Saturday, November 08, 2008

Challenges

NaNoWriMo is currently underway and not going too badly, although if I don't pick the pace up I won't be making 50K by the end of November. But, Sweating With Sven is almost ready to kick off once more and that is a more genteel race to word count greatness. If I don't achieve one, I will more likely achieve the other.

I know, for NaNo that you're supposed to turn off your internal editor, but mine's just told me that chapter four should be chapter six and so now I have to discover what happens in chapters four and five, so that will be something to go over this evening, after m'nevvy's birthday party (he is, he proudly told me, five now. He's been 'almost five' since he turned three!) His dad made him a giant jaffa cake, cake for yesterday and today he's having cake in the shape of a train, so he and his sibs will be pinging off the walls on a sugar high.

It's cold, but I'm putting off lighting the fire until it actually gets dark. 14:00hrs is a little early yet for getting the coal in so it'll be on with another layer (and you see, this is where being a werewolf would come in really handy. On the one hand you'd have a higher metabolism so you'd be warmer anyway; and if it got really cold you could half-shift (so you could still type, naturally) and be all furry and whatnot while still being bipedal and opposedly thumbed. I think evolution missed a trick on that one.)

Anyway, anyone doing NaNo? Doing well?

Anyone about to start Sven?

4 comments:

  1. I'm doing both again. How's your NaNo going?

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  2. Whoo hoo! Hello, Portia! I *love* your 007 SvenLOL! Definitely whip cracking material there!

    Hey, Amanda! NaNo could be better, but it's not as much of a bust as last year! How about you? Have you managed to keep to a daily target? I must admit, I've slipped in that regard somewhat.

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  3. I had some rough days last week and then my hubby doesn't like me writing on the weekend so I'm playing catch up right now.

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