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NaNoWriMo: Day 27 or “The Day I Win NaNo – Officially”

Yep. I officially “won” NaNoWriMo today. I’ve had the words since Saturday but just entered them in the validator so the little line on  the my counter turned purple and says WINNER! now. So yay! I also reread a manuscript today. I <3 that story. So much. I so hope Read more

By Carol Moncado, 14 years ago
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NaNoWriMo: Day 26 or “The Day Before the Kids Go Back to School”

I love my kids. I really do. But with a weather change overnight, today was… not our best day. Too cold to really go outside and let them run off the insane amounts of energy they seemed to have absorbed. But tomorrow I go back to work [okay – I Read more

By Carol Moncado, 14 years ago
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Review: A Royal Marriage by Rachelle McCalla

Despite her protests, Princess Gisela, headstrong daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne, must enter into a diplomatic marriage. Yet en route to her wedding, her ship is attacked and she’s gravely injured. Rescued by a renowned healer, King John of Lydia, Gisela recuperates at his Mediterranean castle. The handsome, Read more

By Carol Moncado, 14 years ago
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NaNoWriMo: Day 25 or “The Day I Started Book 2”

Yep. That’s right! I finished the rough draft of book one last night :D. WOOHOO!!!!! Day 24: 11297 words Total: 54238 words So today I’m working on book 2 for a bit. Am nearly a thousand words into it already and LOVING my heroine! Didn’t know a thing about her Read more

By Carol Moncado, 14 years ago
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NaNoWriMo: Day 24 or “Panera, Take 2”

I ended up at Panera again today and had a productive day overall. My 11yo was with me for a while and she wrote close to a thousand words. I wrote just over 8K so far, putting me over 50K total [the numbers below reflect the end of the day Read more

By Carol Moncado, 14 years ago
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NaNoWriMo: Day 23 or “I Knew I Should Have Set A Reminder On My Phone”

/sigh/ I forgot to blog yesterday. I knew I should have set a reminder on my phone :p. Ah well. I had a good day. And I did have time to blog but such is life. We had cinnamon rolls [that I didn’t have to make ;)] for breakfast. Turkey dinner Read more

By Carol Moncado, 14 years ago
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NaNoWriMo: Day 21 or “Let the Baking Begin”

My sister has been over for a good portion of the day baking. Some kind of apple/cranberry pie. Candied fruit in chocolate. Biscoti of some sort. Reese’s peanut butter mini cup peanut butter cookies. Me? Most of my stuff will come tomorrow. I’m responsible for dinner itself. Mostly. I’m also Read more

By Carol Moncado, 14 years ago
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NaNoWriMo: Day 20 or “The Day My Niece Got Engaged”

Well, not the actual day but the day it was announced. So very happy for her! But it seems like just yesterday she was this little girl: Well, the bigger of those two little girls. She was one of our flower girls and now she’s going to get married. How Read more

By Carol Moncado, 14 years ago
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NaNoWriMo: Day 19 or “But I’ve Seen Every Episode of MacGuyver”

Because I’m watching Castle and he says that. I love Castle. And I love Castle and Beckett. Today’s seen major progress in several areas though not as much in the word count area. Not a bad day so far but hoping for a bit more progress before bedtime. And remembering Read more

By Carol Moncado, 14 years ago
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NaNoWriMo: Day 18 or “The Day-After-10K-Day Hangover”

I did it!!!!!!!!!!! I hit 10,000 words yesterday!!!!!!!! Barely, but that’s all that matters ;). I also quit about eleven so I probably could have gone on a bit longer but my brain was fried. And it still is. It’s not uncommon for me the day after a big day Read more

By Carol Moncado, 14 years ago

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