Tag Archives: NaNoWriMo

So NaNoW­riMo was a bust for me this year, as I’ve given up only ten days in. Why did I wash out this year when fin­ished in 2006? No one to race against. One of the big moti­va­tors for me in 2006 was … Con­tinue read­ing →

I fig­ured somet­ing out today. The rea­son I’m hav­ing so much trou­ble keep­ing any momen­tum going on Ghost Ronin is that I’m try­ing so hard to do it right. So I don’t know how an ambush by ter­ror­ists on a cou­ple of … Con­tinue read­ing →

I’m start­ing to ques­tion my com­mit­ment to the cause. Haven’t got­ten any writ­ing done today, just haven’t had the time. Part of that is being so very tired from last night and need­ing a nap, but I could have gone home to … Con­tinue read­ing →

849 words so far today, for 5,923 total. I can see what Chris Baty, founder and over­lord of NaNoW­riMo means about steal­ing time to write. I’m crazy busy today, and had to choose to sit down and write when I could eas­ily … Con­tinue read­ing →

Okay, up to 5,118 words today, but mostly by cheat­ing. Ghost Ronin is orga­nized as a playlist. Each chap­ter starts with the lyrics for the song it’s based around. So today I pasted in the lyrics for each song. I also write 28 … Con­tinue read­ing →

So here we are, day one of NaNoW­riMo, and I’m already hav­ing moti­va­tion prob­lems. I know I need to buckle down and start writ­ing, but frankly I’m scared out of my mind. Well, tech­ni­cally, I’ve writ­ten 28 words so far today, so … Con­tinue read­ing →