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 [...]
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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
And NaNoWriMo is over.
I won NaNoWriMo 2009! Now all I need to do is get my winner’s t-shirt (or another, at least) and sit back, giggling over the ludicrousness of my accomplishment. Right? Well, not really. I’ll explain. The breakneck pace of my NaNoWriMo project this year was due in part to a lot of factors. It was [...]
posted by erin on December 1, 2009
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2009/and-nanowrimo-is-over
National Novel Writing Month 2009
Otherwise known as NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, sponsored by the non-profit The Office of Letters and Light, takes place every November. Originally started in 1999, it now involves thousands of novelists every year striving toward a minimum goal of writing 50,000 words in a single month. It’s mayhem and absurdly fun to do. I [...]
posted by erin on September 15, 2009
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2009/national-novel-writing-month-2009
