Nov 29 2009

I Now Return To My Originally Scheduled Program

Published by Drama Mama at 4:17 pm under Writing

So, NaNoWriMo officially ends tomorrow,and for once I completed something with time to spare.

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Despite both my girls getting horribly (and disgustingly) ill over the last few days, while working and homeschooling and holiday shopping and making sure my house isn’t buried under a mountain of dirty laundry and dishes I managed to hit the 50k word goal. My novel isn’t finished…I have a bit more to go, but I think I will manage to fill in the holes I left as I edit in December. Then comes the next big challenge – seeking out a literary agent and shopping my book around.

I have toyed with the idea of submitting to an e-pub…but have decided I will hold off just a bit and see what comes of the traditional method first. All of this is new to me and I look forward (and kind of dread) the whole process. I know I have a long road ahead, but I’m further down the path than I have ever been before – and it’s all due to NaNoWriMo.

So stay tuned as I start to bring back Monday Muse posts, more reviews of DisneyWorld, Homeschool ideas, and general cool stuff including a post of meeting my idol, The Pioneer Woman herself!

And yes, very soon now I will update that header.

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6 Responses to “I Now Return To My Originally Scheduled Program”

  1. # Jenn D.on 02 Dec 2009 at 10:26 am

    Hi Melonie!

    Hooray for finishing NaNoWriMo!! Sorry to hear you had such an insane November!

    -Jenn.
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  2. # Allisonon 02 Dec 2009 at 2:17 pm

    Of the 167k people who signed up for NaNo only 98k actually started writing. Of those 98k who started writing only 32k actually hit 50k. Of those 32k a lot cheated. But you didn’t and that’s why you’re a rock star.
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  3. # Drama Mamaon 03 Dec 2009 at 12:27 am

    @ Jenn D: thanks girl! I am so happy I made it, now I gotta keep the momentum going :)

    @ Allison: you were an awesome NaNo buddy! And YOU rocked it so much harder than me! ;)

  4. # Note to self: humanizeon 03 Dec 2009 at 10:02 am

    Melonie, this kind of posts keep me going, so if one day your ‘momentum’ is stuck somewhere, simple: come here and read your own post ;)

    Congratulations for your achievement! Hope I can say the same in New Year’s Day (though I’m not doing any NaNo thing and don’t even know what that is – I’m writing and 50.000 words in a month sounds nice! lol)

    Vanessa.
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  5. # Drama Mamaon 03 Dec 2009 at 9:03 pm

    @ Vanessa: Howdy! Thanks for visiting, I see from your site you “know” Allison and Tami too – good luck on the writing, every 5 minutes you can take to add to that word count helps!

  6. # Bella Sinclairon 04 Dec 2009 at 5:21 pm

    YOU DID IT, YOU DID IT!!! I am sooooooo very impressed. And even more so after reading how few people actually do manage to reach their goal. Holy moly, girl. Keep up that momentum. I want to see you at the bookstore, in bright lights, as big as Diana Gabaldon. You are a NaNoWriMo Goddess!