OK, gang, when we agreed to compete with one another, I imagined much more taunting. If this thread words, it's going to appear in all 3 regions.
Let the taunting begin!
BTW: Hamilton is kicking both of your butts, Calgary and Delaware! We have a four amazing writers who are all closing in on 50K, and I know that at least 2 of them are planning on going far beyond that. One of them is my co-ML, Welestra, who is working on 3 novels. She writes 1667 words on each of them. Each day. She is our secret weapon! OK, not so secret now, because I told you about it.
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Gale . . . www.ThornesQuest.com . . . or . . . www.StringingWords.net
50,979 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 13 36
this is a test, to see if I can get it to show up in all the regions.
Edit: I'm in Calgary now, and yes, it shows.
Let the taunting continue!
50,979 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 13 43
. . . and now I'm in Delaware!
50,382 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 13 55
*remembers the line from Bill & Ted* Yay, Delaware....
We're gonna surprise you, we just have a bunch who havent been updating their word count everyday... don't coming whining to us when we leave you in the dust though! *smiles sweetly*
*grabs her pompoms* Come on Delaware, I know you can do it GOGOGO!!!
50,979 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 13 59
Someone at our last write-in suggested exactly that: that you Delawarians (?) were sitting in the bushes and were going to suddenly post a whole lot of words.
So, maybe we're doing that, too. Maybe we've got ten writers who are sitting on 20K each that they haven't posted yet. Maybe . . .
OK, we don't as far as I know, but we COULD have!
It occurs to me that I could contribute more to this challenge if I would open my Word document and get typing.
Bye! *dashes out*
50,640 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 16 39
delaware's gonna make like aaron burr...hamilton's gonna drop! (apologies to Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell). i AM a little worried about a calgary stampede (apologies to everyone)...
hey, how do you update your word count? i hit 18,512 today...wheee...
50,382 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 16 50
click on Edit Profile, which is up in the top right corner of the page, scroll down to word count, and either enter it there OR cut and paste your story into the validation box, which is right under the word count. But for right now, just getting your WC up is good enough <3
50,979 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 16 55
Aaaaaaah! I knew you had aces up your sleeve! How many more people do you have in Delaware who haven't posted a word count yet?!?
Seriously, congrats, joanjunkmail! That's really good: 18K in 11 days! You're ahead of me.
But not for long! Bwahaha!
50,640 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 17 15
[done - thanks katie]
EEK, the chilling gale force wind is screeching down the tundra... and i'm sitting here in my cotton jammies!! EEK....
thanks for the props, gale - i know you'll get there, too. two solid days of writing and i went from 8700 to nearly 18,700! feels good, but i'm rather cranky and (hilariously) SORE! this really is a 50K, isn't it?
50,382 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 20 05
It is indeed a 50K... I'm certainly feeling the tired wrist and hand muscles. Good news is tomorrow is Veteran's Day, which is the only 'extra' holiday that I grab as my own, so I get to stay home and type type type!
And yick but my 21K words doesn't feel right, feels like I just have SO much more written by now, but I just can't get anything out. Im at that point where I want to scrap the whole darned thing and start over... maybe on the 1st? *laughs*
Just keep writing, we'll all get there together right?
50,843 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 20 06
Speaking of 50k, guess who just hit it? Ziggie! Oh, and what region is she in? Hmm? Oh yeah, HAMILTON!!! Go Ziggie, you're insano. We're gonna party like you're insano. Bow before the Ziggmeister! She gives Hamilton the super-powered word count.
79,000 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 20 18
Heh:-) I lurve you Ms. Richallyn!!
Oui, I hit 50K, which hopefully boosts our word count and inspires our region to kick your butts!!! <3 Haha, Ms Pearl and Ms Welestra are nearly there, as well! Go HAMMERTOWN! *does a little dance* 60K tomorrow, here I come!
50,979 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 20 19
Oh, noes! You have a holiday?!?
Our kids are off school tomorrow, so the high school students are having an on-line write-athon. I thought we would surge ahead. But most of the adults have to work.
BTW, "tundra"? Tundra? There is no tundra in Hamilton! We are directly north of New York State. Oh, maybe you were referring to the tundra in New York? *laughs manaically*
I will grant you the "gale force wind". It's been said before. I try to only use my powers for good, though. *smiles*
102,073 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 20 38
I had to work all weekend, but handwrote a steno notebook full, in between having to deal with people. Dealing with a bad left arm, but I am home all day tomorrow and will type the entire day.
AND...
When I finish all that, I will write more.
Hamilton will hammer down the competition.
Hamilton Rules!
:)
KS
138,847 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 20 55
Well, Ziko for DE reporting in... I too just learned how to update my word count, and look at me, over 50K!
Come on Delaware!!
50,382 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 20 59
Way to go Ziko!!!
And no, we don't ALL have a holiday tomorrow, just me. And I plan of banging out a lot of words tomorrow, between being off from classes and then our write-in tomorrow night!
As for tundra, it feels like tundra here right now! *shivers* where'd all my warm weather go? *pouts*
50,979 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 21 00
ANOTHER ace up your sleeve, Delaware?!?
*faints.*
Seriously, congrats, Ziko! That's a stupendous accomplishment in just 11 days! Are you like our Ziggi, in that you have your sights set on 100K, or are you done now?
*goes back to writing.*
Must. Make. 18K. Tonight. Must.
50,382 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 21 06
*grabs her pom-poms again* Go Gale!
...wait... am I supposed to not cheer for you?
No! Because we're all working together, right? But at the same time...
GOOOOOOO Delaware! Write those words! Post your wordcounts! Let's kick butt!
Please don't make me have to go find a YoUDee costume and dance around... PLEASE?!
50,979 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 21 11
...wait... am I supposed to not cheer for you?
Yeah, that's my problem, too. I'm too nice a person to lead a really hard-core challenge. I just want to cheer for everyone! I was browsing through your forum and wanted to post some help for the person who stalled at 10K. I still might.
Go, Hamilton! Go, Delaware! Go, Calgary!
Where IS Calgary, by the way? (Yeah, yeah, I know: in Alberta, south of Edmonton). I mean, have they joined the friendly taunting thread yet? Oh, well.
Go, Hamilton! Go, Delaware! Go, Calgary!
Go, go, go, Hamilton!
50,382 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 21 28
Haha precisely, I'm just to nice and I cheer for everyone. But maybe louder for Delaware *smiles*
138,847 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 22 07
*faints.*
Seriously, congrats, Ziko! That's a stupendous accomplishment in just 11 days! Are you like our Ziggi, in that you have your sights set on 100K, or are you done now?
*goes back to writing.*
Must. Make. 18K. Tonight. Must.
Nowhere near done... I'm sure there's another 50K or so words left before this one finishes...
102,073 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2007 - 03 59
Also cheering on the competition, for 2 reasons:
1. Everyone here is a winner just by participating, and
2. If the challengers do really, really, really well, we'll look that much better when we defeat them.
hehehe (wringing her hands in a villainous manner)
pulling out all stops now
KS
p.s. Hamilton Rules!
55,705 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2007 - 07 07
Go Hamilton! Come on, you Delawarians are talking tough, but the progress meter is showing another story! ;)
I got some writing done on the bus today, (crowded bus, even - it didn't show up until half an hour late.) So I'm within a tiny word war or so of 25k! I may not be one of you 50k-in-a-week loonies, but I am still a mighty train engine of writing power not to be denied!!
50,382 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2007 - 07 12
Pish-posh! Hamilton-Shamilton! Delaware is #1...
Come on guys, PLEASE don't make me go get the YoUDee costume (For you Canadians - YoUDee is the big blue hen mascot of the university alot of us attend University of Delaware or UD go here to meet him http://www.udel.edu/PR/YoUDee/photos/armsout.jpg )...
Keep up the good work folks, update those word counts!!
50,979 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2007 - 07 16
http://www.udel.edu/PR/YoUDee/photos/armsout.jpg )...
*laughs*
Oh, my goodness, that's one scary mascot! The very threat of it would certainly get me writing!
35,102 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2007 - 07 29
red and white is beating red white and blue badly
CMON DELAWARE WHERE'S THE AMERICAN PRIDE
50,382 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2007 - 07 45
*laughs* yeah... you guys don't want a giant plushy blue chicken knocking on your door.. hrm... *Light bulb*
Maybe we Delawarians just need to snd YoUDee up to Canada to scare you guys OUT of writing? *chuckles*
102,073 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2007 - 08 37
Laughing hysterically, thinks our cat can take your chicken
http://www.ticats.ca/index.php?module=page&id=4018
Hope the link works and you are afraid (be very afraid)
lol
KS
50,382 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2007 - 08 49
BAH! He looks harmless and cute. And YoUDee has a little brother too Baby Blue, two against one! And remember, the Blue Hen is a fighting bird...
...certainly better then the first college I went to - a private all-girls school in the Virginia Mountaints, we were the Fighting Squrriels! Gladys the Fighting Squirrel - ohh so scary! HAH
102,073 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2007 - 09 26
...certainly better then the first college I went to - a private all-girls school in the Virginia Mountaints, we were the Fighting Squrriels! Gladys the Fighting Squirrel - ohh so scary! HAH
Wow a fighting squirrel, why didn't we think of that? (Knows why, is just being polite because everyone knows that Canadians are oh so polite; we're polite and we're prolific writers.)
Two against one... I think you will need two to defeat us.
C'mon Hamilton!
going back to my novel singing "We are the Champions"
KS
57,473 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2007 - 10 52
WHOOT! This is wonderfully competetive, thanks for the info Richalyn I am most definately going to writing a LOT more now that I have some competition, I made it to 40K yesterday, though if I hadn't slacked and watched movies I think I would have been there sooner... BUT that's okay!!! I can make up the time tonight! before and after work, anyways! Go Hamilton!!
Cayte