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The best thing today
- LoveHistory
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There is no big winner. Though fewer than 5% of participants will write the entire 50,000 words by the deadline.
My prizes for winning: web badges; a nice certificate I can print out; a free printed and bound copy of my manuscript from Createspace; and the pride of accomplishment.
It's not for stuff, it's for motivation, practice, and discipline. A challenge, rather than a competition. Writing every day for a month is an excellent way to get back into the habit. And it helped me get past mental blocks.
I wouldn't bet I can keep doing NaNo year after year, but it's really helped me this time.
Edited to say: I sit corrected. I just checked in on the NaNo site and this year's participants have broken all kinds of records. So far the winners' number stands at 19% and a few times zones haven't closed yet. Also there were over 2 billion words written in the challenge this year. Pretty cool, huh?
My prizes for winning: web badges; a nice certificate I can print out; a free printed and bound copy of my manuscript from Createspace; and the pride of accomplishment.
It's not for stuff, it's for motivation, practice, and discipline. A challenge, rather than a competition. Writing every day for a month is an excellent way to get back into the habit. And it helped me get past mental blocks.
I wouldn't bet I can keep doing NaNo year after year, but it's really helped me this time.
Edited to say: I sit corrected. I just checked in on the NaNo site and this year's participants have broken all kinds of records. So far the winners' number stands at 19% and a few times zones haven't closed yet. Also there were over 2 billion words written in the challenge this year. Pretty cool, huh?
Last edited by LoveHistory on Tue December 1st, 2009, 5:06 pm, edited 1 time in total.
That is prett cool LoveHistory!
My best thing today - finding out the Kid's Christmas party I had to plan for our work party is going to be staffed for 2 out of the 3 craft stations. I had thought I was going to have to juggle gingerbread cookies and window ornaments for 109 kids at the same time! I had overcommitted, yet again, and was glad to find out I will have an extra pair of hands.
Happy December 1st to all!
My best thing today - finding out the Kid's Christmas party I had to plan for our work party is going to be staffed for 2 out of the 3 craft stations. I had thought I was going to have to juggle gingerbread cookies and window ornaments for 109 kids at the same time! I had overcommitted, yet again, and was glad to find out I will have an extra pair of hands.
Happy December 1st to all!
Andrea
- princess garnet
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- MLE (Emily Cotton)
- Bibliomaniac
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- Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
- Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
- Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
- Location: California Bay Area
On my hike today, I walked through snow! At the top of the hill, somebody had built a snowman.
I've seen snow on the hills before, but never this plentiful or this low. Cold, but beautiful.
A link to someone else's picture of my snowy hiking trail here.
edited: well, drat, this link insists on putting up the whole slideshow. I only wanted to show # 38, Rocky Ridge.
I've seen snow on the hills before, but never this plentiful or this low. Cold, but beautiful.
A link to someone else's picture of my snowy hiking trail here.
edited: well, drat, this link insists on putting up the whole slideshow. I only wanted to show # 38, Rocky Ridge.
Last edited by MLE (Emily Cotton) on Wed December 9th, 2009, 1:49 am, edited 1 time in total.
- michellemoran
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- LoveHistory
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- SonjaMarie
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Got a wireless router today, and got my computer set up to it, but it'll only be worth it if I can get Harm's and mom's laptops connected to it!
SM
SM
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My Booksfree Queue
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Books Read In 2014: 109 - June: 17 (May: 17)
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- MLE (Emily Cotton)
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- Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
- Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
- Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
- Location: California Bay Area
- SonjaMarie
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[quote=""MLE""]life without cables, congratulations, SJM! But be sure to put a security password on your wireless account, or anybody near enough can use your bandwidth.[/quote]
Don't know how to do that yet.
SM
Don't know how to do that yet.
SM
The Lady Jane Grey Internet Museum
My Booksfree Queue
Original Join Date: Mar 2006
Previous Amount of Posts: 2,517
Books Read In 2014: 109 - June: 17 (May: 17)
Full List Here: http://www.historicalfictiononline.com/ ... p?p=114965
My Booksfree Queue
Original Join Date: Mar 2006
Previous Amount of Posts: 2,517
Books Read In 2014: 109 - June: 17 (May: 17)
Full List Here: http://www.historicalfictiononline.com/ ... p?p=114965
- MLE (Emily Cotton)
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 3566
- Joined: August 2008
- Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
- Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
- Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
- Location: California Bay Area