Category Archives: National Novel Writing Month

Words, Words, Words

Posted on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 by Keith

So, the novel. As near as I can figure, after much dithering about with thorny plot issues and restructuring, plus a couple of wasted days in early November, my grand total word count for the end of National Novel Writing … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo Update

Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 by Keith

So. yeah. How’s your novel going? Hope you’ve been working on it harder than I have on mine. I had a little set back, in that i wasted the first ten days of National Novel Writing Month working on a … Continue reading →

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Countdown to NaNoWriMo

Posted on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 by Keith

Just a reminder that National Novel Writing Month starts 2 weeks form today. I alas will not be participating this year, at least officially, as I’m already about half way through a novel and don’t want to stop just to … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo: Update

Posted on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 by Keith

In the last two weeks, my National Novel Writing Month project has amassed about 7000 words. That’s not quite up to where I should by by about 10K words. Also, I’ve hit a story snag and due to impending travel … Continue reading →

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NANoWriMo: Chapter 2+

Posted on Thursday, November 5, 2009 by Keith

I’ve added chapter 2 and a slightly revised chapter 1. I tend to revise as I go, which I know I shouldn’t but do anyway. It’s the obsessive librarian tendencies creeping in. Anyway, Simon’s world is getting stranger, which I … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo: Chapter 1

Posted on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 by Keith

I’ve created a page for my National Novel Writing Month project, tentatively called Planet of Glass. (There’s a link at the top of the page, where it says NaNoWriMo). Chapter 1 is up and ready to read. I’ll add chapters … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo: The Plot Thickens (Hopefully)

Posted on Saturday, October 31, 2009 by Keith

So, my idea with adding martians to the Lives of Perfect Creatures has gone and taken on a life of its own. This is a good thing. The Martians want their own novel and really, who can blame them? I … Continue reading →

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You Got Martians in My Novel!

Posted on Monday, October 26, 2009 by Keith

So, what happens when you spend an incredibly lazy Sunday laying around watching TV and alternately reading Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters and The Martian Chronicles? You wake up with totally hair-brained schemes, that’s what. This one involves NaNoWriMo … Continue reading →

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Nanowrimo 2008

Posted on Sunday, November 2, 2008 by Keith

It’s National Novel Writing Month again! And like last year, I’m unable to participate. Last year, I was hip deep in my second novel (more on that shortly) and didn’t want to stop that one to write another.* This year, … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo Followup

Posted on Sunday, December 2, 2007 by Keith

Another National Novel Writing Month has come and gone and, alas, I have little to show for it. I wasn’t even able to finish the novel that I have been working on for the past ten months– but I did … Continue reading →

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