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2011 nanowrimo | 2011 nanowrimo

laura-steiner's picture
Jan.29.2012
In November I participated in National Novel Writing month, or NaNoWriMo.  And guess what? I actually finished.  For those that don't know NaNoWriMo is a challenge to write a 50,000 word manuscript in one month.  I think I ended up topping out  at somewhere between 51, and 52...
loren-rhoads's picture
Dec.05.2011
November got sidetracked by an emergency trip to Ohio, after my dad (who'd been in and out of the emergency room for weeks) was finally sent to the Cleveland Clinic.  In Ohio, they didn't do the valve replacement that he needs, but the cardioplasty they did do got his heart functioning again...
evelyn-sharenov's picture
Nov.15.2011
Okay - it's that time of the year - and some of us (not me, but some of us) are trying to write a novel in a month. Does anyone know the averge number of writers who join in this each year, as well as the number of novels that actually get published within four years of the writing. I would love to...
jm-cornwell's picture
Oct.25.2011
There are often times when there is nothing to write about and the thought of putting down nothing or some nonsensical stream of consciousness doesn't sit right with the writer, and so they don't write, waiting for inspiration to strike or a job to come along that will foce them to write. What they...