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NaNovember - Day 5

Oh boy, how am I doing. Well I am beating Andrew that's for sure. Well I guess I shouldn't be crowing, I am barely beating him. Yesterday was a long day on set started at 7:30am and finished up around 7:15. I got about 500 words in here and there ...

NaNovember - Day 4

Paul was being generous. I was ceaselessly toiling away ..... on classwork. I'm off to a terrible start this NaNo, ~600 words in the first four days, when I'd normally aim for 2k per day. However, tomorrow is Saturday and I've got the whole day clear to write, and a ...

NaNovember - Day 3

Spent the first part of the day doing prep for a photo shoot tomorrow and then stood in line for 2 hours to early vote. Glad that, for me at least that is over. Now I have to sit and get my words down. Not sure where everyone else is ...
NaNoWriMo

NaNoVember - Day 2

On day one I got... a few bullet points down. Day two I got about 700 words, and about another chapter worth of bullet points. I've been trying to set aside a few solid hours each day to write. Working two jobs and taking graduate classes makes that pretty hard. ...
NaNoWriMo

NaNoVember - Day 1

Random assortment of thoughts after one day of NaNo: Don’t let his cheery talk fool you, Andrew twisted my arm and harangued me into taking on NaNoWriMo, despite the fact that my November is already insane scheduling-wise. Lucky for him I am a glutton for punishment and a little bit ...