Monthly Archives: November 2011

NaNoWriMo Day 30 and Victory!

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

I passed 50,000 words on my NaNo novel today, on the last day of November.  It was 50,070 according to NaNo’s word count validator, or 50,319 if you want to believe Microsoft Word.  Either way, pretty exciting!  After my big … Continue reading →

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Following Beka to Port Caynn

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

In anticipation of Tamora Pierce’s newest book, Mastiff (out last month–I’m behind in my reviews!), I recently reread the first two books in her Beka Cooper trilogy.  You can see my review of Terrier for more background.  Today, my subject … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo Day 26, and Word Flurries

Posted on November 26, 2011 by

First of all, Happy Thanksgiving!    Also, this is a bit of a landmark for me–my 200th blog post! Thursday, not surprisingly, was not a big writing day for me.  I was out of town to visit relatives, but I … Continue reading →

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A Tribute to Libraries

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

One thing I’ll say for that terrible book about evil librarians, it did make me think about how much I deeply love libraries. I think libraries are one of those things that are so omnipresent, we forget how amazing they … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo Day 22, and Character Advancement

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

It’s been a good two days for moving the contents of the novel forward, although my word count has only been decent.  I’m 150 words behind right now, and it’s just not happening anymore tonight…but I’m hoping to get some … Continue reading →

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