I am super-thrilled to announce that I have officially met my word count goal for NaNoWriMo! Back in the tail-end days of October, I decided to participate in NaNoWriMo, committing to writing an average of 1,667 words on every day in the month of November, totaling 50,000 words, ... Continue Reading
I DID IT! I REACHED MY GOAL OF 50,000 WORDS! Here are my words from my final day of NaNoWriMo: “Here we are.” Sean pulled into the driveway at the Small House. My parents had the front light on and I saw Ezra peek through the window in her upstairs bedroom. I dreaded ... Continue Reading
Today’s Word Count: 1887 Cumulative Count: 49,357 ONLY 643 WORDS UNTIL I REACH MY GOAL OF 50,000 WORDS IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER! I’m so close I could probably get my words done tonight if I decided to keep pushing my story along! I can’t believe it–it fe ... Continue Reading
Today’s word count: 2019 Cumulative word count: 47,475 (ONLY 2525 words to go until I hit my goal of 50,000 words!) I had a hard time figuring out when I should go to the dog park after Sean. The exchange a few days before changed the entire dynamic of the dog park for me—d ... Continue Reading
Today’s word count: 2115 Cumulative word count: 45,456 ONLY 4544 words until I reach my goal of 50,000 words! Thanks to my Grandma and Grandpa’s early birthday present to me, which I opened today, I am now fully stocked with chocolate and other writerly accessories which, i ... Continue Reading
HAPPY THANKSGIVING BREAK TO EVERYBODY! I am positively THRILLED to announce that I am approaching the FINAL WEEK of NaNoWriMo! With only 6,659 words remaining to reach my goal of 50,000 words in the month of November, I am happily ahead of schedule. Horray! And with the Th ... Continue Reading
Today’s word count: 1733 Cumulative word count: 43,341 (ONLY 6,659 words to go until I hit my goal of 50,000 words!) Below is an excerpt of my words today, written in a coffee shop in Boulder in transit between camping and picking my Mom up at the Denver International Airport: ... Continue Reading
Today’s word count: 1776 Cumulative word count: 41,608 (ONLY 8,392 words to go until I hit my goal of 50,000 words!) The story behind tonight’s words is probably better than the words themselves, so I thought I’d set the scene so you can imagine me typing away at my ... Continue Reading
Today’s word count: 2075 Cumulative word count: 39,832 (10,168 words to go until I hit my goal of 50,000 words!) Below are today’s words: The rest of the night was even worse. On the way to the Countryside Estates office, Mom and Dad decided that they had to punish me for v ... Continue Reading
If anyone out there is an expert on the Parts of a Bulldozer, I would love to do some research on you. I didn’t have much time to look it up tonight, as I gave myself one hour to get all my words in (mission accomplished)! Let me know if you can help! Just a warning: ... Continue Reading