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Crossing the Finish Line

Well, I did it. I survived NaBloPoMo 2013. I honestly can’t believe that this is the last post because it seems like yesterday I was only a week in, and telling my roommate that I couldn’t imagine lasting three more weeks.

This is how I feel on the inside right now:

Winner winner chicken dinner

Would I do it again? To answer that I’ll need to do a recap.

Stats

WordPress follower count increased by 70%
Twitter follower count increased by 20%
Facebook page fan count increased by 10%
I was Freshly Pressed for the second time, and that post currently has 630+ likes
I have more page views for the month of November than I do for all the other months in 2013 combined
Top 3 posts: Things My Therapist Taught Me, 5 Stages of a Juice Cleanse, 21 vs. 31

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Tags: 30 days of writing, blog challenge, blogging, BlogHer, how I became a writer, NaBloPoMo, Nano Poblano, speaker7, wordpress, writing, Yeah Write

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Categories Misc., NaNoWriNo

NaNoWriNO: The Conclusion

30 Nov

NaNoWriNO Day 30

Topic: THE END!!!!!!

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I must confess, I am kind of sad NaNoWriNO is over. It felt a bit like running a marathon. The first week started off pretty easily, and I was overly confident about the challenge. The second week got slightly more difficult, but I managed to power through it. The third week I basically wanted to die. This last week seemed to be relatively painless because of the endorphin rush, or maybe because of all the drugs I do.

Were all of my posts great? Hell to the no. Did I put forth effort so that nothing was a total waste of internet space? You betcha.

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Tags: blog challenge, dinosaurs riding sharks, Hi iRuniBreathe!, I'm so sleepy I just drank mayonnaise, my breath smells like cat litter, nanowrimo, nanowrino, speaker7, this is as close as I'll get to running an actual marathon

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Categories Challenges, NaNoWriNo

NaNoWriNO

26 Oct

So, there’s this little thing called National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short. For those of you who haven’t heard of it, it’s a challenge to get writers to complete a 50,000+ word fictional novel between November 1st and November 30th. The goal isn’t to write something you’ll eventually publish (although some do) but to flex your writing skills by pushing yourself to complete a project of this magnitude.

I know several people who have participated in it, and all of them ended up loving it despite being terrified at first. They were able to network with other writers, surprised themselves by actually finishing a novel, and none thought their end result was too shabby. I’ve wanted to join NaNoWriMo for the last couple of years, but sincerely haven’t (and don’t) have the time for it.

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