Hello, writers. From time to time I visit elementary school classrooms, and I usually hear the same questions from students: Are you rich? Where do you get your ideas? Are you super-rich? How can I get a book published before I’m 12? How much money do authors make?
Kids get right to the heart of the matter.
But one time a boy asked me a question I want to pass on to you, which was this:
How do you celebrate when you finish writing a book?
Hold that thought.
Our tenth NaNoWriMo together is over, and below are the month’s great accomplishments. Please give me your updates if you haven’t already (or if you did and I missed them).
Without further ado:
bonetti 📌 101,101/100k wds
clio2 📌 56,075 of 50k wds
Cyclopsgirl 📌 write at least once a week
dconrad 📌 52,476/50k wds
Diana in NoVa 📌 19,500 wds
DoctorCorey 📌 11,000/50k wds
GrouchySquirrel 📌 write every day
James Wells 📌 16k wds
Leo Orionis 📌 halfway through chapter 18 of A Meeting at Ishtun
mettle fatigue 📌 computer hook-up & resume ms (done!)
Mnemosyne 📌 3800/25k wds
reppa 📌 9750/20k wds
SensibleShoes 📌 finished revising Ghost Ships
ursulafaw 📌 make a collection of diaries published on dKos
xaxnar 📌 make a collection of diaries published on dKos
Write On! will be a regular weekly diary (Thurs 8 pm eastern, 5pm pacific) until it isn't.
We’ll be doing DaKoWriMo in January, so start planning for that. But meanwhile, whether you met your goal or not, you’re ahead of where you were! It’s time for some laurel-resting. So tell us:
How did you, or how to you plan to, celebrate your accomplishment?
Before signing a contract with any agent or publisher, please be sure to check them out on Preditors and Editors, Absolute Write and/or Writer Beware.