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NaNoWriMo 07: WON.

Pfft. 50,000 words? Piece of cake. Hah!

Actually though? It was torture. On hindsight, I don't know why I went through it and I wonder how I managed to. But I made it! I made it! Now to actually finish my novel. At 50k words, my story's only half told...

I envy those who can call themselves novelists at 50k. Right. So now December is officially Novel Finishing Month. 31 days for another 50k words! I can't wait!

My heartfelt thanks go to my wife, L, who was patient enough to tolerate my absences (and sometimes, even dogged me to reach my daily word count) as well as Chet and Shark who cheered for me to go on! Woot!


Cartoon by Inkygirl nicked without permission.
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  1. Chet29/11/07 3:52 pm

    December is Novel Finishing Month? Is that official from NaNoWriMo or your own?

    There used to be NaNoEdMo in March each year for editing, but the site is not working the last time I checked.

    Have you downloaded your winner's certificate yet?

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  2. Ted Mahsun29/11/07 3:59 pm

    Well, I'm declaring it for my own benefit really.

    Also, there's always NaNoFiMo, which I discovered on the forums. Don't think it's official though. Haven't signed up for it yet, but I think I just might will!

    Yes, I've downloaded the cert and am now wondering where I'm going to hang it up. Mwahaha!

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  3. Rebecca Ilham30/11/07 4:25 am

    Salut, Ted!

    =)

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  4. Ted Mahsun30/11/07 9:53 am

    Thanks, Becky!

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  5. Chet30/11/07 10:08 pm

    I just received an invite to join NaNoFiMo. Did you get one, too?

    www.nanofimo.org

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  6. Ted Mahsun30/11/07 10:11 pm

    No I didn't! But I did sign up already under the same nickname I use for NaNoWriMo. Haven't posted yet though.

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