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I didn’t get that feeling you get after running a marathon or winning a hot dog eating contest.
I actually felt like this was just the beginning.
…And it is.
First drafts are just warm up stretches for the real run. Or, as Chuck Wendig calls them, “creative vomit.”
Still, I’m happy I got through the slush pile!
Now it’s all a matter of letting the manuscript rest—and then editing it. Should be fun.
Hope you all did good on your NaNo writing this month!
Ack! We’re at the NaNo midpoint already?!
Well, I was going strong this week. Was!
Then life blinded sided me! I had to deal with college preparations, Internet loss, burnout and est. Not fun.
I didn’t fall too far behind—thank god—but I do wish I would’ve preformed better.
On a more sunnier side, I’m challenging myself with a short story. This would be my first try at writing a short story so I’m a bit excited about it.
Have you written a short story before? Give me some pointers!
The first week of Camp NaNo is usually the week where I tear my hair out.
Let me restate that: I would have torn my hair out if my stomach flu didn’t sap all the energy out of me.
While we’re on the subject, let me just say that my 4th of July sucked. Why? Because I didn’t have an appetite for ANYTHING…not even buttery dinner rolls! I never would’ve imagined the day I’d turn down a calorie filled dinner roll…
But that’s life for you.
I WAS behind on my NaNo novel.
But after downing two glasses of coffee I sorta went postal on the keyboard…
Today I feel like this:
Guess I need more coffee?
So yeah that was my week.
Hands you a stein.
…
More or less
So I woke up this morning, like most people do in the morning, and stalked into the kitchen. Snatched a mug off the shelf, filled it to the brim with sugar and drizzled coffee on top. I knew that I needed to work on my Camp NaNo project but I thought:
Meh. Going on wordpress and deliberately procrastinating sounds so much better.
So I did and then–
KACHOW!!!
Taylor Grace nominated me for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award!
It took me a moment to come to grips with this. Partly because my potent pancake syrup (aka coffee) was causing my brain to move faster than a herd of horses, cheetahs, leopards, and [insert fast animal] put together!
But once I eventually came to the realization that I’d been complemented…
“Honest, gutsy writer who tells it like it is and has a fantastic sense of humor.”
– Taylor Grace
I felt…well complemented!
I mean Inspiring Blogger? Holy crap!
So the rules are:
I love simple instructions…I really do. Well here are fifteen bloggers that have inspired me in someway (this was very hard to narrow down btw).
They are:
Flings you a stein of green goo.
If I could rate this week I would give it a solid 3 out 5.
Why? Because I have a stomach flu. 🙁 Not fun.
I managed to get 1k down for my April Camp NaNo novel. My monthly goal was 50,000 but I lowered it to 25,000 simply because I feel like pacing myself.
On a brighter note, I saw Transformers on Wednesday (and didn’t write anything) with my brothers.
I think we all had the same reaction:
Young Brother: “It was a movie of epic proportions!”
Younger Brother: “It was AWESOME!!!”
Me: “It was great.”
A movie worth seeing in my opinion.
As for today…I hope I can write something…
Looks at your untouched glass of goop.
You gonna drink that?
How was your first NaNo week?
But all things must come to an eventual end, I suppose. I’m just hoping that July will go as smooth for me as June has.
Looking back, this is what happened at the Tavern:
Well that was a lot! Lets get July and Camp NaNoWriMo started already! Are you ready? Give me your mean face!
Guess what? Today is the end of the last full week of June. Which 
Ugh…I guess you can’t get too comfortable, right?
But anyway, here’s what I accomplished in June:
Here’s what I plan to do in July:
I’ve got a busy month ahead of me!
Ugh, the end of the month is approaching faster than a steam engine. It’s like it snuck up behind me like a ninja! Can you believe that?
There hasn’t been much going on in the Tavern this month (at least to me) but I’m planning on picking things up. Which brings me to my goals for the week and for the month of June.
For the week, I plan to…
For June, I plan to…
Have you been meeting your goals for May?
