tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59722630239501249392011-11-18T21:20:23.605-08:00Andrewnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972263023950124939.post-65534132912208977742009-11-05T17:26:00.000-08:002009-11-05T17:29:04.880-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hewxL_2DmJc/SvN7e-h7jzI/AAAAAAAAAHc/YHkSrQAXOCg/s1600-h/05.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 135px; height: 90px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hewxL_2DmJc/SvN7e-h7jzI/AAAAAAAAAHc/YHkSrQAXOCg/s320/05.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400796150258962226" /></a>Day 5 is almost over, and I just passed the 11,000 word mark. Is it as good as my first year? No, definitely not. I was hoping for 5,000 per day, and that's quickly becoming a distant dream. Is it better than my second, third and fourth attempts? Hell, yes. That's why I'm not nervous. Yet. I'm ahead of all my failures, but not doing as well as my one and only win. Once I burn off the initial energy, though, I tend to fall into a rut. But I've still got some gas left.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5972263023950124939-6553413291220897774?l=to50k2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972263023950124939.post-62115971585465471832009-11-03T08:44:00.000-08:002009-11-03T08:45:48.983-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hewxL_2DmJc/SvBd6bK3s4I/AAAAAAAAAHU/K58bG2F6tDo/s1600-h/03.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 130px; height: 98px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hewxL_2DmJc/SvBd6bK3s4I/AAAAAAAAAHU/K58bG2F6tDo/s320/03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399919211524371330" /></a>My fifth attempt at Nano, and only the second time I think I will cross the vaunted finish line. (My first and only win was my first year.)<br /><br />I just passed a major milestone: 7,000 words out of 50,000. I think I'll do it, but it's going to be close. Luckily, I have a lot of "material" left in me.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5972263023950124939-6211597158546547183?l=to50k2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Andrewnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972263023950124939.post-3640514399070499722009-10-06T00:45:00.000-07:002009-10-06T00:47:11.800-07:00This is my blog for an untitled <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/">National Novel Writing Month</a> project.<br /><br />My previous blog, including excerpts, can be found <a href="http://to50k.blogspot.com/">here</a>.<br /><br />More posting to follow as November approaches.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5972263023950124939-364051439907049972?l=to50k2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Andrewnoreply@blogger.com0