That time of year again

Holy shit, I wrote 22844 words last year! While in school full time and working 35 hours/wk. I'd though it was 25k, but upon re-reading I feel like there's at least one short scene I remember writing that isn't here. Or maybe I'm full of it, and I only thought about the scene so much that I felt like I wrote it. Who can say!

So my goal this year is for my A&A Club story to hit 72,844 words. If I'm done with it before that, I'll start in on the sequel, for which I actually started writing notes/outlines BEFORE this story, funnily enough. Then my next goal is to finish that story by the end of next December :D But I shouldn't let myself get too far ahead on happy!fuzzy dreams. I need to get through tonight's 2k FIRST. :/

I'm starting to understand now why Chris Batty made that 'you must start every NaNo with a new story' rule. Getting this momentum going is tough. I can do it, though! I did really great last year, and I have way more time to go to write-ins this year, and I'm surrounded by creative people who inspire me and motivate me, and I HAVE SO MUCH HOPE. (Perhaps I have the same amount of hope as every other year. I really will never have a way to gauge.)

So. Here we go.

NaNoWriMo 2011


Dreams Can Come True If You Shut Up and Write


I'll probably post the rest of these as I go on my tumblr this year. niyis.tumblr.com