A little lift!!

It was only 76k?

For some reason I was sure it was right around 45-55k "/

Nice to know, although my plan this year is to finish the novel, not necessarily the NaNoWriMo.

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That's a great reminder! There's a list of books in No Plot? No Problem! (which is itself a 175 page book) that all fit the NNWM guidelines.

And who among us would not love to write a book that would be adored by millions? Aside from knowing the mortgage would be paid for a while?

I can't wait to hear of a MD Wrimo whose book goes on to success.

Just keep writing, no matter what!

Lee

Winner!: 2004 - String Fling, 2005 - Dark Matters, 2006 - Heaven's Homeless, 2007 - Against Nature, 2008 - Crack Bot
MLing for MD since 2004

Thanks for the lift. I've been planning on starting (and finishing) my rough draft during Nanowrimo and using Book in a Month to guide me along. Write or Die keeps me moving because I have a tendency to stop, reread and revise before I'm finished with a project. It's liberating to free myself from my cruel inner critic and just write. It used to take me four hours to write 1700 words but now I can get the words out of my head and on paper in 90 minutes. True, the words are not quite as good, but the part I most enjoy-revision-comes later and I'll have my own manuscript in its ENTIRETY to play with! Squee!!

Does anyone know of any published books that were born during nano? I heard Water for Elephants and The Forest of Hands and Teeth...is this true? Any others?

If you click About and Media Kit + Press Clips you will see this list:

Published NaNoWriMo Authors
# Jon F. Merz---The Destructor (Lawson Vampire Novels) (Pinnacle Books, 2003). Contact: Pinnacle Books
# Lani Diane Rich---Time Off for Good Behavior (Warner Books, 2004), Maybe Baby (Warner Books, 2005), and Wish You Were Here (Warner Books, 2008). Contact: www.lanidianerich.com
# Sara Gruen---: Flying Changes (HarperCollins, 2005) and Water for Elephants (Algonquin, 2007). Contact: www.saragruen.com
# Rebecca Agiewich---BreakupBabe (Ballantine Books, 2006). Contact: http://rebecca.agiewich.net
# Francesca Segre---Daughter of the Bride (Berkeley Books, 2006). Contact: www.FrancescaSegre.com.
# David Niall Wilson---Vintage Soul (Five Star/Gale, 2007) and The Mote in Andrea's Eye (Five Star/Gale, 2006). Contact: Five Star/Gale
# Gayle Brandeis---Self Storage (Ballantine Books, 2007). Contact: www.gaylebrandeis.com
# Kimberly Llewellyn---Cashmere Boulevard (Berkley Books, 2007). Contact: www.KimberlyLlewellyn.com
# Geonn Cannon---On the Air (P.D. Publishing, 2007), World on Fire (P.D. Publishing, 2009), and Confused by Shadows (P.D. Publishing, 2011)
Contact: P.D Publishing.
# Lisa Daily---The Dreamgirl Academy (Plume/Penguin Putnam, 2008). Contact: http://stopgettingdumped.com
# Jacob and Diane Anderson-Minshall---Blind Curves: A Blind Eye Mystery (Blind Eye Mystery 1) (Bold Strokes Books, 2007) Contact: www.boldstrokesbooks.com
# James R. Strickland---Looking Glass (Flying Pen Press, 2007) Contact: www.jamesrstrickland.com
# Kathy Cano-Murillo---Love Shine (Grand Central Publishing, 2007) Contact: www.CraftyChica.com
# Ann Gonzalez---Running for My Life (WestSide Books, 2008) Contact: www.AnnGonzalez.com
# Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen---The Compound (Feiwel and Friends, 2008) Contact: www.rockforadoll.com
# Jessica Burkhart---High Jumps at Collins Academy (Simon & Schuster, 2007).
# Jenna Bayley-Burke---Just One Spark (Mills & Boon, 2006). Contact: www.jennabayleyburke.com
# Teryl Cartwright---A Sensible Match (Vintage Romance, 2007). Contact: www.terylcartwright.com
# Dave Casler---The Story of the Great American Flying Broomstick, Book 1: Genesis (Mt. Sneffels Press, 2007). Contact: www.americanflyingbroomstick.com
# Liz Hegarty---Salt River (Scholastic New Zealand, April 2009). Contact: www.scholastic.co.nz/
# C.J. Lines---Filth Kiss
(Hadesgate Publishing , 2007). Contact: http://cjlines.com
# Moondancer Drake---Worlds Collide (PD Publishing). Contact: www.moondancerdrake.com.
# Simon Haynes---Hal Spacejock No Free Lunch (Fremantle Press, June 2008). Contact: www.spacejock.com.au
# Farhan Devji---Hockey Farmer (Cacoethes Publishing, June 2008). Contact: Cacoethes Publishing
# Kalayna-Nicole Price---Once Bitten (Bell Bridge Books). Contact: www.Kalayna.com
# Katherine Bell---Amaranth: The Preterhumans Book 1 (Cacoethes Publishing). Contact: www.KatherineBell.net
# Angela Korra'ti---Faerie Blood (Drollerie Press). Contact: www.DrolleriePress.com
# Terie Gerrison---SpringFire (Dragonspawn Cycle, Book 3) and SummerDanse (Llewellyn Worldwide). Contact: www.TerieGarrison.com
# Kathleen Kaufman---The Tree Museum (Way Things Are Publications, March 2009). Contact: www.WayThingsArePublications.com
# Amelia Atwater-Rhodes---Persistence of Memory (Delacorte Books for Young Readers,2008). Contact: http://www.randomhouse.com/features/atwaterrhodes.
# Mette Finderup---Blink: En kærlighedsroman (Gyldendal, 2009). Contact: www.finderup.dk/blink
# Erin Grace--- The Indefatigable Wright Brothers (Jumping Duck Media, 2008). Contact: www.jumping-duck.com
# Catherine Wade---Let's Dish and Another Time Around (Samhain Publishing, 2009).
# Sarah Dooley---Livvie Owen Lived Here (Feiwel and Friends, 2010).
# Rachael Herron---How to Knit a Love Song (Avon, 2010). Contact: www.rachaelherron.com/
# Alayna Williams---Dark Oracle (Pocket-Juno Books, 2010). Contact: www.alaynawilliams.com/
# Laura L. Alton---Las Vegas Chew Toy (Fireside Mysteries, 2009). Contact: www.lauralalton.com/
# Edgar Franzmann---Millionenallee (Emons-Verlag, 2009). Contact: www.franzmann.de/

Winner!: 2004 - String Fling, 2005 - Dark Matters, 2006 - Heaven's Homeless, 2007 - Against Nature, 2008 - Crack Bot
MLing for MD since 2004

Though none of their works were actually born of NaNoWriMo, the Bree half of Moira Rogers (http://www.moirarogers.com/) participated but then decided that she did better at co-writing than going solo. She and Donna now write more than 50k per month, going on spurts where they'll do that much in a weekend, then settling into editing.

Vickie, ML for 270 corridor
gaithersburg_md@nanowrimo.org
Alternate e-mail: vix94@rcn.com

Found this on D.M. Cornish's Monster Blood Tattoo website and thought it inspirational and relevant to us wrimos!

Over at Bookface[TM] (where I am I think spending far too much time... maybe) Jane Hart Mason was good enough to ask me:

Howdy... I hope you don't mind if I ask you a quick question, and I promise not be hurt if you don't have time to answer, or if it is your rule not to or whatnot. I am working on a little story of my own (not really to publish, just for my kid), and although I know what happens next and so on, I just can't seem to get it done. It may just be writer's block, but I am wondering if you have any tips or method as to what you do when this (if this?) happens to you. I have heard some writers set aside time to work on their stories, and even if they can't get anything written, they force themselves to sit there and think about it at least. Have you ever had any success with this? Mayhap you are one of those who is able to just pour it all out without pause, and if so please disregard this query. (I wish! DMC)

... to which my answer was:

Dear Jane, Great question. It beats at the heart of every writer's journey/struggle. For me writing can frequently be like pulling teeth from my jaw = hard and very painful. Even when I am enjoying a story (like I am currently with a novella also set in the Half-Continent) I still have this crazy reluctance to write!!! Don't ask me why, I just work here...Making yourself just sit and write regardless is probably the only way "to get it done"; feelings are rebellious and fickle - only sometimes do I "feel" like writing. Unfortunately it will have to be like getting an injection, you turn up, face the pain, push through and get on with the good stuff afterwards, congratulating yourself for your courage.You might try setting aside half an hour or so with a goal of 100 words. Sounds a tiny amount perhaps, but in such a small, hopefully less painful quantity two things might happen: 1/ the story will get chipped away in little lumps (re: the way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time) OR 2/ you just might find your flow and go on longer, writing more words and even get into the whole project again.Making a list of "beats" as I call them might help too, an extremely brief dot-point of each significant moment. I have just discovered this device in the latter stages of the 2nd draft of MBT Book 3 and it makes my head and the way forward so much clearer. Even if you reckon you know what is coming, this might make it even clearer and build some enthusiasm in you to press on to boot.How is that? Hope it helps. Unfortunately writing is not a magical process, it it the grind of getting the words down occasionally intersped with moments of inspiration, delight and relief. It is climbing a steep mountain on your own and when you are at the top, it is climbing all the way back down again. So, climb on, brave author.

That's I needed that. I had problems writing yesterday, due to my work load. But I made up for it today. I am getting in to the swing of it . It seems like my mojo it back. I'm getting excited about the characters that are coming out of my writing brain storm sessions. It is a good thing I took a writing class before this one because I am playing around with my characters and just getting to know them better now. Today was a good session. Once again thanks.