Welcome PaperBackSwap members!
Quite a few members have stated that they were participating this year, so let's use this thread to discuss our novels, give advice, or just get to know each other.
Good luck everyone this year, and have fun!
-Janelle
(monstermashed on PBS)
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50,580 / 50,000
Okt 15, 2008 - 09 03
boldmama checking in!
I really need to start outlining. I am so far behind where I was at this time last year in my planning phase! I am getting the Nano jitters, or it could just be the amount of coffee I have consumed.
75,479 / 50,000
Okt 15, 2008 - 13 31
How does this work? What is it, exactly? You have piqued my interest.
----------"When she said she was dying to find out what happened next, she wasn't kidding...The gotta. ..You didn't know exactly where to find the gotta, but you always knew when you did." Stephen King, Misery
9,409 / 50,000
Okt 15, 2008 - 16 30
theraven checking in. This is my first year participating and I haven't done any planning. It was a spur of the moment decision to give it a try. I'm finishing up on one book (doing the first edit on a completed project) and I have no idea what I'd feel like doing next.
9,583 / 50,000
Okt 16, 2008 - 06 46
Hi all! I'm mattc on PBS, and doing this for the first time. I have a pretty good idea of what I'm going to write (science fiction, of course), and I'm kind of getting an outline together...which I may not adhere to once the real writing action starts.
I always have a tough time finishing projects bacause I decide I don't like something and go back and delete it. This time I have a personal rule that I can't delete more than a page of text...if it stinks, too bad, I'll have to keep moving forward.
----------It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
10,155 / 50,000
Okt 17, 2008 - 09 27
Hi, Ive the same nickname on PBS!
----------Hope everyone has some clue by now what they are going to write this year!
My idea of hell is being trapped in a room with no books.
2006- When lies change Me
2007- The Rise of Emperor Mole
Xenacat
2007- Magic Meow Mystery
9,409 / 50,000
Okt 20, 2008 - 11 21
I think I know what I'm going to work on for Nano. I've consulted with a friend and she believes I should go with the project that I have no 'intentions' for except to see if I can write that style of book. Right now, I have no plans on getting the book published. I just want to see if I can write this type of thriller. A certain type that I said I'd never write but I have an interesting twist to it that I'd like to explore.
My friend, also a writer, figures I'd feel more free to just write and not worry about anything else since I'm going into it with the view that it is an experiment. This way, I can silence those nagging critical voices in my head. I have no grand plans for the book besides to see if I can/like this type of writing and if I can reach 50,000 words.
50,580 / 50,000
Okt 24, 2008 - 20 36
I think I have a bit of an idea. I have a characters and a setting. I am hoping they just lead me somewhere. They are pretty outspoken, so I am just thinking I will have to go with the flow this year!
0 / 50,000
Okt 28, 2008 - 18 51
Hey! I am lonelyfilly on PBS also! This is my third attempt at doing this, failed miserably both times before....but I'm not working this time, so I should be able to really do it.
I'm doing YA this time, with teenagers and horses. Have a few characters and a bit of a plot for this story so far, need to do more work on my outline this week, so I'll be ready. This is the first time I've actually prepared for this ahead of time, so I feel a bit more confident!
Good luck to everyone!!
April D.
----------To thine own self be true.
59,758 / 50,000
Okt 28, 2008 - 21 55
I just finished packing up tomorrow's batch of PBS packages for the mail before coming over to the NaNo site.. and then I find this thread!!! :) I'm Larinzia over at PBS and most other places online. This year, as most other years, I'm working on fantasy. Two, as a matter of fact. One is called Merry Things and the other is an unnamed local fantasy. It'll come to me... hopefully before Nov 30!
My dream is to one day have a book that is being swapped on PBS. Anyone else share that dream?
Lar :)
----------Won: 2003-2006
Lost miserably: 2007
That's not going to happen again...
3,707 / 50,000
Okt 29, 2008 - 12 21
Hi hi! I'm arlith over on PBS.
I'm going into this completely winging it. Mostly. I have a few little ideas, but nothing big. I'm going to play the game of sit at the keyboard, babble into it and see what comes out. I'll be surprised if I actually manage to get enough words out to win...but you never know!
0 / 50,000
Okt 29, 2008 - 15 40
Hi all! GeniusJen (same name on PBS) saying hello to all!
This is my first NaNoWriMo, so I'm terribly excited and nervous! Thankfully, I do have a synopsis and a rough outline, so I'm looking forward to participating!
Jen
16,107 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2008 - 09 39
Greetings all!
I'm thursdaynext on PBS, checking in. I'm finishing outlining, have been talking out storyline kinks into my voice recorder. Going to try to lay it all out tonight and start hacking away at scenes. We shall see! I'm working in Mystery and Suspense genre.
Good luck all!
16,107 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2008 - 09 55
Oops, accidentally posting twice. sorry.
Double good luck everybody!
50,580 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2008 - 18 02
I have this problem.
PBSers keep sending me books and they just won't stop coming.
I went to IKEA to buy a bookshelf for them today.
I seriously have a problem...can't read...must write...
;-)