Diana's Writing Blog

Well, I typed the words “The End” just now. It’s finally done! There are parts that should be fleshed out and parts that should be cut back or reworked, but it’s done. And it came out pretty well, if I do say so myself. And this way I can take the next week off to prepare for T-Day. Yay!

So I stayed up till 1 am last night (this morning?) because I got on a roll outlining. I decided divine intervention is how my character’s problems will be solved. That and a love potion.

So my new goal is to finish the novel by the end of November, which oddly enough has me writing more a day than when I was just working to hit 50,000 words. I’ve very proud of me, though. I trained hard and I pushed hard to win NaNo WriMo this year.

So, here’s my writing progress for today. It’ll probably be slightly less from here on out, since I actually have stuff to do at work again. *Sigh*

Hey, so, if you take a little look at my NaNo WriMo progress bar (under In Progress), you’ll see that I hit 50k today. So, yay! Except I’m only about 2/3rds done. If that. And I’m stuck on how how to surmount this insurmountable challenge I set in front of my characters. So, damn….

But I’ll keep working at it. My new goal is to finish this novel by Nov. 31st, no matter how many words it takes. Unless it’s over 100,000. Then I just quit.

Also, I’d like to note that work has been SLOW this month, which is how I could accomplish this magical feat.

Anyway, progress box:

I just saw this on a post over at Jezebel. It’s Keith Olbermann, whose name I only vaguely recognize and whom I have never watched, but he’s apparently a news anchor for MSNBC. He can also apparently distill my thoughts on “protecting the sanctity of marriage” into one eloquent, heartfelt speech that nearly made me cry at work.

That is all.

I just saw this on a post over at Jezebel. It’s Keith Olbermann, whose name I only vaguely recognize and whom I have never watched, but he’s apparently a news anchor for MSNBC. He can also apparently distill my thoughts on “protecting the sanctity of marriage” into one eloquent, heartfelt speech that nearly made me cry at work.

That is all.

I forgot my lunch today in my rush to get to work, so all I had to eat was a banana in the morning. So of course today is the day Mom calls up to describe in crushing detail the awesomeness they ate on the way home from seeing my sister in Milwaukee. Oh, and also, she told me about the homemade chicken wraps they were going to have tonight. And then I had to grocery shopping right after work. It was only by sheer force of will that I didn’t end up with a cart full of Oreos and Doritos. Okay, I did get the Doritos.

Anyway, in writing news, I took it slow this weekend and netted maybe 2,000 words in the 2 days combined. I hadn’t anticipated that my brother would actually emerge from his WoW cave to spend time with me. Plus I wanted to give my poor hands/wrists a rest. But I’m back at the grindstone today. I pushed myself to get to 25,000 words today. I’m only on chapter 3 of 10 (or more), so the novel will probably be juuuust a smidge more than 50,000 words. Still, I’m counting myself as halfway to my NaNoWriMo goal.

OMJeebus, people I totally have carpal tunnel. I am not even kidding you. Shooting pains in both my wrists. It’s not surprising, I suppose. I spend 8 hours at work typing at a computer, then come home and spend the next 5-7 hours in my recliner, typing on my laptop while I watch TV.

In related news, the “N” key on my laptop is starting to stick. Turns out we use “N” a lot in the English language. It’s getting annoying, but not so annoying that I’m motivated to fix it.

Speaking of motivated, though, here’s my writing progress box. You’ll notice I’m ahead in my word count again today, thanks much for noticing.