- This is how I get it done – The one that got it all rolling. Still the most read.
- NaNoWriMo: Go/ – The starter gun fires.
- The Thing You Did Wrong Yesterday
- So, how’s it Going?
- Biting and Sucking are Fun
- Babble-On
- The First Time You Get Behind
- Dirty Trick #1: Killing Adverbs – Inspired by Chuck.
- In Which You Pass the Dreaded Day Seven
- A Really Mean Trick
- “You Ready to Listen?” – Inspired by Granddad.
- Keep Calm and Carry On
- It is not, in fact, better to Burn Out
- Ignoring your Inner Hermit
- Trusting Your Demon
- Rules of Three (Dirty Trick #2)
- It’s all about Falling Down – Inspired by Dad.
- Looking Ahead, Looking Behind – Inspired by Mom.
- Bang! (With Ninjas) – Inspired by Gaming.
- Dirty Trick #3: There’s always a Conflict – Inspired by De.
- Okay: How far behind are you?
- NaNoWriMo: Giving Back
- Contents Under Pressure: Possibly Habit Forming
- I feel like you Need a Pep Talk – Inspired by Floy-Jean.
- Using Time
- Charrrrrrge!
- In which you are a Turkey-day Ninja
- Cracking the WIP
- “Finish for Me” – Inspired by Bonnie.
- In which I am the Mean Parent
- NaNoWriMo: Fleeing the Sinking Ship
- NaNoWriMo: My personal retrospective and thanks
I’m planning on doing something with these nanowrimo pieces next year; I’m just not sure what, exactly. They’ll get reposted, yes. Might also make a free ebook out of them, just for the hell of it and for practice with making ebooks in various formats.
But for now, here they are.
You’re the Bomb. :)
Hi Doyce, thanks so much for your hard work this month. You have been a dynamo with actually writing AND blogging AND the podcast – did you even see your family or day job?!!
Brilliantly funny and always reflecting the NaNoWriMo collective emotions, your posts have been a highlight of my month! Thanks, Joanna
Thanks guys!
I *did* see my family, though maybe not quite as much as I’d like over the holidays.
As for my day job, I’m proud to say that I didn’t write so much as one word of the story during work hours.
(Which is a first, actually. ;)
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