My Top 15 of 2012

It's almost the end of 2012 and once again the end of the world came and went. Sorry Mayans! Goodreads tells me that over the year, I have read 72 books. At least, that's as many as I can remember reading. It will be 73 if I finish Tipping the Velvet today which I hope … Continue reading My Top 15 of 2012

Finally, sort of: 50,185.

I made it over the 50,000 words part! Hurray! I'm only a week late and there's another catch - I think I still have about 2 chapters to go to wrap things up. I'm glad to be over the 50,000 word mark. Hopefully this weekend, I can finish it up. Then I think I'll take … Continue reading Finally, sort of: 50,185.

Someone likes me!

Someone nominated me for a blog award thingy! Isn't that nice!? It's the Booker Award (sadly not to be confused with the Man Booker Award/Prize). Cool! So to accept, I do the following: #1, thank the person who nominated you. #2, name your five favorite books. #3, post the award icon on your blog.   … Continue reading Someone likes me!

NaNoWriMo – the end? 44,811 words

NaNoWriMo is over! Well, the month is over at least. It's December 1st and I'm at 44,811 words. It's so close and though it's very cliche - a lot like my writing haha! - it really does seem far away. I do think that I will finish it. I will be working on it this … Continue reading NaNoWriMo – the end? 44,811 words

NaNoWriMo – Week 4 – Almost the end

I'm getting close. I don't have far to go word count wise. Will the story of Plain Jane and the Zombie Apocalypse actually be done when I reach 50,000 words? Will I reach 50,000 words by the end of the night on Friday? Will I be able to stop my characters from rolling their eyes so … Continue reading NaNoWriMo – Week 4 – Almost the end