Novel in 90

"A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in."

That means I'm not off for vacation, because I have a lot of writing to do, but, oh-yeah, I will have all day to do it. Or, well, most of the day. Or at least maybe two hours daily, because there are some other vacation-y obligations. But who cares. Don't know if I'll have the internet access where I'm going so this may be a "see-you-in-a-week-with-INCREDIBLE-wordcount" post.

And how are you faring today? 750+ anyone?

How lovely are the wiles of Words--Emily Dickinson

Did the words work their wiles on you today? How many were you lured into writing?

Sound off!

In case anyone is interested, http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ has Liquid Story Binder XE for free if you download it today. This is a program that helps writers plan as well as write their novels, short stories, etc.

THE FIRST DRAFT
I love this book. And it loves me. I never want to be without this book. Never, ever. What? Were you saying something? I'm sorry I can't hear you because my book just said the best thing ever. Wait--just listen to this sentence. I know! Isn't my book so dreamy? I love you, book. Do you love me? Of course you do. OMG--we said that at the SAME TIME! WE ARE SO IN TUNE! This is going to be the best book ever written. Oh, whisper that again. I Pulitzer you too, honey. Sigh."   - Libba Bray, on the drafting and revision process.

Are you in love with your book?  And how many words did you write today?"

“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.” -Zora Neale Hurston

So who other than me and o_yannik are doing a project with research involved? What are you researching?

Sound off!

No quote from me, just a desire to know--did you get 'em, huh huh, did ya?

Sound off about that 750!

Unless I'm mistaken, we need a count for Week Two of this Ni90 round, so come forth one and all, and tell us those grand grand totals. 

If you're...

One week in:      5,250
Two weeks in: 10,500

What, me first again? It must be the time-zones.

"The house of fiction has in short not one window, but a million": Henry James.

What windows are you looking through today?

I made a post earlier today on my LJ to mumble about the writing process and review two word processors I've been playing with, and a friend mentioned being a member of this community. I immediately had to pop over and found that this group is exactly what I need.

I'm Mala, and I'm a baby novelist with aspirations of being published, though I've been writing (mostly short) fiction for years. I've tried my hand at nano and hated the time constraints-- nevermind juggling end of term work. While I set myself with a goal of 500 words a day, I'm not very good at making myself stick to them without someone shaking a finger at me. I'm currently in the early-middle stages writing a first draft of a novel, hopefully the first I'll actually manage to finish. I've got a lot of other books floating around in my head trying to distract me, but I vowed to just sit down and finish one.

I have no idea what my word count is since half of what I have is handwritten, but I promise all my word counts here will be fresh for this round. I just wish I'd known about this group when I was starting out!

Oh, and just for fun, but if anyone knows about a spreadhsheet like The Nanowrimo Report Card (links to an Excel Spreadsheet) or a way to edit it, I'd really appreciate it! I've been playing with it but I can't get the sums to come out right. It's not too important, but I always did like having that pretty little graph showing my progress.

No time to get a quote, sorry guys.

Sound off!

"Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience." - Henry David Thoreau

Sound off!

Wow, I wasn't expecting to be first!

"The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium." ~Norbet Platt

How goes the quest for equilibrium?

Sound off!

Being an author is like being in charge of your own personal insane asylum. ~Graycie Harmon

This quotation has probably appeared before, but it feels particularly appropriate to me today. My heroine has wound up trying to explain capitalism to one of the secondary characters (who is neither human, nor sane).
What I am thinking? This is a fantasy novel, blast it!
So that's 1219 crazed words today. How are you all doing?

The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation. -Ezra Pound, poet (1885-1972) 

Who had the leisure in which to work today? Who in your life participates in your art by respecting your need to write?

Sound off!

"I mean, if you opened your oven and found a loaf of homemade bread, you wouldn’t say, “THE BREAD FAIRY HAS COME!”* Because you would know that you spent the morning buying ingredients, kneading the dough, letting it rise, and baking it properly. You also took the time to learn how to bake, and probably burned a loaf or two in the effort.

"When writing goes well, it feels magical . . . but there is no magic to it. Writing goes well because you have done some work. You have spent MANY MANY MANY HOURS sitting at your desk, written pages and pages and pages of useless crap, read piles of books, done a lot more wrong than you have right, questioned your sanity and talent . . . and just kept going. No muse involved." 
- Maureen Johnson

How much bread did you bake today?  A whole pan of 750?

Yesterday I wrote 2935 words.

Sunday I wrote 4250.

Saturday, 768.

Friday, 4700.

Thursday, 1500.

Tuesday, 1621.

Today, I wrote 829. Why so few? Because I finished!!!!

49,575 / 49,575 (100.0%)

Thanks very much, y'all for cheering me on even though I was only here for a week (and 16603 words!). I'll probably be back again later in the summer to work on another one :)

YAY! I have use of my left hand back!

But I guess I'll give you guys a quote, too :P

"I like to write when I feel spiteful; it's like having a good sneeze."
~ D. H. Lawrence

Do you ever write about people who annoyed the #$%& out of you in your work? I know I do! I can't wait to write a book with a woman working in the wedding business (bridezillas suck!).

And, you know, did you hit your 750? (Or more--I'm talking to YOU: people who missed the weekend!)

Okay, it's the last day of the first week.  How are you donig?  Are you hanging in there?  Sound off!

And, a question:  Do you edit as you go, or do you edit after you have it all (or mostly) done?  Or do you wait until you are stuck to go back and edit?  The writing world wants to know! 

Where is everyone? It's nooooooooon where I am...

"Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them." ~ Flannery O'Connor

Ahahahha. Soooo true. Geeze, some uni students are AWFUL writers. But not me *glances around to make sure you all affirm that*

Did you make your 750 Or is the world taking a day off?

"The hardest part of writing a novel isn’t the beginning, or the middle, or the end. It’s not getting characters right, world building, keeping your sentences gorgeous, it’s none of those things. The hardest part is having to write when you don’t have the heart for it." ~ Justine Larbalestier two days ago

Sorry to post so early, but I have a great 2 a.m. count and a great quote :P Did you make your 750?