DELAYED

Life happens.

Which is an insightful way of letting people know I am being distracted from my novel by forces beyond my control. Once my life has re-settled into its new form, I will be back up to a respectable daily four digit word count, and the first draft of ACDT is estimated to be due to beta readers by end of December.

For those morbidly curious, here are my daily word counts, complete with notes:
10/18 - 27,715
10/19 - 27,828
10/20 - 28,587
10/21 - 32,111
10/22 - 34,262
10/23 - 36,111
10/24 - 38,040
10/25 - 0
10/26 - 38,347
[reset to outline = 32k]
10/27 - 35,043
10/28 - 38,441
10/29 - 39,102
10/30 - 41,052
10/31 - 42,520
11/1 - 0
11/2 - 44,290
11/3 - 45,040
[1/2 way mark - do the happy dance]
11/4 - 48,022
11/5 - 49,154
11/6 - 0 [need sleep]
11/7 - 51,900
11/8 - 53,125
11/9 - 54,175
11/10 - 54,781
11/11 - 55,000
11/12 - 57,845
11/13 - 59,176


ps. for those of you doing NaNoWriMo, best wishes!

PNNWM - DAY 31

Last day of my personal NaNoWriMo. Which ended up being a lot less about the word count and more about validating that I really do edit as I write.

Month Total: 17,115 words.

No bad for a full-time job, hurricane-inducing migraine season, and a loose outline. These last few days I have come to the realization that my outline is so loose as to let the plot fall right out. So the next few weeks will be more outlining and less chaptering.

At least, that's the plan ...

PNNWM - DAY 30

Nadda. Zero. Zip. Uh-uh. Nope.

Today's words written: 0

PNNWM - DAY 29

I got something.

Today's words written: 369

Word of the day: goo

PNNWM - DAY 28

I got nothing.

Today's words written: 0

PNNWM - DAY 27

Seemingly random dialog thought of on the drive home which has now somewhat integrated itself into the still-evolving plot. Go figure.

Today's words written: 859

Word of the day: eidolon

PNNWM - DAY 26

Good word on the capture scene re-write. Some advancement on the escape scene.

Today's words written: 1556

Word of the day: pitch

PNNWM - DAY 25

Plotting with note cards. And while some of this copy will likely make it into the final novel, none of it shall not be counted as daily words until added to a specific chapter.

Today's words written: 0

Word of the day: fast plotting

PNNWM - DAY 24

Pre-read and discussion on capture scene. Needs a lot of work so reader isn't jarred out of the story by seven-foot arms. Good to know now.

Today's words written: 0

Word of the day: setting

PNNWM - DAY 23

Expanding captured scene, increasing danger, hope you don't see the end coming

Today's words written: 584

Word of the day: vampire

PNNWM - DAY 22

Following bits of dialog they speak to me when I'm supposed to be doing something else.

Today's words written: 1269

Word of the day: bat

PNNWM - DAY 21

Took the day off. No excuses, no guilt.

Today's words written: 0

Word of the day: [unwritten]

PNNWM - DAY 20

Good start for the writing week. Developing a scene somewhere near the post-middle of the current plot.

Today's words written: 1407

Word of the day: truth

PNNWM - DAY 19

My hero has a quite a full day. Even more so after tonight's tweaking.

Today's words written: 146

Word of the day: attack

Week total: 2812

Month total: 8259

PNNWM - DAY 18

Working on making some characters less [insert word of the day].

Today's words written: 631

Word of the day: epic

PNNWM - DAY 17

Creating characters is fun. Wrangling plot is ... fun ... damnit.

Today's words written: 148

Word of the day: elements

PNNWM - DAY 16

Thanks to the remnants of the hurricane heading up this way, I am in considerable pain, and will be taking myself to lie horizontally in a small, dark room.

Today's words written: 0

Word of the day: migraine cure*


* yes, this cure worked for me in a most spectacular fashion in that this year is significantly migraine-free compared to last year.

PNNWM - DAY 15

Writing from the outline of a scene I originally concepted last year. And breaking the thousand word barrier in the process. Go me.

Today's words written: 1131

Word of the day: rat

PNNWM - DAY 14

Not the scene I planned to write, but very useful nonetheless. Sometimes you need to listen to the characters who are speaking, compared to those that steadfastly ignore you.

Today's words written: 832

Word of the day: business

PNNWM - DAY 13

Negative word count, also known as "editing".

Today's words written: -76

Word of the day: [deleted]

PNNWM - DAY 12

Created the owners of the magic shop. Dropped more hints in the cave.

Today's words written: 307

Word of the day: Elder

Week total: 1498

Month total: 5447

PNNWM - DAY 11

Discussions of fantasy as fantastical, other races as comedy, and the use of various levels of beta-readers.

Today's words written: 0

Word of the day: Terry Pratchett

PNNWM - DAY 10

Finalized up the first chapter introducing some significant characters. Going to ask for a T-beta read to see if it has enough detail.

Today's words written: 169

Word of the day: conversation

PNNWM - DAY 9

Conversations in a pub. Or is it a tavern?

Today's words written: 517

Word of the day: flaxseed

PNNWM - DAY 8

Progress was made today. Really. Much editing. Minimal writing. At least the word count was a positive number.

Today's words written: 16

Word of the day: grig

PNNWM - DAY 7

Many samurai, some bandits, and lots of farmers harvesting rice. Not so much someone working on her novel.

Today's words written: 0

Word of the day: katana

PNNWM - DAY 6

Kirean "I really need to go to bed by 10 since I have to get up early for work so I'll just finish this last part and damn if it isn't 11:30" Lloyd-Quinn

Today's words written: 489

Word of the day: hindquarters (#33)

PNNWM - DAY 5

3.2 hours online - $1.50
bottle of White Tea - $2.00
working on my novel - priceless

Today's words written: 787

Word of the day: nymph

Week total: 3949

PNNWM - DAY 4

Have found I may need to re-evaluate my attitude toward daily word counts. The intention is to show progress. However, when the 327 words I end up with are better than the 500+ I started with, I acknowledge that I am happier with those 327 final words.

Today's words written: 327

Word of the day: nature (entry 9)

PNNWM - DAY 3

Engaged in house-cleaning activities and the evening consisted of watching other people's stories in the company of my boyfriend. Therefore, while I significantly enjoyed myself, I did not write anything for my novel, for which I feel no remorse nor guilt.

Today's words written: 0

Word of the day: wraith

PNNWM - DAY 2

Today's words written: 1710

Word of the day: zinnia (magenta)

PERSONAL NANOWRIMO

In a dedicated effort to finish my novel, I have declared this August to be my personal NaNoWriMo.

Today's words written: 1425

Word of the day: caltrops