Episode 2:13 - End Days

Less than 48 hours left. So, why are you listening to me?

• feedback
  • Sarah has questions:
    1. What’s your day job? - I'm a civil servant for the Government of Canada
    2. What novel writing program do you use? I always wondered if those programs were worth purchasing. - I use CopyWrite, it's awesome and totally worth buying (Mac only)
    3. As a nano veteran, is it normal for nano participants to sink into gut-wrenching depression when it’s all over? I swear I think I’m a freak. I’ve been on this amazing creative high for a month now, and I reached the 50k mark, and then plummeted into the pit of despair. is this normal, or am I in desperate need of lithium? - Yes, it's normal
    
  • Michael says, “Do you ever write scenes where your characters are standing around waiting for you to tell them what to do? That’s depressing. Then later something clicks, and your characters are doing things you didn’t intend them to do, living a life of their own. That’s fun.”

• main course
  • Eugenia is a winner!
  • Sarah is a winner!
  • displaced beatnick is a winner!
  • to everyone else who is a winner – congrats!!
  • to everyone else who’s madly writing – go go go!!

• reading
  • Sarah's excerpt
    

• s-s-s-something from the forums
  • reaching 50K

Episode 2:12 - Implementing Impactful Eyeballs

Neener neener neener, I am a wiener. In mp3 format.

• feedback
  • Michael has been sending me lots of encouraging nanomail, and I fear he knows me better than I know myself
  • Nan sent a whole lot more distractions:
    
  • Bad Language
  • The Word Project
  • The Alternative Dictionaries
  • Web Economy Bullshit Generator
  • Writer Beware
  • The Apostrophe Protection Society

• main course
  • I got the green, then the purple bar
  • I made a snowman as a celebration
    
    
    
    
  
  

• reading
  • stompy's excerpt
    

• promo – Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword

• s-s-s-something from the forums
  • dirty tricks for increasing wordcount

Episode 2:11 - The Self-Indulgent Show

Wherein the host waxes poetic about all the lovely encouragement she’s gotten from the listeners and Oscar-Mike-Golf! Another McManlyPants novel is done! Listen to the fangirl babble.

• feedback
  • Michael sent me a very encouraging nanomail
  • Nan is sent me another great email about her excitement about being so close to done, worrying about typos and nice stuff about the podcast and its wonderful listeners

• main course
  • woo hoo! to all the listeners
  • many of us are very close to finishing
  • if you aren’t close to 50K, don’t forget that this is one of those weird things where starting is almost as good as finishing
  • we’re novelists – how cool is that?
  • my neighbour & friend Kris got the green bar
    
  • so did Robust McManlyPants, about whom I talk for too long

• reading
  • Eugenia's excerpt
    

• s-s-s-something from the forums
  • let’s encourage each other

Episode 2:10 - Stranger in a Strange Land

So stinkin’ liberating! Get yer free mp3s here (listen carefully to hear the sweet sounds of a hard drive spinning - spin baby, spin!).

• feedback
  • Michael wants to publish and mentions lulu.com
  • donnieg liked hearing his words read, and is kicking ass & taking names
  • Nan has reached that magic point where the characters are doing their own things
  • nano-newbie Sarah (not the other Sarah) sent me a really nice email – yay! I’m happy to help!

• main course
  • omg! donnieg has a green bar!
  • Sforzie is over 100K
  • traveling for me = crap for wordcount

• reading
  • Robust McManlyPants’ excerpt
  • shinan’s excerpt

• s-s-s-something from the forums
  • where do you stand in your region?

Typing is tough

So, I do this thing every nano. I paint my nails for Halloween, then I take a picture of my hands on Nov 1. I take another picture Nov 30, showing the destroyed nail job. Well, this year I can't wait for the 30th. I need to cut my nails, and the polish job is worse than usual. Here's the evidence for posterity.

Nov 1:

Nov 19:

Episode 2:9 - Drinkin' and Writin'

It’s all downhill from here. Sliding down the mp3s.

• feedback
  • Eugenie’s a publish person
  • so is Steph
    
  • Nan left more distractions

• main course
  • back up your novel, every day!
    
  • what are your writing rewards?
  • I’m traveling next week; I'll try to podcast but no promises

• reading
  • donnieg’s excerpt

• promo – Confessions of a Struggling Writer

• s-s-s-something from the forums
  • NaDruWriNi

Happy Halfway!

Not relevant, just cool: