Day Eight (episode 12)

I'm feeling better today (yay sleep!), and it turns out that yesterday's writing wasn't so bad, after all. Get the mp3 to hear all the gory details!

An example of city word wars can be found at the forums.

I'm starting a word war among all of us: within the 24 hours after you hear this episode, time yourself for ten minutes, then post your word count as a comment. Or e-mail me your count and a chunk of your ten minute output. Even more cool, call me and read it to us all! w00t! Go word wars.

Day Seven (episode 11)

A funny thing happened on the way to this podcast. As I was writing up the show notes and posting the file to ourmedia, my computer stopped recognizing keyboard input. Not totally odd, except I'm using a laptop, and the trackpad & function keys still worked. Wired. Obviously, I fixed it. On to our regularly scheduled stuff:

I think today's show is... not so good. I'm tired and cranky. If that's not a great selling job, I don't know what is, so grab the mp3.

There are lots of comments about Maria's podcast. I'm a little blah today and may be suffering from the second week blues. But check out audio excerpts from this past Sunday's local meet up!

Special Episode

Maria Langer, who does the Maria Speaks podcast, had so much to say about my podcast and NaNoWriMo in general that she devoted an entire episode of her 'cast to the subject. And she's being gracious enough to let me redistribute it to all y'all.

Here's the mp3.

Day Four (episode 10)

A sneaky day of much writing and goal achieving. Grab the latest mp3.

I've been using Merlin Mann's timed work/break hack to great success.

Sforzie and Baron left some comments on previous episodes about taking breaks and the writers' group in Second Life.

Maria did an entire podcast episode as feedback! Look for it tomorrow.

And check out my word count. No, really, check it out!

Day Three (episode 9)

I called this one in, and the sound is a lot better. Check out the mp3.

There was more talk about webpen, and some thoughts from Wrimo Radio about encouraging each other. For many of us, there's more to NaNoWriMo than just writing 50,000 words. It's about community and working together.

Way to go us! Let's keep up the good spirits.

Day Two (episode 8)

Day two. Not perfect audio, but not bad enough to get a warning. Check out the mp3.

Tools I should have mentioned before:

• webpen
  

How I record:

• outside - Palm Tungsten C with cell-phone style earbud
• inside - GarageBand with microphone on iSight

Listener feedback:

• Leslea reminded me to tell y'all where the website can be found (check out her website & podcast)
• Maria wants me to stop doing outdoor podcasts - ain't gonna happen

Also check out the new cool profile page thingy on the nanowrimo website.

Day One (episode 7)

And we're off! Download or listen to episode 7.

Hi, everyone

• Baron mentioned a writers' group in Second Life
  
• Sforzie reminded us about donations to nanowrimo.org
  
• Nidonocu mentioned the progress tracker spreadsheet [.xls]
• JSW found out about nanowrimo from the podcast and is now assimilated
  
• Elizabeth is another first timer; hey newbies, let me know how it's going
  
• Allison asked what to do when iTunes is bad – come visit the site
• and Anthony called (you can call, too!)
  

Other stuff

• I went to a local meetup this past Sunday – look for one in your area in the regional lounges of the forums
  
• there's another nanowrimo podcast called Greenspeak