 2008, 2009) and I’ve won the last two years. To win is to write a minimum of 50,000 words written entirely in the month of November, keeping track of the daily wordcount on the NaNoWriMo.org website, which is entirely governed by the honor system. In both of my [...]
posted by erin on October 27, 2010
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2010/tips-from-a-nano-veteran
On writing “what you know”
I was born and raised in the Hudson Valley region of New York State, near New York City. I’ve understood the concept of hills and valleys and mountains all of my life, from my childhood excursions to the Catskills. In high school I was an earth science nerd and I’d read up on factoids about [...]
posted by erin on October 11, 2010
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2010/on-writing-what-you-know
