Final word count: 52,591
50,000 words in 1 month… the finish line has been crossed!
Deadline: Wed., Nov. 30, 2011
Stay tuned… coming in 2012, the published version of these stories, plus, my first novel. Get updates on these projects at Rucksack Press.com…
During the 30 days of November 2011, I’m writing short stories about travel. Think of them as day trips that’ll fit in your backpack. Set in the same travel fantasy/urban fantasy world as my forthcoming novel, these stories will bring you adventurous, enticing and sometimes even funny travel tales.
I’m writing this travel story collection as part of the write-a-novel-in-a-month NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. Held every November, NaNoWriMo challenges writers around the world to write a 50,000-word novel during the month of November (or 1,667 words per day). After successfully completing NaNoWriMo in 2001, 2005 and 2008, this year will be my fourth time taking on the challenge. And I’m going to win.
Here are all the updates for my NaNoWriMo 2011 project:
- Nov. 1, 2011, New travel stories e-book in 30 days of NaNoWriMo
- Nov. 1, 2011, Nanowrimo day 1: 2,061 words
- Nov. 2, 2011, Nanowrimo day 2: 1,927 words
- Nov. 3, 2011, Nanowrimo day 3: Let there be tension in 1,802 words
- Nov. 4, 2011, Nanowrimo day 4: The lovechild of Doctor Who and Nanny Ogg in 2,171 words
- Nov. 5, 2011, Nanowrimo day 5: Getting to the heart of the world in 2,198 words
- Nov. 6, 2011, Nanowrimo day 6: The story and the author bumble along for 1,719 words
- Nov. 7, 2011, Nanowrimo day 7: Deep into a new story for 2,109 words
- Nov. 8, 2011, Nanowrimo day 8: The things she shouldn’t know in 1,720 words
- Nov. 9, 2011, Nanowrimo day 9: True colors in 1,731 words
- Nov. 10, 2011, Nanowrimo day 10: Travel and work in 2,013 words
- Nov. 11, 2011, Nanowrimo day 11: Fun writing afoot in 1,727 words
- Nov. 12, 2011, Nanowrimo day 12: Raising questions in 2,317 words
- Nov. 13, 2011, Nanowrimo day 13: Travel and work in 2,052 words
- Nov. 14, 2011, Nanowrimo day 14: Piss and vinegar in 2,007 words
- Nov. 15, 2011, Nanowrimo day 15: Halfway, an excerpt and 2,063 words
- Nov. 16, 2011, Nanowrimo day 16: Good, bad, and who she is in 1,767 words
- Nov. 17, 2011, Nanowrimo day 17: Finding her sanuk in 1,707 words
- Nov. 18, 2011, Nanowrimo day 18: Taking a night off in 0 words
- Nov. 19, 2011, Nanowrimo day 19: Revving engines for beer money in 4,034 words
- Nov. 20, 2011, Nanowrimo day 20: Does hell require a visa? in 1,861 words
- Nov. 21, 2011, Nanowrimo day 21: Touch and go in 1,760 words
- Nov. 22, 2011, Nanowrimo day 22: Feckniss in 1,862 words
- Nov. 23, 2011, Nanowrimo day 23: The very, very long Portland trip in 0 words
- Nov. 24, 2011, Nanowrimo day 24: A world bigger than we dream in 3,152 words
- Nov. 25, 2011, Nanowrimo day 25: Newbie takes things full circle in 820 words
- Nov. 26-27, 2011, Nanowrimo day 26-27: 3 stories, 3 outlines in 0 words
- Nov. 28, 2011, Nanowrimo day 28: Story no. 8 in 2,553 words
- Nov. 29, 2011, Nanowrimo day 29: Crossing the finish line in 1,737 words
- Nov. 30, 2011, Nanowrimo day 30: The last story in 1,698 words
Stay tuned… coming in 2012, the published version of these stories, plus, my first novel. Get updates on these projects at Rucksack Press.com…
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