CherryPop McGee

Well, I’ve passed the 30,000 word mark today and I’m pleased with that. I am quite a bit behind though if I want to make the goal. I was, unfortunately, hit with a case of the flu this week that totally knocked me on my ass and I’ve been sicker this week than I’ve been in several years. Plus i...

I had to stop thinking in terms of whether I would meat the daily goal of 1,667 words in order to be on track. It was driving me nuts and making me check my word count after every couple of paragraphs. I can’t take the pressure, hehe. ...

After a rough couple of days when I had to fight my own mood and real life stuff (tho I made myself write at least a little on those days) I had a fabulous day today. Have cracked 13,000 (13,300 to be precise. According to the NaNo site I should be at 13,336 by tomorrow night...

Official word count: 8,002. On the second day I had a harder time of it because I was beginning the part of the story that I was rebooting from the original idea. And I had that ‘Oh God. A blank page.’ moment. I ...

5,058 words for day one. Did I get a little too ambitious? Maybe. Here’s the thing though: I knew how I wanted the story to start out. I’ve known for a long time. So I knew I’d have a decent day today. I am...

I’m spending today doing last minute things like making sure I have enough coffee, tea and a healthy dose of nerves for tomorrow. I’ve made excellent progress this past week on the outline for this endeavour and I’m hoping that this will help me finally complete a NaNoWriMo. I’ve...

I have not lost my faith in the CherryPop story. It’s always percolating in my head but I’ll admit I’ve been in a holding pattern on it. Something wasn’t working with it and when that happens I’ve learned it’s best to let it go for a while. And the ot...