http://nanowrimosupport.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by NaNoWriMo Support Group en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:14:03 GMT 2010-01-03T16:14:03Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964961&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Once again fmwriters.com site owner is running her free writing class again, set to start the first week of Jan. Sign ups are going on right now! The link for the thread is here: http://www.fmwriters.com/community/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=17&topic_id=83528&mesg_id=83528&page= . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:23:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964961&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace C. C. 2009-12-28T00:23:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959043&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Bare branches stretching Tree to tree around the lake Squirrels' snowy paths Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:50:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959043&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Shira C. 2009-12-22T18:50:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959025&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace I've shamelessly stolen the title of this post from Guy W, whose amusing comments reminded me of this joke I first heard from my husband. I do thank both of them. The origin of this joke is unknown, . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:38:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959025&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Shira C. 2009-12-22T18:38:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977925887&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Well, it's officially over, NaNo '09 has wrapped up and people all over the world are crashing in their beds where they'll sleep off the month's caffeine driven marathon. This year was quite a bit different . . . Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:36:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977925887&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Jennifer N. 2009-12-03T20:36:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977923824&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace     I Resolve to…Expand   Welcome all I Resolve To™ . . . members and anyone who should happen on my life update.   “I have . . . Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:06:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977923824&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Susan B. 2009-11-30T17:06:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977891542&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace I stayed up all night to write. I'm so serious. Writing started at midnight. My goal was 2500 words daily. Or nightly, you could say. I did fairly well until almost mid-way through the month, and . . . Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:14:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977891542&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Linda M. 2009-11-26T09:14:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977917484&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace I've been keeping with the writing fairly religiously since crossing the 50K finish line. Slowly I'm eeking my way toward the end of the novel. Yesterday I had some issues working as I did skip ahead . . . Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:54:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977917484&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Jennifer N. 2009-11-25T16:54:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977910493&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace I forgot to take screenies of my progress on day 17 and 18, but I did screenie my progress report which shows my word counts, so it's all good. So! Day 17 and 18 came and went with little difficulty. . . . Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:55:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977910493&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Jennifer N. 2009-11-20T17:55:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977907074&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Good news, my nano amies!  I hit 35K today. So I feel fairly confident that, short of a catastrphic interruption, I will "win" next week. More importantly, I had a fluent day, and the stuff I wrote . . . Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:53:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977907074&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Shira C. 2009-11-18T19:53:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977904923&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace I managed to get behind on my updates for varied reasons, but here's a recap :) Day 13 started out incredibly slow. Took a lot to get through it, but I wound up with 3,364 words at the end of the . . . Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:14:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977904923&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Jennifer N. 2009-11-17T16:14:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977904018&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace All I can say about today is, "Whew!" As I told you all, Friday was just a complete slog. I was convinced I was writing the worst stuff EVER. I made 25K by dint of simply writing dreck, and didn't feel . . . Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:24:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977904018&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Shira C. 2009-11-17T02:24:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977900370&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Maybe it was because of the dreaded Friday the 13th. Maybe it was looming milestone resistance. I had a really miserable time writing today. And nothing I wrote seemed even halfway decent. Nevertheless, . . . Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:27:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977900370&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Shira C. 2009-11-14T04:27:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977899313&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Day Twelve was very slow. It was nearly non existent, actually. Gideon was home sick, so my prime working time was otherwise spent with him... which is fine. I'm way ahead and I'm not hurting from a missed . . . Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:17:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977899313&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Jennifer N. 2009-11-13T14:17:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977898643&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace OK, short and sweet. Made my words for the day (2481) and ended at 22,964. I expect to make 25K tomorrow. Halfway!!! I may experiment with taking weekends off, since my whole intention here is to set . . . Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:17:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977898643&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Shira C. 2009-11-13T03:17:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977898128&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Day 11 started off hard. I was overtired (only had around 2 hours of sleep all night) and that didn't help at all. Through the day that progressed to headaches, dizzy spells and feeling like blacking . . . Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:48:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977898128&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Jennifer N. 2009-11-12T20:48:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977896787&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Good Evening!!! OK, I'm working on the goal of 25K words by Friday. I made today's goal, ending at 20,483 words. I guess I'll be looking for 2.5K words tomorrow and Friday, so we'll see if I can do . . . Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:41:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977896787&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Shira C. 2009-11-12T00:41:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977895963&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Day ten finally brought me to the part I had both been looking forward to and the part I had been dreading. Consequently, these are the same parts, but very different emotions toward them. On one hand . . . Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:14:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977895963&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Jennifer N. 2009-11-11T15:14:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977895251&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Today my schedule took a hit, but I'm happy to say my writing didn't. My goal is to start every day by 10 at the latest, but I didn't get started until 2:30 today because my hubby was sick and I was busy . . . Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:51:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977895251&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Shira C. 2009-11-11T04:51:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977894106&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace This year has broken all rules for the past three NaNos, and I'm loving it! I'm calm as ever, way ahead on my word counts and really have a good, fighting chance to have a full first draft by month's . . . Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:35:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977894106&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Jennifer N. 2009-11-10T14:35:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977892786&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Today has been an excellent day for writing -- I managed nearly 2500 words in 3 and a half hour, with a break in there. It's only 1:30, but I'm quitting for the day (and in the middle of a scene, too, . . . Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:44:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977892786&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Shira C. 2009-11-09T19:44:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977892504&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Day seven and eight lost me a little of the ground that I had gained on Friday, but not much. Friday I was out until 8:30pm local time, so not much writing got done. In total I did 454 words on Friday . . . Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:47:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977892504&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Jennifer N. 2009-11-09T16:47:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977891505&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Hi, nano-ers! Not a great weekend for writing -- fabulous, sunny weather and lots of chores. But I managed (barely) to stay ahead of the min, so I should be able to hit the road running tomorrow and . . . Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:35:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977891505&grpId=3659174697241938&nav=Groupspace Shira C. 2009-11-09T00:35:26Z