NaNoWriMo

It's offical.

I copy/pasted the NaNo manuscript into the NaNo's word count computer--they have me at:

54,520.

Just a few hundred shy of what I had on my computer, but what does that matter (though it's odd how different computers count differently, isn't it?)

I'm only about 5k shy of 'the end'. It would be nice to get it done before the big Turkey day, but I've got a lot of projects I need to finish around the house before Thursday....so, I might not reach 'the end' until this weekend.

Either way, I'm amazed I (will) finished the rough draft in approximately one month. I've never written this way before. I'm usually a careful, cautious writer. A plotter. A tweaker. An edit-as-I-go type of writer--but this way of writing has shown me that I 'can' write fast, I 'can' write a couple of thousand words each day for multiple days/weeks in a row even while working and being home with the kids---and even if the first draft is crap (I'm sure most of it is), I at least have the story out of my head and now I have something I can work on.

Time to celebrate a little (with breakfast-I'm hungry). The kids are waking up--gotta run.

Take care all (and to those participating in NaNo - good luck reaching the 50k by Nov 3o. I wish you all the best!).