Categories: all aviation bicycle gadgets misc motorcycle theater

Sun, 30 Nov 2008

Finished. Just barely.

I just got back from my Thanksgiving travels, and also from my novelistic adventures. I didn't do anywhere near as well this year as I have in past years -- I just barely squeaked by, inputting the 50,187th word this afternoon on the train. And it was a pathetic ending, with me basically giving up once I hit the 50k mark.

However, I did hit the 50k mark, so I'll call it a win, and see what lessons I can learn. First off, I get to post this:

Lesson number one: overloading the ol' schedule is a bad thing. The novel was competing with running a theatrical show, rehearsing another show, and Thanksgiving travel this month. Not to mention eating, sleeping, working 40+ hours a week, etc. That was officially Too Much.

Lesson number two: I'm not sure if there's a lesson number two, because I was otherwise pretty happy with how things went. If I'd heeded lesson number one, I would have been fine with this novel.

If you want to read this year's novelling attempt, you may do so here, temporarily:

I'll be updating the location soon, it's just not there yet, and (surprise!) I don't have time to deal with that right now.

Posted at 20:46 permanent link category: /misc

Categories: all aviation gadgets misc motorcycle theater

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