Today was an absolutely lost day in writing my NaNo, and I fully admit it. I couldn’t get myself into it, so I worked on Answers in the Wild, which is the short I’m working on for the EveryPhoto blog. I did, however, do morning pages and at least 250 words of fiction, so I’m …
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(metrics) Day 8 metrics – a day later, but written on time
Posted on November 9, 2010
I don’t have internet at work, per se, so while I wrote these workds last night, I’m posting them now. 🙂 Starting Count: 79752 Ending Count: 81424 Net Gain: +1672 Current NaNo count: 14460 Current Word YTD count: 15556 Val’s Tea Fund: $8 Starting line: Justin hesitated at Cleo’s door, hand half-raised to knock, listening …
(metrics/nanowrimo) Day 7 – pulling teeth
Posted on November 7, 2010
Today sucked, as far as writing went. I made my daily goal, and that’s it. But I did it. Starting Count: 79403 Ending Count: 79752 Net Gain: +349 Current NaNo count: 12788 Current Word YTD count: 13884 Val’s Tea Fund: $7 Starting line: Diana walked out of the library, wondering just what she’d gotten herself …
(metrics) NaNo: Day 6; 365 Days of Writing: Day 6
Posted on November 6, 2010
Starting Count: 75831 Ending Count: 79403 Net Gain: +3572 Current NaNo count: 12429 Current Word YTD count: 13535 Val’s Tea Fund: $6 Starting line: Nikki stomped into the house, still fuming about the meeting with the Council of 9, even after a long, hard ride on Cerberus. Now I understand why Shanna said to have …
(metrics) A long day’s night….
Posted on November 4, 2010
Lots of words today. Starting Count: 68515 Ending Count: 71757 Net Gain: +3242 Current NaNo count: 4783 Current Word YTD count: 5889 Val’s Tea Fund: $4 Starting line: There was no arguing with that voice. Diana turned and carefully pulled herself up onto Malattia’s back, settling into the ornate saddle and picking up the reins. …
(metrics) Day 2 words – no NaNo, but words
Posted on November 2, 2010
Couldn’t face my NaNo today, not after Margie’s funeral. I’ll be back at it tomorrow. So today, I wrote a short for EveryPhoto instead. Not sure if I’ll keep it, but I wrote it. It’s called, simply, Answers in the Wild. Starting Count: 0 Ending Count: 1106 Current NaNo count: 1541 Current Word YTD count: …
(metrics/nano) Going strong – and still happy with the results
Posted on November 1, 2010
Eventually, I will have some cool widgets on the site here, but WordPress and I are having some differences of opinion, and I suspect I’ll have to uninstall and reinstall before I can do too much more. So for right now, we do it the old fashioned way. Starting Count: 67509 Ending Count: 68515 Net …
(metrics) First new words of NaNo
Posted on November 1, 2010
Starting Count: 66974 Ending Count: 67509 Net Gain: +535 Starting line: “Damn. This is not going to be easy.” Ending line: Of course I do. And I know that until they go to cast the final spells, I’m safe. Lucifer can’t approach me if I don’t want him to. Trust me, Diana, I can protect …
(podcast) A very special episode of NYFH is live!
Posted on November 1, 2010
Yes, after a hiatus, the podcast is up and running again! This episode is Cassandra’s Prelude, and contains not only a promo for Philippa Ballantine’s Geist, but the FULL length version of Ride of the Horseman, by Alex White. Enjoy! Episode 5 – Cassandra’s Prelude
The Genetics of Racism – A Reflection Paper
Posted on October 19, 2010
My biology class has certain papers we have to write. My professor calls them Reflection Papers, and we had to do one on one of two topics to do with genes: either choosing the sex of your baby, or the genetics of racism. It’s basically your thoughts, combined with stuff that we talked about in …