A big, big BOO-YAH to all and sundry. I am opening this thread to contain the list of all 50K novelists for Maryland in 2007, along with any hints, tips, tricks and help they may wish to convey and any questions, comments, impassioned pleas or grudging praise that others wish to direct their way.
Go Team Maryland! Crabs Rule!
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518,335 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2007 - 08 51
A hearty round of clicking claws to tjcasser, our newest green dot!
154,896 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2007 - 20 18
Except I'm not there yet, since my "winning" line this year is 150... ;)
518,335 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 17 20
Another round of clicking claws: Rahaeli has green-dotted!
92,674 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 18 11
Thank you! I have, despite Life's best efforts to keep me down this month.
(And I still like the book, too. I may actually finish one for once.)
19,524 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 18 58
You people are INSANE, I tell you. I'm struggling just getting to 50K and some of you are three times the amount done with over half the month left?!
154,896 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 21 13
No, insane are the folks who already are 100k+ (meaning 10k+ a day). I'm just crazy.
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This year's titles: "Heavy is the Head", "Geek Chic", "An Avenging Wind"
60,152 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 21 28
well I am already half way through!
518,335 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2007 - 06 23
No, insane are the folks who already are 100k+ (meaning 10k+ a day). I'm just crazy.
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This year's titles: "Heavy is the Head", "Geek Chic", "An Avenging Wind"
Hey! I resemble that remark!
Current Word Count: 131,531
428,654 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2007 - 06 49
Ha ha ha ha ha. I was thinking the same thing Caeraerie. :)
(That you resembled that remark. I on the other hand, am totally sane.)
I am hijacking your thread so I will leave this:
CONGRATULATIONS WINNERS!
61,215 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2007 - 10 45
I just hit 50K late last night and am not sure how much more I have to go into in the novel! I don't know . . . I'm excited to have reached the goal line, but feel a little discouraged now that I don't have that fire underneath me, urging me on — the excitement of watching my little blue bar creeping across the screen. I guess I'll just have to set a new goal for myself?
100,018 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2007 - 10 51
I green-lined this morning, and my brain is about to explode.
50,208 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2007 - 07 43
Rookie, done! Barely! But it counts!
It is a mess, but I think I managed to get some fun ideas into the story. It was a great challenge, this is by far the longest anything I've written. And it got me to just plunge into the BIG IDEA I'd been pondering for ages and just do it without thinking so hard about making it all perfect.
Happy to sit back, let the words age, then revisit them in a month or so, see what can be salvaged for a real second effort at taking this wild zeroth draft and make it into something better. I think there is enough there to keep working on it.
I probably won't be putting much work into it the last couple weeks. Holiday, and I've put off some other things in the name of the almighty wordcount since the first, I need to move on. But, I might log a few more if I'm inspired to go and fill in a couple gaps in the story.
I do recommend telling EVERYONE you know you're participating. I did it, and it helped force me along. I sent them all the link to my profile so they could track me. People all around me kept pestering me about the count, and it helped motivate me.
Raoul
50208
518,335 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2007 - 13 57
It counts indeed! Well done, Raoul!
68,034 / 50,000
Nov 19, 2007 - 17 28
i'm at 55,000 plus now
i'm writing in the YA genre
short novels are my game
so, i finished the first one 'my listing life'
and now i'm well into the second 'on the run'
56,113 / 50,000
Nov 19, 2007 - 18 18
I'm finished. I need to shower. I need to sleep. I need to get ready for Thanksgiving with my family. Third year's the charm. ;)
57,061 / 50,000
Nov 19, 2007 - 19 34
Whoot!
Made it - intend to keep going.
*grins*
60,152 / 50,000
Nov 19, 2007 - 23 25
OK, I win too. *sticks tongue out at Bethany*
518,335 / 50,000
Nov 20, 2007 - 06 57
And with a third of November left yet! You green-liners rock!
108,506 / 50,000
Nov 21, 2007 - 05 31
Hit 50k last night! Woohoooooooo! This is my first year and I was positive it was going to be impossible. But, I still have lots left to go, so we'll see where we are in 10 days. YAY!
67,491 / 50,000
Nov 21, 2007 - 06 03
Congrats, mollib! You're a novelist!
It's a great feeling, isn't it?
Happy Holidays,
Greg Koren
428,654 / 50,000
Nov 21, 2007 - 06 32
I am so proud of all of you! Rock on Maryland!!
Signed;
A Friend in the land of Cowboys
54,797 / 50,000
Nov 22, 2007 - 20 56
hehe...I won! And there's still an ending left to get around to. Green is pretty. Congratulations to all other winners!! I have never written anything this long and I think I might actually finish and edit it.
71,061 / 50,000
Nov 22, 2007 - 21 21
Congrats to everyone else that has finished. I'm so happy my bar just turned green. Now I think it's time to take a little break and celebrate before getting back to work.
74,310 / 50,000
Nov 22, 2007 - 21 29
Yay! I just made it a few minutes ago too!!!
Of course, I still have lots more to write on the story, but it is moving along. Think I'll get a few more words in for Thanksgiving before washing the dessert plates. USC is winning too - a good day!
Congratulations to everyone who has made it - I love reading the stories of those who had reason to believe they would not make it, and then HAVE!!!
Lee, in the green *grins*
55,026 / 50,000
Nov 23, 2007 - 22 02
11:55pm- I FINISHED!
I feel so insanely good right now!
It was ugly and I fought tooth and nail, I begged and pleaded and coaxed every last word I could out of my plot and it lasted and I made it!
Now to start on my second novel. :)
-Keara
(who is finally in the green!)
518,335 / 50,000
Nov 24, 2007 - 05 33
Yay Keara! Way to go!
51,252 / 50,000
Nov 25, 2007 - 07 15
What a pretty certificate! Boo-yah!
Dedicated insanity worked!
I talked out loud, sang, walked in circles, and ignored conversations even when people tried sign language.
My family got used to it.
Hey guys, it wasn't bad was it?
Guys? Family? You there?
50,291 / 50,000
Nov 27, 2007 - 11 10
Wooo-Hooo!
Danced up and down last night while showing the husband my certificate. He sniffed and said he was going to sign on and type his novel up, in one evening. Get a certificate of his own.
I put soap in his coffee this morning. One real exciting commute to work, coming right up!
No, I didn't. Not really. But I thought about it. >:)
52,144 / 50,000
Nov 27, 2007 - 12 28
Still writing. Going to take a break until tomorrow though - I should, sorta, kinda, maybe do some actual work now =)
50,082 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2007 - 05 55
I just hit 50,000 last night! Wahoo!