NaNoWriMo Part 2

I did it!  Woot!  I completed my novel for NaNoWriMo 2010.  I'm so excited that I finished it, because let me tell you it's huge.  96,239 words, lots of sleepless nights writing that.  But I really liked my characters, I loved my plot lines.  And I had such a great time doing this.  Really a sense of accomplishment to know I finished it.  Of course when I started out I had no idea it was going to turn out so long.  My characters just sort of had a mind of their own and I just had to follow them.

So now it's time to look forward to December and my next project.  Erin at Now THAT'S A Trot! has been doing NaBloPoMo during November, the goal being to post every day for a month.  Now I loved the idea of the challenge but no way would I have been able to do both that and NaNoWriMo in the same month.  So I'm going to take up the blog challenge for December.  One post (at least) everyday of the month.  Since I sort of stole the idea from Erin, I'm going to use her prompts (with some minor modifications)

1. Intro, recent pic, 15 facts
2. Meaning behind your blog name
3. Your first love
4. Your parents
5. Your siblings
6. Picture of something that makes you happy
7. Favorite movies
8. Favorite books
9. Favorite TV shows
10. A place you've traveled to
11. A picture of your friends
12. Something your afraid of
13. What you believe
14. Your goals
15. A picture you love
16. Favorite quotes
17. Your dream house
18. Something you're looking forward to
19. Something you regret
20. Something you miss
21. Nicknames
22. Something you are grateful for
23. Favorite city
24. Favorite vacation
25. Something you've learned
26. Put your iPod on shuffle, first 15 songs
27. Last 5 books you've read
28. Pets
29. Something that stress you out
30. 3 wishes
31. A picture

Now you'll still be getting regular updates about X, Kaye and all the other ponies, not to mention anything else that might be on my mind.  These posts will just be in addition to that.  I think this will be a good exercise for me.  Especially because I know I'm bad sometimes about updating regularly.  I know I will sometimes skip weeks at a time, and I'd like to update more often than that.  Maybe doing this challenge will get me to keep up with the more frequent posting even after the month is up.  

So keep an eye out for the first post on Wednesday.  In the meantime, I will hopefully have a weekend riding update for you.

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NaNoWriMo

No that's not some foreign language, it stands for National Novel Writing Month.  The challenge:  write 50,000 words in the month of November.  30 days in which to just write, no editing, no second guessing yourself, just writing.  This will be my second year participating in NaNoWriMo.  Yes, last year I did finish my novel, but it's not really anything I'm all that proud of.  Nor am I willing to let it see the light of day (or cyberspace)  I'll be honest it was right up there with really cheesy fanfic.

However this year I am better prepared!  I've been planning this for quite some time now.  I've got a great story idea.  And I've been planning.  I've worked up my characters, I've outlined the story.  I'm ready to go.  Still not sure that I'll be willing to post it all here for the world to see.  But I will be sharing with my writing buddy, Matt Merendo.  We've already made plans to support each other through what could be a very difficult month.  We'll be taking out laptops (or netbooks) to Panera's or some such place and have writing sessions.  Mainly we are just there to encourage each other and keep the other writing. 

I'm really exciting about NaNoWriMo this year.  I love my characters, I love my story idea and I can't wait to start writing. 

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