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Well, I didn't manage to finish my project, but it was an interesting experience, and I'll try again next year for sure. The next time I'm going to tray and make sure I have more time available and start the month better prepared than I was this time.

See you then?

It's good to be back

Well, I got side-tracked, but I'm back again. I went away at the beginning of December, taking advantage of a long public holiday. since then, it has been difficult finding the right mood - what helped me was the No Plot - No Problem book that I ended up buying. I'm only half way through it, but it got me back here writing again, so that's great.i'd like to think I can finish this thing before the end of the year. It would be even better if I make it to 50,000 words before Christmas, but I think that's unrealistic.

Some links...

Through http://noggs.typepad.com/, I came across the Mundane SF Manifesto, which looks interesting.

Another blog I came across is this one: http://booksofnote.blogspot.com/

The last day!

Well, it's the last day on NaNoWriMo today, and I haven't yet hit the 20,000 words mark. Obviously, I'm not going to make it - I will be lucky if I finish the month with 20,000, and last week I thought I'd be able to make it to the magic half-way mark. I half felt like trying to stay up really late last night to do it, but I was so tired, I just couldn't bear it. Before, I thought I'd be able to catch up at the weekend, but I had too many other things that needed to be done.

Now that the month's coming to a close, I really admire the people who have managed to write the full whack. I've been struggling to find the time to write the little I've written. The good thing about it all, is that writing a novel now feels achievable, and I'm still hoping to finish mine by the end of December. I'll keep posting here as I go along, as I'm also interested in recording how I feel about the experience.

BBC - Get Writing - Homepage

I've just found out that the BBC - Get Writing - Homepage has a "mini-course" on writing science fiction. It looks like it could be fun to join (when I have the time)

BBC NEWS | Magazine | 101 years in 101 words

BBC NEWS | Magazine | 101 years in 101 words

Celebrating buzz words:

"To mark this linguistic love-in (1967), we are inviting you to create a story of 150 words maximum using as many of the words from the list below as possible. The subject is up to you, but special recognition will be given to those entries which work as convincing stories in their own right. "

Let's see...

...how much I can get written this month. I've managed to finish another chapter, so I'm happy that I can keep going - I was a litttle down yesterday evening, thinking that I'd probably given up, but just didn't want to admit it. I sat at the keyboard for a few hours with the thing open and ready for ages, but I kept telling myself that I had to reply to this email and look at that web-page. I finally got angry with myself and went to bed!

Well, I got up this morning and finished Chapter Twenty-Six. I didn't write much, but it lifted my spirits. I have come to terms with the fact that I won't finish in November, but if I can write 25,000 words by then, I'll be very happy. And then I'm going to see if I can finish by the end of the year. That's my goal now.

In a rut...

I'm still in a rut, but I hope to do something about it tomorrow. After all, there are still six days left in november - that's loads of time!

One week to go...

There's only one week left to go, and I'm not even half-way. Well, as Stompy said, even if I don't make it as a NaNoWriMo winner, I've managed to start something that otherwise I wouldn't have.

I'm not even sure of what I have written either - I'm not even really looking at it, except to keep one eye on where I'm at in the story. Well, I suppose that's the idea - just keep writing until you have enough words for a novel, and then fix it later.

A little more...

I finished a little more today, but it took me so long to start. I kept putting it off, finding other things to do until it was finally after midnight. I didn't know how to start, but that was an excuse, because once I finally sat down and started writing, it was fairly obvious where I had to go.

Well, it's now 2:09 am and I'll try and get up early to write some more. Now, however, I'm going to bed. Goodnight.