Word Counts

What?! Oh my. I feel like a major underachiever.
Congrats!!!!

Um - wow. Good for you! How long do you think this novel will be? I'm hoping to get to 15k on Sunday.

4th Year Nano Veteran

2009 Novel - Irukandji Diving - (thinking I need a better title)
(Irukandji are extremely venomous jellyfish)

That's awesome tyketto!

I'm not sure how long it's going to be. I'm going on a loose outline, but the characters are taking me places I never thought I would go...and forcing me to drink lots and lots of coffee along the way. I'm definitely going to be writing the rest of the month, if not on this project then on another one that's sitting in the brainpan.

Thank you. Don't feel like an underachiever. It was very slow going at first. Then I let the caffeine and characters take over. Just keep going!

I'm totally jealous! My husband has more or less kidnapped my laptop until the 20th. I can have it on the weekends. So it looks like a lot of pen and paper for me and then just transcribing.

I must say - I REALLY am having fun with this years novel and totally can understand how the characters (and caffeine) get you going and before you know it - you're done.

Are you going to any of the write-ins?

4th Year Nano Veteran

2009 Novel - Irukandji Diving - (thinking I need a better title)
(Irukandji are extremely venomous jellyfish)

Oh noes! Laptopnapping! I don't know what I would do without mine. Literally. Probably read.

What is your novel about? I always hate when people ask that...but I'm curious.

I am transportation impaired, so I won't be making it to any of the write-ins unfortunately. I wanted to though. There don't seem to be any in my direct area anyhow. One of my best friends is a writer, so the two of us have been holding unofficial write-ins online..every day, so I've been lucky to get that support. Perhaps I will make it to a few next year, when I have a car...I'm most *definitely* doing this again!

Laptop Napping! Love it. Must use that on him.

Good that you have someone to write with. It does make writing more enjoyable. :)

Although - I'm thinking I need a better title but I'll go with this for now...

My novel synopsis: Irukandji Diving

Three couples are all trying to rid themselves of their significant others - before they are the ones traded in for 20-year-olds. All of their first efforts fail: Chernobyl Apples, Tainted Tap Water, and a blind horse on a cliff. Each one finds an ad for an Australian Tour Company that specializes in Irukandji Diving. (Irukandji are extremely venomous jellyfish.) After upping their significant others life insurance policies they each hope this tour will release them from their unfulfilling relationships.

Excerpt: Irukandji Diving

A cheerful wife walks up to her husband as he returns home from a day at the office and happily announces “Honey, pack your bags!”

The husband looks at her bewildered and asks “Where are we going?”

The wife’s grin grows even larger, to Cheshire Cat proportions as she happily announces “I don’t care where you go. I just won the lottery and I want you out!”

The announcer’s voice plays over the image of the shocked husband on the screen.
“Do you wish you could say this to your spouse? Are you unhappy in your relationship? Has your husband or wife asked you for a divorce? Do you wish you could divorce your evil despot but your current financial situation keeps you from acting on it? Don’t wish any longer. Contact the Irukandji Diving Tour Company. Does your loved one have life insurance? If yes we can help you find a light at the end of your tunnel easier than you can win the lottery. Please call 555-555-5555 for more information.”

4th Year Nano Veteran

2009 Novel - Irukandji Diving - (thinking I need a better title)
(Irukandji are extremely venomous jellyfish)