Mini Post
Not in terms of size, but in terms of where I’m posting from - my new Dell Mini 9! It’s going to take a while to get used to the new keyboard, especially the placement of the apostrophy. Man, that’s a tricky one. But all in all, I’m already in love with my new toy.
Now, if I can steel myself to use it for the reason I bought it - to write.
Filed under Misc, Writing | Comment (0)WC-Madness
I’m having a bit of trouble with my NaNoWriMo Word Count, which actually translates into me having problems writing as much as I should to meet my 100,000 word goal for November.
I went into a write-in tonight (at this point, yesterday evening), and got some awesome writing done! I came home raring to go, and my hubby <3 was still awake. So I sat with him for a few minutes, then when he went to bed I remembered that the reason I came home instead of going to see a movie was because I had two new NetFlix selections on top of our entertainment center. Which I need to clean.
Badly.
So I watched the second half of the mini-series, Andromeda Strain (which is of course is on TV today/yesterday - it flipping figures). And then, so I could write, I put in a background movie of Starship Troopers, also because the second NetFlix selection I have is Starship Troopers 2.
Have I gotten any writing done? NO!
My DWC (daily word count) when I started November was 3334. Now I’m getting almost 5000 DWC every couple of days, but can I catch up so I’ll only have a measely 3334 per day? NO!
To catch up by the 21st, I would need to write more than 6000 words per day. I seriously hope I can do it, but I need help.
Oh, I see the horrible awesomness of Word Press. It counts the words in my post for me. As of right NOW: 248 words and counting.
That’s 250+ words I could have just added to my novel.
*pulls hair*
Filed under NaNoWriMo 2008, Writing | Comment (0)NaNoWriMo 2008 BEGINS!
I have no plot, no characters, and a word count goal for myself that is double the official goal required to win. November is going to be AWESOME!
Filed under NaNoWriMo 2008, Writing | Comment (0)Voice
When I’m not a marketer, I’m a writer. If for a moment I forget modesty, I think I’m a pretty good writer, for an unpublished one, and one of my best skills is my writing voice.
But I confess, I’m having a hard time finding my voice here. I think I’m trying too hard to not be me - which is intensely personal, even when that’s not such a good idea.
It’s a hard happy medium to find, because I want this to be a place I can advertise professionally without embarassing myself.
I read something today - I’ll have to hunt to find it because I’m not sure I starred it, and to be honest, it was something I’ve read before with different themes on various sites - that if you write about something you love, you’ll get an audience.
Since I feel a bit stiff, here, that means I’m not hitting the right happy medium of writing what pleases me so that it can please others.
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