kelly | November 30, 2008
i crossed the 50k mark with about 20 minutes to spare before dinner was served on thanksgiving day. i hadn’t intended to write, but there was a lull in the morning and i needed some decompression time (large groups of family in a house that’s not my own makes me a bit skittish if [...]
kelly | November 26, 2008
about 4500 words “left” to write. i’m racing to be able to type “the end” as much as i’m racing to finish the word count. it won’t feel like i’ve “won” unless there’s a clear end to the story by the end of the month. i should have no trouble reaching the [...]
kelly | November 22, 2008
I’m all caught up!
I averaged about 2500 words a night for the last 4 nights and smashed through to 35,000+ words. Only 15k to go, and that’ll be a walk in the park. I wasn’t sure if i was going to get caught up before the clock stuck tomorrow, but i skipped a [...]
kelly | November 18, 2008
god i hate the 20k mark. it’s this horrible “sweet” spot where you’ve invested enough of yourself that you’ve neglected almost everything else and you start to feel bad about. the story doesn’t exactly start to stagnate, but for me, the flaws become more apparent and that allows the critic of self doubt [...]
kelly | November 17, 2008
you’ll either know what i’m talking about or you won’t and i’ve got too much other stuff going on to track down the related links.
you know what? being a parent sometimes sucks. sometimes it has ridiculous consequences like ruined clothes and broken backs and any number of less than awe-inspiring moments. it’s okay to [...]
kelly | November 11, 2008
back on the wagon! i didn’t write at all during the day today because i was afraid of the volume of words that belonged to the next set. i didn’t want to start rolling down that hill and need to stop, but i was also concerned that it wouldn’t roll and the momentum [...]
kelly | November 10, 2008
so….not so much. my baby girl turned one on saturday, which meant most of friday was spent prepping and all of saturday was spent partying and recovering (and going to bed by 10pm). I could have made up for it on sunday, but since we were unable to start the final prep for [...]
kelly | November 7, 2008
you know, a ticker on my website would be easier than this. 13.5k words now. that’s an extra 2600 or so in the last 24 hours. the story is really starting to flow now. i’m actually worried i’ll hit the target and not be at the finish line. i’m trying to find [...]
kelly | November 6, 2008
where did day 4 go? do i fail at counting?
so, 5 days have past and i’ve knocked out 10k of words. for a bit of perspective, last time i crossed the 20% barrier on day 6. it feels like i’m much further ahead though. yesterday i was stuck, today i not only [...]
kelly | November 5, 2008
got a bunch done today, word-count wise. with the election and an election party in the works, i decided today was a 75% day. i spent more time playing with the spreadsheet of numbers than writing for the most part. i’m stuck in a chapter where lots of things need to happen, i [...]
