NaNoWriMo – Page 8 – Ruth Livingstone

50,000 words and onwards…

Today I hit the 50,000 word NaNoWriMo milestone. Actually, I raced past it at some speed.

So, I’ve collected my certificate, some stickers for the blog, and – when November is over and done – will find some free goodies in the end-of-NaNoWriMo winner’s bag.

BUT – and this is important – I’ve not finished my novel. Yes, I’ve got over 50,000 words down and that is quite an achievement. No, I haven’t got to the ending yet.

This is my promise to myself: this year I WILL finish my NaNo novel.

After that, of course, what I’ve got is a rough first draft. A very rough first draft. Then the hard work really begins.

777 NaNo challenge

I don’t usually post extracts of my work on this blog. And I don’t usually do blog challenges. But I couldn’t resist this one!

777 NaNoWriMo challenge The 777 challenge requires you go to Page 7 of your work-in-progress, scroll down to Line 7 and share the next 7 sentences in a blog post. Once you have done this, you can tag 7 other bloggers to do the same with their work-in-progress. Continue reading “777 NaNo challenge”

2nd Week NaNo blues

Today, I put off doing NaNo.

Yes, today I had 2,000 words to write.
No, I didn’t feel like doing it.

I’ve never hit the second week blues before. Other NaNoWriMos talk about them. But I’ve never actually been there. Until yesterday, when I paid them a visit. It’s a horrible, lonely place to be. Continue reading “2nd Week NaNo blues”

November = NaNoWriMo month

Why am I doing NaNoWriMo again?

Last year I sat down and started writing during NaNoWriMo month. Was I a NaNo winner?

Yes, I achieved the 50,000 NaNo words.
No, I didn’t finish the manuscript.

In fact, there are 4 unfinished books sitting on my hard drive.
I’m not exactly a completer-finisher.

So last year I decided I would definitely not begin another manuscript until I’d finished at least one of my previous NaNo projects. Continue reading “November = NaNoWriMo month”

5 year writing goal: October Update

5 Year Writing Goal: October update

I’m taking part in Misha and Beth’s Five Year Project and my five-year goal is to write a novel and get it published.

It’s two years since I joined the project. My first task was to finish the manuscript for my historical novel, The Reluctant Scribe, and lick it into shape through several rounds of editing. This I’ve done.

Now, I’m supposed to be looking for an agent . But, after several standard rejection emails, with no requests for the whole manuscript, I’m finding it hard to keep motivated
Continue reading “5 year writing goal: October Update”