Greetings! It's Day 6 of NaNoWriMo and Wild Blue is getting it done. Word count is 8940, which means I'll have to write 1711 words a day to finish on time. I'm considering making it even harder on myself and aiming for November 25, which means 2161 words a day. I think both are do-able.
With the planning and research I did last month, the book seems to be pretty much writing itself at this point. I've done something I normally don't do, too - I've planned out the upcoming ten or so chapters. The plan is really just a sentence and a date, like "October 1942 - Joy and Hazel read Tom's letters" (I made that up, I didn't copy it). I'm hoping this will keep from from Googling "Battle of Sicily" every time I sit down to write.
I'm planning a mini-write-in this weekend, attended by yours truly and copious amounts of coffee. I have an obtainable goal of 20000 words by the time I go to bed Sunday night. Of course, a whole lot of other stuff will get pushed aside but that's what NaNoWriMo is all about!
Because I am a real glutton for this stuff and want November to be as "interesting" as possible, I am also participating in NaBloPoMo on my other blog. NaBloPoMo is a BlogHer thing where you post something every single day of the month. November is a very writing-filled month!
And on a non-writing, personal note: the cat bit the daylights out of the index finger on my left hand yesterday morning, so I have to type with it up in the air. I'm finding I am making more mistakes and typing slower in general because of it. At the same time, though, it is still really painful, so painful that I am skipping my runs until it heals a bit, so I have extra time for writing.
When I get a bit more written, I plan to post a snippet on here, so be looking for that relatively soon.
Happy November, everyone!
