Happy Halfway!

Not relevant, just cool:

Episode 2:8 - Weird It Up

Bet yer plot bunnies & ninjas (ninja bunnies?) here! And mp3s, too.

• feedback
  • Michael writes about having similar problems as me, but got over it
  • Nan has another distraction
  • Lesley has a question - who wants to publish and who does NaNo as only a personal exercise
    

• main course
  • answering Lesley’s question, I only tend to write during nano, but yes, I have delusions of publishing
  • Michael got over his blockage by spending a few minutes brainstorming – I did this early on & it helped a lot
  • I also got out to the local meeting this weekend, I met Steph, talked about chickens, weasels and pants

• reading
  • Steph’s excerpt

• promo – Morevi

• s-s-s-something from the forums
  • get acquainted with your regional forums

Episode 2:7 - NaNoWriMo In My Pants

I’m in ur plotz, feeding ur bunnyz. Listen to the madness here.

• feedback
  
  • Sforzie & Josh (aka Alcar) commented on my readings
    
  • if you think I'll screw it up and you don't want me to, send me pronunciation keys
  • if you sent me email about your reading, wait for it - it's coming
    

• main course
  • Nan's links – a title generator, a one word writing prompt and a cool collection of language related games
  • I’m in ur X, Y-ing ur Z-z

• reading
  • Michael’s excerpt

• promo – NanoMonkeys all about plot bunnies

• s-s-s-something from the forums
  • games: in my pants

Episode 2:6 - Novellists in Spa-a-a-ce

One third of the way in. Listen in as we fill the void.

• feedback
  • 2 votes for call-in show (sort of) - tell me what you want to do
    
  • a bunch of people have sent in excerpts or permission to read the excerpts in their profiles – keep it coming!
  • Sarah is stuck in the week 2 doldrums

• main course
  • 60second pep talk
    
  • I hit 20K!
  • check out the Second Life group Nanowrimo Nuts - the next meetup is Sat, Nov 11 at 10am PST/SLT

• readings
  • congratulations Sforzie and Josh on hitting 50K!
  • (you both make me sick)
    

• s-s-s-something from the forums
  • creative cussing

Episode 2:5 - Behold! The Terrible Week Two

Day One, Week Two. Still no plot. But there is an mp3!

• feedback
  • I got an email from Nan while I was posting the last show
  • look at Sforzie's wordcount
  • email from Michael – it only takes a day to get behind, and a great tip for names: use descriptive placeholder names, like Toughguy or Bighair

• main course
  • I'm using a modified (10+2)*5 hack (mine's 12+5 X a lot)
    
  • I'm using an app called flextime as a timer for the above anti-distraction plan
    
  • you can disable the flash profiles on the nanowrimo site in your own edit profile
  • do people want to do a call in show? We'd use talkshoe (check it out and let me know)
    

• reading
  • Nan’s email

• promo – Dutch NaNo podcast

• s-s-s-something from the forums
  • character questions

Episode 2:4 - Mad Novelling

Slow going. Listen here.

• feedback
  • Sarah & Steph left comments
  • I got email from Robust McManlyPants, my nano stalkee

• main course
  • my wordcount is okay, but the story is slow going
  • I have trouble with names
  • I've been missing out on the local meetups – this is stupid and I need to stop being stupid

• reading
  • no reading this week
  • send me your stuff! (or just let me know if I can read your excerpt)
    

• promo - The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy
  

• s-s-s-something from the forums
  • random thing generators
  • random name generator
    

Episode 2:3 - And So It Begins

And, we're off! Listen.

• Feedback
  • You've all been super awesome – but I'm supposed to be the encouraging one!
    
  • Nan writes about using 100 words a day (more on wikipedia)
    
  • I got encouraging email from Michael and returning listener Baron
  • Leslie sent me a voice mail with the most awesome image in it – listen

• What's up today
  • the nanowrimo site is slow as molasses
  • you can now subscribe only to the forums you actually read
  • don’t forget to upload chunks of your novel in progress so we can all read
  • I’d like to do readings, so send me an audio file of your reading, send me text for me to read or just let me know if you want me to read your excerpt

• Reading
  • my excerpt
  
  
• Promo Evil Genius Chronicles
  

• s-s-s-something from the forums – wordcount badges
  • simple one
  • graph
  • another graph
  • the one on my site
  • official nanowrimo wordcount widgets