Best feeling ever

Look upon my work, ye mighty, and despair! 😋

I'm going to do my victory dance now!
And then, I'll sleep till December. Or until the kids wake me up, whatever happens first.

Fireworks!!!

I did it!! 50000 words in 29 days. Yes, I already hit the target last night!
Have a look at this sweety:

Ah, I am indeed a little proud. And I will be even prouder if I manage to keep going and actually finish the novel - without an external motivator, that is. There's still a LOT of work to do and so much to tell. I don't think that I'm even half way through.

I'll keep you updated.
Also, I'd appreciate any kind of cheering on aka kick in the butt!

Cheers!

40k and moving on

Just enough time to squeeze in the news: Reached 40k close to midnight last night and thus earned the final word count badge before the actual finale! Hurrah!

Also, I found out something interesting: No matter how grumpy I might be after a long day with work and kids and chores, no matter how fed-up and wasted - I always feel wonderful and refreshed after my nightly writing session, and also a little proud of myself (especially when I managed to turn the daily word count bar a nice shade of green).
Wish every month could be NaNoWriMo! ...
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Well, no, I guess not. If it was NaNoWriMo every month I would probably get all the real bad symptoms caused by sleep deprivation very soon. Like ... ah ... what's it called ... uh ... amnesic aphasia - that's it!

Right, gotta go back to work. 10k and 8 days more to go - I do have a good feeling about this.

More posts when September ... no, when November ends.

Exciting times ahead of us...

... well, ahead of me at least.

I rather spontaneously signed up for an annual project called Novel in a Day (NiaD).
No need for gasping, though, it's not as bad as it sounds. Basically it's a joint project, in which all participants get a chapter assigned together with some information about the novel's characters, the genre, and so on. This information is sent out at midnight, and then you have one day to write your assigned chapter, edit it and send it to the organizer, who will piece all the parts together.

All that is going to happen tomorrow, and I am really curious already.
I'll let you know about the outcome.

This, of course, is only a warm-up for the most anticipated time of the year: November.
I love Novembers, because November is NaNoWriMo. For a notorious procrastinator like me, NaNoWriMo makes November the busiest time of the year writing-wise.

As opposed to the last years I even had time (and motivation) to do some preparation. Ordinarily I started up with a basic idea and saw where it would get me. This time, I have a real plan, though. I even know how the story ends!!! Big deal, I know, but for me it really is.

I will keep you updated on my progress.