I completed it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ahhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Was there a moment when I thought I might not…..umm….more like tons of moments.
But I conquered it with a whopping 50013! Woot!
That being said…it is nowhere near finished. Also, the story completely changed about halfway through, but due to the time constraints I left it all as is to be fixed later. From the Embers will continue to be my main focus until I have time to pick this back up.
What I learned:
- I can do something I didn’t know I could do.
- I can drink three Red Bulls back to back and not have a heart attack.
- I can juggle (literally).
- I can get sick and still find it in me to put in some pretty wordage.
- People are mean. (Okay so that has nothing to do with NaNo and everything to do with Goodreads…lol)
- Letting yourself go is really the best way to write (at least for me.)
- A year ago I didn’t even know about this.
- My jaw clenches up when I get in the zone…ow.
- I can write something other than my trilogy.
- It’s okay to believe in myself.
Okay…so those aren’t deeply philosophical points, but I just put in a lot of words today and finished another painting so my mind is beat and my jaw hurts lol.
To everyone else who finished way before me or with an obsene amount of words, congrats. And to those who didn’t finish…don’t worry about it. Putting a thing like this smack dab in the middle of the holidays is a little silly and makes it pretty hard to accomplish. I barely made it. Keep writing. That is all that matters!
Here’s my latest painting:
Dreams 12×12
Side View
And I’m spent. Have a great night everyone!
Echelon out ♥
Big congrats! There’s no way I could pull off 50,000 in a month!
You’d be surprised. I definitely didn’t think I had it in me. Especially considering I was working on my third in the trilogy. But the Writing Gods were kind to me lol.
And I’m assuming you got a bad review or snippy comment, regarding your line about Goodreads.
Here’s something you can read to keep it in perspective. Read the comments to this about Stephen King if you get a moment. And most of these are from his fans: http://stanrmitchell.com/2012/10/01/whats-your-thoughts-on-stephen-king/
Heh, yeah lol. It’s not a bad review that bother me…it’s the reviews of those who post a cruel review for laughs. They use vulgarity and such to get their point across.
Your article is very helpful and puts a different light on the issue itself. So I’m not hugely successful….but even the most successful can have an off day,
Thanks!
Crap. Sorry for the double post. Had another tab open. Can you delete this one and the screwed up one?
And I’m with you about cruel reviews, and I think once you’ve finished something, it’s just impossible to be harsh anymore. Least, it’s that way for me…
congrats!
Thank ya much!
YAAAAYYYYY it’s the best feeling in the world, isn’t it? I’m with you on point 7…I didn’t find out about NaNoWriMo until like 2 weeks before it started. Crunch time
Congratulations!
Lol for sure! And I’m glad it’s over! Until next year.
Now it’s back to editing and finishing the other projects. Love your blog by the way!
Oh, thank you! But yes, now it’s back to the hated editing room -_-. I wish everything we produced was perfect as we wrote it. Haha.
Lol! You can say that again!
Congratulations…routines take 30 days to take hold…that is the conventional wisdom and a hope for some of the things we are trying with our kids.
lol yep!
Congratulations!
Thank you!!
Your painting is beautiful, as is your writing. I agree with 5…believe me! I think sometimes people forget that on the other side of that last page of the novel is a breathing, living human being who spent a ton of sweat tears and love into that novel. Then again, people can be mean even if they do realize that!
Congrats on Nano…I wrote 5,000 words in three hours yesterday of a brand new totally off hand inspired novel…I’m keeping it secret though, except for my family and editor. I think it’s going to be a shocker!
Thanks lady! Yeah, it’s not so much the criticism, I can take criticism. I will always have room for improvement and I have learned loads from this experience. It’s the bullies that I have no respect for. I’ve found that a lot of people (not just from my reviews, but reviews I read on other books) take reviewing as some sort of sport where they have to come up with the cleverest punchline at someone else’s expense.
How exciting about the new writing. Too bad it’s top secret now that you have me curious lol. Just started your novel and am sucked in!
Congratulations!
Thank you!!
Congratulations, that’s a fabulous achievement! One to be proud of. And I agree with everything you learned in the process – except I could already juggle, but anyway…
Lol thanks.
Congrats on finishing! I have tried many times to do NaNo and have never made it through! It really is a great accomplishment! Good job!
Thanks Amanda! Keep trying though! It’s definitely not easy, but even if you write a little, that’s still more than nothing at all!
That is very true! Thanks Candace!
I’ve decided that I’m going to write for me, and whether or not it is good or not, that is irrelevant at this point. I need to write because that is who I am, and hopefully the goodness will come later. 
That’s all you can do. That’s how I started out. And the more you write the better you get, so it definitely won’t hurt to keep going. Good luck!!! I have faith in you.
Aww, thank you so much!
Congrats on NaNoWriMo and I LOVE your new painting! It is amazing!!