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Dialogue From Off Stage

  • Posted on November 12, 2009 at 8:37 am

Today’s Starting Word Count: 13,253
Today’s Word Count Goal: 30,400
Today’s Nano Average Goal: 20,000
Word Count at the time of Writing: 14,053 (Track)
Current Funds Raised: $0.00 (Donate)

”Has she stopped yet? Is it time?”
“Well … she’s still talking, but at least in her version of the story you exist now. At least, I THINK it’s you. Do you, by any chance, have a very hairy brother?”
/moan “Ooh, no. She isn’t talking about that is she? So mich for my dignified, heroic entrance.”
“Well, it could be worse. At this rate I’m going to come out looking like a baddy and Mischa will be a side-show act!”

Well, maybe is someone thought what I’m doing was worthwhile I’d be a little more dedicated.

Nano Stats & Nothing Else

  • Posted on November 12, 2009 at 2:05 am

Today’s Starting Word Count: 13,253
Today’s Word Count Goal: 30,400
Today’s Nano Average Goal: 20,000
Word Count at the time of Writing: 13,481 (Track)
Current Funds Raised: $0.00 (Donate)

Nano Struggles

  • Posted on November 3, 2009 at 12:17 am

Today’s Starting Word Count: 1706
Today’s Word Count Goal: 4200
Today’s Nano Average Goal: 3333
Word Count at the time of Writing: 9459 (Track)
Current Funds Raised: $0.00 (Donate)

So, the eminent Mr. Silver claims that he has technological wonders that might be able to help me rescue my NaNo outline, and that would be great. In the meantime, I am chronicling the wanderings of Mrs. Naughty McMeanie-Pants. I wrote all of the preface up to the point where The King comes home and gets murdered and The Prince is cursed. Now, having fled the scene of the crime, Mrs. Naughty knows that her days are numbered and is searching for a restful place to wait for who ever takes it into his/her head to come for her.

All the while my so-called Main Characters are still off-stage waiting for the drama queen to get through her narrative. I can almost hear them.

“Is she wrapping up yet?”
“Not that I can tell, but the flashbacks have stopped.”
“Well, that’s probably a good sign.”
“Maybe”
*sigh* “Wake me when it’s my turn.”

Poor things. This is what happened and stalled me out last year, though, so I’m just letting it happen. Who knows, maybe I’ll end up with a nifty novel entirely from the McMeanie-Pants point-of-view. There are worse things.

Fundraising

  • Posted on November 2, 2009 at 10:21 pm

Dear Friends, Family, and Righteous Supporters,

As always, the nonprofit Office of Letters and Light will be bringing together the most mighty of endurance novelists for an amazing event spanning the month of November.

This is, of course, National Novel Writing Month. It’s a global writing challenge in which participants spend November (and portions of our sanity!) writing a 50,000-word book in just 30 days.

I am among the participating authors this year. In addition to my creative duties, I’m raising money to help the Office of Letters and Light continue to put on free creative writing programs for kids and adults in classrooms, communities, and libraries around the world.

Every dollar I raise will motivate me as I write my way towards the realization of my creative goals. More importantly, your contribution will help National Novel Writing Month and its Young Writers Program create a more engaged and inspiring world.

In addition to the rewards that OLL is offering, sponsors who contribute $20 or more will receive a .PDF copy of my cleaned first draft and sponsors contributing $50 or more will receive a spiral-bound, autographed, annotated manuscript.

Thank you so much for your support of my writing and more, for supporting the education of the cretive minds of the future!

With Love,

RebaE

Sponsor Me

NanoWriMo 2009

  • Posted on November 2, 2009 at 7:50 pm

Today’s Starting Word Count: 1706
Today’s Word Count Goal: 4200
Today’s Nano Average Goal: 3333
Current Funds Raised: $0.00 (Donate)

Alrighty. Look back a few short posts. See that bit from a year ago about The Black Mother’s Curse? Well I’m going to take another run at that story. Since I’m moving this month and the stress level is going to be something wretched, my personal goal is 75,000 by Dec 21 instead of the traditional 50,000 by Dec 1. Wish me luck!

Write-In: Hooked on Colfax (Pre-show)

  • Posted on November 3, 2008 at 6:59 pm

Today’s Starting Word Count: 3393
Today’s Word Count Goal: 6750
Today’s Nano Average Goal: 5000
Word Count at the time of Writing: 4010 (Track)
Current Funds Raised: $25 (Donate)

The first write-in at the Hooked on Colfax coffee house starts in a little over an hour. I’m planning to attend, if for no other reason than to get caught up on my word count. I’m a little behind since the landlord had someone in to spray for bugs. We had to keep the kitten out of the bug spray.

Anyway, I’m nervous. Meeting my peers. I’ll let you know how it goes.

One Thousand Fifty-one. Well Begun.

  • Posted on November 3, 2008 at 1:42 am

Bits of advice from an inexperienced Nano: choose between the Halloween party and starting Nano ASAP on the first. The Halloween hangover will not leave you at your most creative or productive. Also, if you write using a pen name, be sure to do your fundraising with your real name. If you aren’t careful about that your friends and family will have no idea who is hitting them up for money!

I’ve written my first thousand words. I know that it doesn’t seem like much of a mile marker, but there are days when I can hardly force myself to write 100 words. I write poetry where I feel justified in stopping before I reach 50 words. I’m out of practice with prose, thanks to laziness, tech writing, and a stretch of poetic outlet. 1000 word feels like a real accomplishment!

I’m currently working on an expositive prologue written from the perspective of the antagonist. Call it ”Why I Went Bad” by Naughty McMeanie-Pants. I’m setting up the inciting incident, the Black Mother laying her curse, and attempting to do so in such a way that the reader sees this fantastic, over-powered, over-blown, vain, wicked, self-centered beast as a victim right up to the moment when she shreds the only scrap of moral fiber she had left. I’m hoping to get in another five pages before I call it a night.

Mini Update

  • Posted on July 31, 2007 at 9:15 am

Blogathon 2007
13 Hours Left To Pledge
Flash fiction, poetry, & literary tech for Planned Parenthood
Sponsor me! Click Here.
Total Pledged: $100.00 Thank you Lisa!

I’m starting to run out of steam for begging. I’m halfway to my goal!

Anyone else out there?

More fiction tonight, if I don’t fall asleep before the bus gets me home.

Back to Work!

  • Posted on July 30, 2007 at 8:11 pm

Blogathon 2007
27 Hours Left To Pledge
Flash fiction, poetry, & literary tech for Planned Parenthood
Sponsor me! Click Here.
Total Pledged: $95.00 Thank you Lou!

Well today seems down right slow after all that. “All” I had to do was shadow the Frame Ordering lady, record her every motion, then figure out how to document it so the next time she goes on vaca someone will know how to do her job.

Though I did bring the project home with me, I’ll spare you a sample. It’s a bit flat after the last bunch.

Speaking of which, I’m almost to $100!! Come on folks, if I can do that well in 24 hours, there is no reason I can get to $200 by this time tomorrow.

You heard about the incentives? Alright I’ll tell them again

  1. If you pledge more than $10, I will send you a clean .pdf copy of the Written Justification Blogathon 2007 manuscript, complete with links and graphics.
  2. If you pledge $25 or more, I will send you the epic conclusion of one of the many stories I started during the Blogathon.
  3. If you pledge $50 or more I will not only send you the manuscript and a story, but I will let you choose which story I will compete! Just click here or here for the list of what I wrote on Sunday. The just email me what you want to read when you pledge!

Don’t want to give the little machine your personal info? We can make arrangements. Contact me some other way and I’ll see your contribution made real!

Just a Little More!

  • Posted on July 30, 2007 at 9:57 am

Blogathon 2007
Flash fiction, poetry, & literary tech for Planned Parenthood
Sponsor me! Click Here.
Total Pledged: $80.00 Thank you Terri Little & dinorawrs!

I’ve been done blogging for Blogathon for 12 hours, but the game isn’t over!

I have 36 hours to gather additional pledges, and I’ve got prizes for you!

For pledges of more that $10, you will receive the 2007 Written Justification Collection manuscript, including links and graphics, in PDF form.

For pledges of more than $50 you will receive not only the manuscript, but also a bonus short story completing the plot of on of the Blogathon entries.

You can pledge for me here

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