• Beauty, Great and Terrible

    I have found that there is a great beauty in doing the thing that may prove my undoing. Nanowrimo was one of them. I'm genuinely proud of what I did this year, despite everything else that occurred in my life. Of course, I'm sure that it destroyed me inside, too. I was hurting on Nov. 30th, but…
  • Mess of Stress

    I'm alive! So, today is November 30th, the final day of the month that I know as NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). I wish I could say I produced something that I am proud of, but in all honesty- I'm just glad to have survived and won the challenge for my second year. As many of you know, I'm…
  • The End Of NaNoWriMo 2011: How Did You Do?

    It's the last day of November! Some people out there have been writing every day since November 1 trying to finish a 50 thousand-word novel! I told you about NaNoWriMo in this post, and then I gave you some tips and tricks I myself used. It's the last few hours of November, and I know there are som…
  • Days Go By

    I thought that I had put an entry up yesterday, but apparently I haven't posted since Thursday- are you serious? It's so hard to get even two posts a week out, apparently! Anyways, progress continues to be made as I step into the final week of the month-long National Novel Writing Month Challenge. I…
  • Toques and Igloos, oh my!

    Hi. My name is Gloria. Many of you might recall my presence from awhile ago, but I am betting that most of you do not. Therefore, I believe it is the appropriate time to reintroduce myself. I might make a video version of this later and post the link, but for now you can enjoy me in all my text-ly g…
  • A new week is upon us.

    Okay it's 2am on a Tuesday - I'm missing the ~official~ beginning of the week by, like, a day and a few hours but it's better late than never. I'm optimistic about this week though I don't particularly know why. Maybe it's because I started it out right by completing the 50K for NaNoWriMo yesterday.…
  • Go, NaNoWriMo, go!

    Good luck to all NaNoWriMo participants out there from Old Pond Comics.
  • Digging a Hole

    I didn't write anything for the last two days. Now I'm 4, 657 words behind on my word count for NaNoWriMo - quite a bit of work, but not insurmountable. Yet. I just can't seem to find the energy or motivation to write; every time I open my laptop I stare at a blank page and try to write, but can…
  • Oh yeah, I was gonna write an entry..!

    Man it sucks when my right arm/hand goes cold while the rest of me is okay. I mean my feet are cold, but that's different... that's just cause I don't wanna put socks on cause I don't like socks. But when just my right arm goes cold? Any ideas on what in the world would cause that? So I can't re…
  • Three Quick Tips For The NaNoWriMo Novel Writers

    Hey all you NaNoWriMo writers! How was the first week?! Have you met your personal goals in writing your novel? Here are some tips and resources I picked up last year when I participated -- plus I'd love to hear about your NaNoWriMo progress!