Day 30 - NaNoWriMo - It's over!

I am too tired to write anything just now, but I have a lot to say about my first NaNoWriMo experience.

Just now, I want to share with you my sense of elation.

Day 29 - NaNoWriMo

The penultimate day of the NaNoWriMo journey. I kinda feel a little deflated, I guess. Deflated but elated at the same time. Is that possible? I am over the moon that I achieved the goal I set myself, but at the same time, am disappointed it is over.

I am also a bit exhausted. I worked very hard to achieve my 55,000 words. I work full time, commute nearly 3 hours a day, I babysit my grandchildren who live with me, look after my five pets and spend time each day with them. No wonder I am tired.

So, the book is nearly finished, thanks to NaNoWriMo. Another two chapters to go, which I will write before Christmas, then edit in my Christmas holidays.

Thanks to the Office of Letters and Light for the wonderful, exciting, supportive and motivating entity that NaNoWriMo is. I am very proud to have been involved.

I hold out hopes of writing more on the night of 30th November, but you know what? I am just too tired. Time for a little rest, then back into it to finishe the book.

Day 28 - NaNoWriMo

"The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium."  ~  Norbet Platt

Day 28 of Wrimo. When I first signed up for this challenge, I thought that I would be in total panic mode at this stage of it, unable to see the end, unable to find a way to get 50,000 words written. Instead, here I am, way ahead of my goal, and well on my way to finishing the story that I have wanted to write all my life.


I have to say that the act of writing has been very therapeutic for me. I am living in a bit of domestic torment at present, and had I not signed up for Nanowrimo, and if I did not retreat into my private world of writing every day, I would go mad. I don’t think that going mad is actually what Norbet Platt meant by ‘equilibrium’, but it’s the best I can do at the moment.

I wrote another 4600 words today, giving me a total of 55883.

Day 26 - NaNoWriMo - I'm a WINNER!

"Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is." Zig Ziglar 

I did it! I won the NaNoWriMo challenge of writing 50,000 words in 30 days. Well actually, I did it in just 25 days.

Today, had I not had to stop writing to go to see Dolly Parton in concert, I reckon I could have written twice what I did, but at 4202, it was a true sprint to the finish line.

At about lunch time, I validated my words and am now a WINNER, with a total of 50,491 posted against my name. I will keep on writing though, as I have enjoyed this Wrimo journey immensely.

Here's my badge to prove I won!