Hey kids.  So here, we are, 30 days later.  I hope you all had as much success as I did.  This was an incredible month for me, because while I am exhausted (and not quite done) I absolutely destroyed my goals – cruising past 50k on Day 21, and ending up with an insane 75k+ words written this month.

And honestly…that is JUST for my novel.  I also wrote 9 comic book reviews, 2 She Has No Head! columns, 2 podcast write ups, 2 editions of Drunk Cover Solicits, an essay about Wonder Woman for the DC Women Kicking Ass Kick Ass Contest, and a slew of other smaller posts for 1979.  That, altogether has got to be at least 15k – 20k, easy.  So that means I wrote nearly 100k this month…outside of my full time job. Insane. Now, I will say that my personal life has been a sad little husk of a thing…so I don’t think this is a healthy way to live…but, it can still be a good guideline of how much I am really capable of when I put my mind to it…and could perhaps help me figure out what a reasonable goal would be for a more ongoing basis.

Thanks to all of you that encouraged me, and I hope for those of you that took on NaNo yourselves (officially, or unofficially as I did) are happy with your successes and failures.  If I’ve learned anything it’s that it’s all a process.  I know for a fact some of you out there just killed it…but for others, there’s always next time, and even if you didn’t meet 50k, you’re still X number of words beyond where you were four short weeks ago…so just keep going.

Anyway, for posterity’s sake, I’ll put up a post when I hit “the end” on this puppy (shooting for Saturday) so that those of you that have been playing along can feel closure too. But for now, here are the final counts…

Today’s word count: 2,943

MS total word count:  110,495

Total NaNo word count: 75,995

Inspirational image for a scene I was writing today:

Things are coming together people!  Figured out a major issue I’ve been having with the climax (large thanks to Adam who is always a life saver with plot issues and creativity in general) and I’m feeling much more confident as we head into the final day here.  Given my schedule I don’t think I’ll finish tomorrow (end of NaNo) but I think I’ll be done by Friday/Saturday, at which point I can go in and pretty things up and correct errors, etc.  Still much longer than I wanted this draft to be…but it is what it is, right?

Today’s word count: 3,279

MS total word count: 107,552

Inspirational image for a scene I was writing today:

Closing in on the end of NaNo, just two days left.  I had a good day today and a decent word count total, even though I had to delete and rework some stuff.  Still feeling damn lousy, but getting OH SO CLOSE on finishing this puppy, which is good good good.

Today’s word count:  4,263

MS total word count: 104,273

Inspirational image for a scene I was writing today:

Too young for my character, but otherwise a good look overall

Had such high hopes for today…even had delusional dreams of finishing.  Ah, delusional sickness…how you lead me astray!

Still, clocked in a good number of words…in fact, best/biggest day ever…so SILVER LININGS. Also, I have GOT to be getting close.  Must be within 10k of writing “the goddamn end” on this puppy.

Today’s word count:  5.580

MS total word count: 100,010

Inspirational image from a scene I was writing today:

Feeling shitty and had to do a lot of podcasting and editing today, not to mention a hangover from Drunk Cover Solicits…but still managed to eek out a decent number.

Tomorrow (Sunday) is mostly a writing day, so I’m hoping that I’ll feel well enough to put up big numbers.  Wish me luck!

Today’s word count: 1,939

MS total word count: 94,430

Inspirational image for a scene I was writing today:

Had a lot of other commitments today (Drunk Cover Solicits!) and am still sick, so didn’t do as much as I’d have liked.  That said, it’s coming really easy as we head toward the end here…in fact the biggest issue right now is keeping the word count DOWN.  So many characters, so much to do before the big showdown.  😉

Today’s word count:  2,283

MS total word count:  92,491

Inspirational image for a scene I was writing today:

Didn’t get much done today with illness and Thanksgiving to contend with, but managed to eek out a bit.

Thanks to all of you that have been so supportive and encouraging, and for those of you doing NaNo yourselves – keep up the great work – some of you are just killing it.

Today’s word count: 1,481

MS total word count: 90,208

Inspirational image for a scene I was writing today:

This edition of NaNo brought to you by ILLNESS!  Woo.

My word count isn’t bad today, but it’s hard to know if what I wrote is any good or a delusional sick mess.  Guess we’ll find out next week.

Today’s word count:  2,946

MS total word count:  88,727

Inspirational image for a scene I was writing today:

Well…I finally got sick.  Really had trouble with my word count tonight as a result. Still managed to get a bit down though.

Today’s word count: 988

MS total word count:  85,781

Ulp, sickness is already taking effect and melting my brain, I should have included a “NaNo total thus far” since Tuesday was the three week mark:  51,281

Inspirational image for something I was writing about today: