I’m not going to do much blogging during the month of December. With holidays and travel, and the recent completion of NaNoWriMo, I’m just taking a bit of time away from the blog. I need a rest from words, so to speak. I’ll write a bit here and there, but mostly I’ll be finishing up […]
We’re alive
No nasty accidents on the way home yesterday from our trip to Iowa City. We did have to chisel the van out of nearly two inches of ice that had accumulated over the day on Saturday, however. That was a part of the Iowa life that I always forget about come winter. We had an […]
What’s this?
Is this a winner badge? More after I get some sleep. Headed to Iowa City this weekend, so I might not get the opportunity to post again until Monday. That is, unless I die while driving through the ice and snow this weekend. So, if I don’t post again by, let’s say, next Tuesday, assume […]
2 days remaining!
Only today and tomorrow left in NaNoWriMo, and I’m sitting at around 47,000 words. Almost there! We’re traveling Friday night to visit family in Iowa City, so that basically means that I need to get about 3,000 words written TODAY! AAAAAUGH!!! I can probably do it. Yeah, that’s right. I think I might just be […]
Flock doesn’t get Twitter
Overall, I like Flock. It’s a good browser, and so far, it’s been better to me than Firefox 2. The media bar is an amazing concept that was implemented very well. And the media uploading function works great. Flock is smooth and reliable, and I’m loving the experience, even without most of my add-ons. But […]
Just under 40,000 – finish line in sight
I hit 38,112 words last night. I was doing pretty well with the new 2,350 daily word limit over my Thanksgiving vacation, but hit several days of road blocks, starting with Thanksgiving, and going on through the weekend. Last night, though, I was able to overcome my NEW new limit of 2,450 words by a […]
Firefox 3 beta – CRUNCH
Well, I installed the Firefox v3 beta release 1 today, and promptly uninstalled it just five minutes later. See just why below: The only other program I had actively running was MS Word and Yahoo! Widgets. I had only 2 tabs open, Google Reader and Evil Avatar. Within just two minutes, Firefox had frozen my […]
About 8,000 behind, but getting caught up
I did some figuring last night using my handy progress sheet. I’m several thousand words behind at this point, and I’ve been failing at even keeping up with the 1,667 limit. What this means is that essentially, I am desperately overdue for a more realistic daily goal. If I force myself to write 1,667 words […]
Week off! WHOO-HOO!
I’ve got the entire week off next week. On Monday, I get to stay home with Alex while the wife goes off and does…something…wifey. On Tuesday, I’m traipsing into Des Moines to spend the day in a coffee shop somewhere and write. All day long. Or at least most of the day. Wednesday, I get […]
Zero
Zero. Nothing. Zilch. Nada. Zip. The Anti-Number. That’s how many words I wrote on my novel yesterday. Prior to that, my lowest daily count was 222. Now, it’s zero. At the NaNoWriMo kick-off meeting, some people mentioned how the middle of the month is the most difficult. You lose a lot of steam around the […]