NaNoWriMo 2019 - And We're Done!

I'm very pleased to announce that at 9.50pm GMT my NaNo novel for this year made it across the finish line with a grand total of 50283 words. It was also the end of the story, rather than just a case of crossing the 50K target so I'm rather chuffed on two fronts. If I'd tried to add anything else it would just have been padding, which it didn't need. I have to admit that there were a few times when I thought I couldn't make the story stretch even half as far as it did, but once I got stuck into writing the supernatural scenes - because it was definitely more supernatural than horror - it was all systems go. So there we have it, along with a badge for a 26 day writing streak:

and an official winner's badge:

That's all folks!

NaNo 2019 - Week 3 Update

Three weeks in and I'm slightly short of the 40K mark. According to my stats on the official site I should hit 50K on 26th November at my current rate, but it would be great if I crossed the threshold a couple of days earlier. I guess I'll just have to type faster and try not to get into a slump - there have been a few slow days, but at least I already knew that this year would have to compete with a few other things that were planned. Anyway, I've earned my badge for a 21 day writing streak so overall things are looking pretty good.

Onwards and upwards!

NaNo Week 2 Update

So it's update time again, and although I didn't manage to end this year's Day 14 on the same amount as last year's Day 14, I have just over 28K words in total. Not many were added today, but so far I've managed to update my word count every day to earn the 14 Day Writing Streak badge.

Now it's time for a cuppa followed by an early night, and hopefully a better writing day tomorrow.

NaNo 2019 - Week 1 Update

I usually make the first round-up post at the end of Day 7, but never mind. Day 7 finished on a grand total of 13690 words, and Day 8 has finished on 16128 words! Therefore I'm proud to display the badge for an 8 Day Writing Streak as I've managed to write and update my word count every day :-) Tuesday and Wednesday were not as good as I'd have liked but what the heck, I got the words down on both days.

Suffice to say that I'm rather chuffed!

NOTE: The word count widget that I've always used on here hasn't been updated to work with the new NaNo site as yet, so I've had to switch to the DIY update version for now.

Out of the Starting Blocks

NaNo 2019 is well underway, and after making a start at midnight I managed 1008 words before my head hit the keyboard. After not very much sleep, doing the usual day to day stuff (including an afternoon nap), watching Wales lose to New Zealand :( and going out, I finished Day 1 on 2342. I'm hoping to get a decent way ahead by the end of Week 1 as I will have to miss a couple of days of writing for various reasons, but otherwise not a bad start. All I need now is a word count widget on here that works with the new NaNo site.

It's that time of year again!

November is nearly upon us so that can only mean one thing - NaNoWriMo! Needless to say I'll be working on something in the horror/supernatural vein, though early last week I hadn't quite decided if the story I had in mind could stretch to 50k words. However I've given it some more thought and come up with a few little additions, so I think (hope) it's doable. Watch this space ...

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