Julie R. Neidlinger: Lone Prairie Art and Writing

National Novel Writing Month 2006.

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Yes, I'm going to participate.

That means light blogging in general, many tearful and fearful mentions of NaNoWriMo, and possible re-runs of old posts to keep you occupied while I cower in fear before the cyclopean task of 50,000 words in November.

My friend Corrine, who will be featured on the Q&A section of the NaNo site on November 3, was kind enough to decide for me that I would be participating by purchasing me the handy and official NaNoWriMo kit. I'd recommend you look into The No Plot No Problem Novel-Writing Kit. It has cool stuff. It helps me be a little less afraid.

OK. Maybe not. Knowing that at least two others in my writing group will be participating is music to my ears, especially since I am very competitive and can't stand to see them finish and not me. Pure motives, to be sure.

This post will be the place to check my word count, find out how I'm doing, read excerpts if I have the courage to throw them out for you, and find other links. It certainly won't be static, unlike my deplorious (is that a word?) and craptastic (pretty sure that's a word) novel.

(Sigh.)

What have I done? I'm insane.

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Status Bar (goal is 50,000 words):

How you can help me:

Be my "accountability partner." Interested? Email me.
Send me emails or even snail mail to encourage me because it gets to be a bit much. I would even happily accept a sappy, girly card.
Chocolate is always welcome.
Just tell me I don't suck at writing and if I do, be nice about telling me the truth.
Join me in NaNoWriMo. If you're a student, they have a Young Writers Program for students, teachers or librarians. If you're an adult, just give it a go. Let me know and I'll add you to my NaNoWriMo friend list.

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NaNo Blog Posts, 2006: