Who's going to do NaNoWriMo this year?

I'm pondering, though I'll probably not make all 50000. Also, I'm not quite sure what I should write yet.

Ah well... off we go!
I have the same username on the NaNo page - add me as writing buddy if you want!

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Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses.

"Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it so that the other half may reach you."

Won't display Jgirl.

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In your rush to call everyone "entrenched" or closed-minded or "limited" you fail to note that the "limit" here has a very natural boundary: that point at which the evidence stops. - JayUtah

Science fiction was never meant to be an educational tool. - Editor Amazing Tales

I've always wanted to try this. Maybe I'll give it a shot this year. I have several ideas rattling around in my skull.

I also was unable to pull up the page. It says "overloaded server".

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"It was a crime of passion! Not premeditated dentistry!"

I've got an idea that I've been playing with for years that I'm going to try to actually get written down.

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Gillian

"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

National Novel Writing Month

Breaking news:

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Sounds like fun. I have a story line in mind. Are the novels-in-progress available to view on line by anyone? Does anyone actually read other people's novels?

I doubt I would be able to set aside enough time. I co-wrote a pretty amusing novelette (23,000 words, 40 pages) with another fellow on a literary discussion forum. It took us close to a year, and distracted me from work to an alarming extent. And this year I am busier than that year. Still, it might be now or never.

Gee, I wish I knew how to tell a story...

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In your rush to call everyone "entrenched" or closed-minded or "limited" you fail to note that the "limit" here has a very natural boundary: that point at which the evidence stops. - JayUtah

Science fiction was never meant to be an educational tool. - Editor Amazing Tales

I signed up. What have I gotten myself into??

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"It was a crime of passion! Not premeditated dentistry!"

You don't have to share your novel if you don't want to (the site just provides a practical word meter) but there are forums where you can share and discuss to your heart's content.

And it's 50000 words in 30 days; that makes 1667 words per day. You can set aside the time for that if you just want to. I did it last year and was surprised that I actually managed.

There are even applets that can help you to write by poking you if you stop writing for a minute. Many people write their daily quota in the lunchbreak, on the train etc.

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Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses.

"Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it so that the other half may reach you."

Where would one find such an applet ma'am?

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In your rush to call everyone "entrenched" or closed-minded or "limited" you fail to note that the "limit" here has a very natural boundary: that point at which the evidence stops. - JayUtah

Science fiction was never meant to be an educational tool. - Editor Amazing Tales

This one for example:
http://lab.drwicked.com/writeordie.html

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Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses.

"Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it so that the other half may reach you."

Great. An applet that pokes BigDon when his yarn output starts to fall.

I've got a bad feeling about this...

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Thanks, 01101001.

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When I learn how to crawl through the Internet, I'm going to put you in a headlock and give you a resounding knuckle-rub.

About the NaNoWriMo site - It's SLOOOWWWW....

I joined, though, same username as here. Thanks, jokergirl! When I first read this thread, I didn't know what to think, but when I got to the site, it was, "Oh! This is a month-long write your novel website!

One word of caution - I wouldn't write your choice novel, the one you've always been meaning to publish, here, as it's public and no telling who'll pick it up and claim it as theirs. You don't see any of Clancy's novels online...

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If I set the budget, we'd have Ares and more. Unfortunately, I don't set the budget, and Ares is just too expensive and too far out for us to accomplish our goals within the budget we were given.

If we halt the ISS, all versions of Ares, and transport Orion and Altair aboard DIRECTv3's Jupiter family of Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicles, we just might make it back to the Moon by 2020.

All my friends on MuseBlog are doing NaNo. I might.

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I want to go back to the moon.
I don't care which rocket you use, whichever one you pick, I'll like it, I swear.
"If you think the LHC will create black holes, you might as well believe Hobbits are at the bottom of your garden."- Dr. Mike Inglis
Rovers forever! - ToSeek

Hey Mugs, here as in here, or here as in there?

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In your rush to call everyone "entrenched" or closed-minded or "limited" you fail to note that the "limit" here has a very natural boundary: that point at which the evidence stops. - JayUtah

Science fiction was never meant to be an educational tool. - Editor Amazing Tales

Actually, there's no need at all to put your novel on that site. You can scramble and upload it for an official wordcount (replace all letters with "a" for example - there's a howto on the site for it) or just put in the wordcount from your preferred word processor and let them take your word for it. You're doing it for yourself, after all.

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Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses.

"Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it so that the other half may reach you."

Here as in anywhere on the Internet.

I'm not sure if that applies to the NaNoWriMo project, though, one page that finally loaded seemed to indicate that your novel isn't public, but that you could put excerpts of it in a public spot.

Perhaps the OP could confirm this, as I haven't been able to log into the sight all day (I've tried, and cleared my ENTIRE WEEKEND to write, but if the site's down, well, all I can say, is, "Nice idea, folks, but weak to the point of empty promise in the delivery."

I hope others have had better luck.

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If I set the budget, we'd have Ares and more. Unfortunately, I don't set the budget, and Ares is just too expensive and too far out for us to accomplish our goals within the budget we were given.

If we halt the ISS, all versions of Ares, and transport Orion and Altair aboard DIRECTv3's Jupiter family of Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicles, we just might make it back to the Moon by 2020.

My impression is that you're supposed to work more on writing than on getting to their website anyway

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‘To those who regard “crime fiction” as some sacred icon which must follow a rigid formula, I will always be the man who writes 18-syllable haiku.’Trying to make sense of computers, The Error Log.

NaNoWriMo is getting a lot more popular in the last years; evidently, their servers can't keep up.
But anyway, the site is just a way for you to show other people you're keeping track. You write for yourself.

And I should really get to it...

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Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses.

"Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it so that the other half may reach you."

Oh. I was under the impression that the counters were online, along with your novel.

Again, how would I have known that if I can't get to their website??!!!

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If I set the budget, we'd have Ares and more. Unfortunately, I don't set the budget, and Ares is just too expensive and too far out for us to accomplish our goals within the budget we were given.

If we halt the ISS, all versions of Ares, and transport Orion and Altair aboard DIRECTv3's Jupiter family of Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicles, we just might make it back to the Moon by 2020.

So, how's that scary vampire story coming along, jokergirl?

I'm not going to make it this year. Maybe next.

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Gillian

"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

Not well. Work and lack of inspiration got the better of me.

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Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses.

"Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it so that the other half may reach you."

Too bad - I was looking forward to your story. But perhaps later when you have some free hours, the undead may visit you with inspiration.

It may well happen.

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Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses.

"Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it so that the other half may reach you."

Website still not accessible more than 90% of the time...

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If I set the budget, we'd have Ares and more. Unfortunately, I don't set the budget, and Ares is just too expensive and too far out for us to accomplish our goals within the budget we were given.

If we halt the ISS, all versions of Ares, and transport Orion and Altair aboard DIRECTv3's Jupiter family of Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicles, we just might make it back to the Moon by 2020.

Sooo ...


Anybody write anything? A good vampire story, maybe? Anything?

Nope, I failed miserably. Work got the better of me.

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Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses.

"Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it so that the other half may reach you."

I hate it when work gets in the way of life.