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Nov.23.2008
What a journey the past 23 days have been. With 15,000 words to go, I feel like I can accomplish much more than I ever thought I could before participating in this challenge. I look forward to that 50k mark and know I will get there before next Sunday's deadline. That's enough blogging, back to the...
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Nov.12.2008
I must say, Week 2 is looking great. I'm around 18,500 words and on par for what I want to accomplish this week. I mean, by Sunday night we're halfway through and I need to reach 25,000. No sweat.
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Nov.06.2008
My first run at this and it's going fairly well. I figure that I need to write about 12,500 words per week. I started really writing Nov. 2 and now, day 5, I have almost 10,000 words. Not bad at all. Now, since this is basically writing straight through without editing, I'm not sure how great this...
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Nov.02.2008
Now at the outset of my 50,000 word novel in a month challenge, I am starting to think this is completely achievable. At least when I think about it in a "this is how many words I must write each day" kind of way. Who knows how the outlook will change after the next week. Considering the...
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Oct.29.2008
This Saturday marks Nov. 1, 2008 and the first day of NaNiWriMo. I will begin the challenge to write a 50,000 page novel in only 30 days. A hard feat? No doubt. Doable? Absolutely. I relish the opportunity to attempt this, knowing that I will no doubt need something to fill my time once the...
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About Alison
When I am not hard at work as a reporter for a small town newspaper in Connecticut or freelance writing for Curve Magazine, I am either voraciously reading all sorts of fiction, or writing my own novels. I have written a YA novel that I am in the process of...
Alison’s Favorite Books
The Poisonwood Bible, A Wrinkle in Time, Siddhartha, A Room of One's Own, The Hours, The Well of Loneliness, Harry Potter Series, Spilling Open, A Prayer for...