I DID IT!! I DID IT!!!

I knew I could do it!! It took some sleepless nights & some hard work. Lots of chocolate... but I DID IT!!!
I made the goal of FIFTY THOUSAND WORDS!! However, the novel is not complete yet! But I reached the goal! So, I'm good to go!!

Final tally: 54,392 words (and counting!!!!)

I will try to post the certificate later. For now, I'm going back to sleep!!! WOO HOO!!!!

CALLING for all NaNoWriMo writers.... who else is out there doing this??

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If you'd like to buddy up on NaNoWriMo... we can encourage each other to get that last push of 50,000 words!!!

WE ALL CAN DO IT!!! I know it!!!

On a roll...

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Here I am taking a quick break to give you an update... (& to get a power snack!)

The date today is 1/2 way in the NaNoWriMo challenge... and I'm only a 5th of the way complete... HOWEVER, if you've been paying attention... I only just started on Tuesday.

So, I call reaching the 10,000 word count threshold an accomplishment!! :o)

I have put a counter "widget" on my front page... so, I may not post as many updates as I have been. I don't want to bore the majority of you... and besides, I should be saving my words for the novel. ;o)

Speaking of, I must get back at it. Have to make up for not writing last night!! :)

How many words can you type in a day?

Well, I am at EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN. Yep, that's 8,516 words in just 3 days. (Well, actually only 2, since I didn't write anything last night!) ... According to another word count widget, I saw I am at 17% of my goal!

WOO HOO!!

*grabs the calculator* That's leaves me at an average of just under 2500 words a day from here on out.

As you can probably tell, I am starting to feel better. At least for now I am!

Don't worry, when you see the time on this blog... I will get plenty of sleep. It just happens that I have been sleeping in the day... and I bet because I've been sick is the reason I had been sleep so much!

Ok, I'll give you that, it is LATE... even for me!! But I feel more relieved since I've wrote a lot.

I'm getting excited how it's all going to! I just hope that I don't end the story before I reach my goal of 50,000 words!!!

I'll give you a tiny glimpse into the storyline...

It's about a girl and a boy... KIDDING!!! Actually, the two main characters is a girl and a boy... but it's actually a suspense type of a novel with a little tiny romance in it.

I think it would be something that Hallmark Movie Channel (HMC) would air.

If you don't know me well, just keep in mind... I write PG stuff! So, if you don't know of the HMC that's just a tip.

Ok... you all twisted my arm... here's a snippet...

It was of his grandfather standing at a lake holding his fishing rod. The caption under it was ‘Tom Jackson caught something alright!’ Lily giggled as she remembered the story she was told.

Ok... that's all I can give you. What I can tell you is that is the start of a story within the story!!!

Would something like that interest you enough to read more??

Word count update...

Well, I did not write at all last night. I was not feeling very well. However tonight I am back at it. Taking a quick break to give you an update.

I am not sure if this meter will update automatically... but here is something you can watch. (If it does, I'm going to put it on my front page, too!)

I tell you... I am bound and determined to make this deadline!!! I figured it out... with a little more than 16 days to go... I have to average about 2900 words each day from here on out. I hope that average will decrease by the end of the weekend.

Best month to do it... WRITE A NOVEL...

I had been hearing about this site NaNoWriMo (which stands for National Novel Writing Month) for a couple weeks now. I never went to investigate... (wish now I had sooner... knowing it was something about writing.)

Well, in my boredom-ness (from being sick & been watching too much TV)... I started to peruse some blogs of my friends. I stumbled upon one from SkyeRider in which she had a link to the NaNoWriMo site. (I'd post her blog about it, but it's for her network only).

So, I checked out the site... looked at the rules... & thought... what the hay... I can do this... I'm a RAMBLER... & most of all, I LOVE TO WRITE!! ... I've been itching to write again... but haven't been really inspired. Well, nothing like a contest to get you motivated!!

The goal is to write a novel of at least 175 pages with AT LEAST 50,000 words... by 11:59p.m. November 30th. Has to be original work & nothing that you've published or posted anywhere else before.

Well, I have started many other novels, if you say, & I never quite seem to get them finished. Then I loose the notebook they're in... or lost the file some how. As I said... nothing like getting motivation.

For this "contest", my novel is actually going to be the 2nd installment of a series of ones that I am working on. I have not finished the 1st book yet.... however, in writing it I "unearthed" a way to be able to make it into a series.

Since this site is wanting original work that you didn't start to write until Nov 1st... I'm going to go ahead & start on the 2nd book.

The reason I'm going into all this is because I wanted to let you all know that even though I'm still sick... & not feeling well... I'll be making my down time count for something!

Who knows what it may lead to... WISH ME LUCK!! & If you're a Multiply user... go by SkyeRider's site & wish her luck too! ... I don't know who else is participating. Feel free to comment below if you are a part of NaNoWriMo!!

P.S. When I feel I can, I'll give you a little excerpt from the novel... however, I may wait until after the deadline.



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For me football season is over... (except for the Super Bowl)... On Saturday, the Steelers lost their Wild Card game. Tonight, the Buckeyes lost the BCS Championship game. So now I turn my focus toward the countdown of the Daytona 500 & the start of the NASCAR season!!

Winter has taken a hiatus here in Ohio. It was up to 63 today & tomorrow looks to be the same... (It's SO warm in the house that I have a small box fan running.)

HOWEVER, the forecast shows a cold front will blow in, with some major gusts (40 to 60mph). Late tomorrow we should be back into the 30's!!

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Back into a writer's block as far as the book goes. But, I'll get there.
So, if I've not been writing my book or blogging... what have I been doing?

Well, when I haven't been sleeping, I've been playing "Pop It" on Pogo.com. It's a fun game... but the draw back is since I am just playing on the web it decides to shut down after several games. Oh & also after every game there is an "intermission" in which they have an advertisement that plays. I do have to say I don't mind the breaks... plus I know that's how they're making their money so they can offer us the games for free!

On the farm front, my mom not only is hobbling along with a broken foot... now she's battling pneumonia. She was in the hospital over night & was pumped full of antibiotics & given breathing treatments once every 4 hours, then sent home this evening.

When my sister called I thought I was coming down with the same kind of cold my hubby has been fighting with the last week & 1/2... but I think I've won my battle with sleeping so much this past week & today.

Anyway, I feel bad I didn't go stay the night with Mike. (It sounds like he had a good time with my sister, though.)

Actually I think it will work out, because tomorrow I am going to pick him up to get his shot (of Risperdal). So, I'll be able to help out that way.

With that said, I guess I best get to bed.