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(metrics) Nano day 11 – yes, words! But we’re still behind.

Although I tried! I’m working on catching up – I think I’ll make it, but we’ll see. The awesome news is that there is only 10 more chapters and the epilogue for Rites, and then it’s DONE!!! I can’t believe I’m so close to the end of this story! Of course, then I get to …

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(metrics) Day 10 – and yes, I still did it!

Late, and they’re crap words, and no, I didn’t get morning pages done, but I wrote, dammit! And on Rites, no less! I’ll fix things tomorrow. Really. Starting Count: 81424 Ending Count: 81677 Net Gain: +253 Current NaNo count: 14713 Current Word YTD count: 15809 Val’s Tea Fund: $8 Starting line: The background was the …

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(metrics) Day 8 metrics – a day later, but written on time

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 …

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(metrics/nanowrimo) Day 7 – pulling teeth

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 …

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(metrics) NaNo: Day 6; 365 Days of Writing: Day 6

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 …

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(metrics) A long day’s night….

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. …

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(metrics/nano) Going strong – and still happy with the results

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 …

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