Day 30 - Almost Over?

Wow - it's hard to believe that May is almost over. A long holiday weekend is a tough way to finish up the month's writing endeavours. Are the words flowing or are they at a stand-still while you enjoy the holiday?

Day 27

Cruising into the long weekend....

Day 26

Six days left!!!

Day 25

Happy Tuesday!

Day 24

Happy Monday!

Word counts.... or just Monday musings?

Day 22

Word counts ladies??

Question of the Day: What part of the week are you most productive? Weekdays? Weekends? Nights? Mornings?

Day 21

Happy Friday!

Word counts??

Plus, for fun, tell us in the comments what you're planning to do this weekend!

Day 20

Calling out to Cheryl and Marelu.

Helllooooo???

Word counts??

Joys? Frustrations? Questions for sticky plot situations?

Day 19

Calling all Manowrimo writers!

Post your totals - regardless of whether they're up or down (don't hit that delete key!) Don't worry - no judgement allowed on this site. =)

Day 18

Okay, we are officially 58% of the way through May. And that means... who knows what that means, but hopefully you've written more this month than you would have otherwise!

Day 15/16/17

Hmmm... the blog poster seems to be a bit behind on posting the daily blog. Perhaps that is an indication of how much she's been writing.

So, ladies, how are those novels and chapter books looking today?

Day 14

Maybe the reason NaNoWriMo is in November is because you're more tempted to stay inside on grey, rainy days.

How's it going ladies??

I'm at zip, zero, zilch for the day, but have lots of ideas germinating that will have to kick around in my brain a little longer through school pickup, doctor's appointment, baseball game, dinner, ...

Day 13

Is the sun motivating you or pulling you outside??

Day 12

Anyone get back into a good groove today??

Day 11

Ok, I know I'm sabotaging your writing day by taking you up Pilchuck Glass School, but hopefully it's inspiring!!

Post totals below.

Day 10

It's Monday and a fresh new week lies ahead...

Time to catch up? Time to make new goals? Time to evaluate your progress?

Happy Mother's Day!

Not a productive writing day but a lovely day spent with my boys.

Here's to renewed ambition in the coming week and inspiration to you all.

Day 8

It's hard to believe that we've started week two.

Are you where you want to be?

Happy with what you've written so far this month?

Day 7

Today's writing marks the conclusion of week one. Are you where you want to be?

Happy writing!

Day 6

Okay, we're more than one-fifth of the way through the month and cruising.

Question: what do you do when you get stuck in your writing to help you keep going?

My answer: I skip ahead. Literally, I will just write "Tyler has conversation with Grandma. FINISH LATER." and move ahead to a part that I can more easily move through.

Day 5

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Happy Writing!

Post your totals in the comments section...

Day 4

Thank you to Debbie for pointing out that I needed to enable Anonymous comments. That should be fixed now.

Word totals for today?

Day 3

Three days in... how's it going?

Day 2

Hi All! Sorry I couldn't post earlier today. Maybe some night owls are still writing.

Post your totals below in the comments (or email me if you want me to post for you).

Happy May Day!

Yes, everyone else might be out there cutting little flower baskets to take to their neighbors (do people still do that?), but we are ready to write!

Ready, set, go!

Post your word count in the comments section at the end of today!

Welcome!

This is the launch of the MaNoWriMo blog. Inspired by the real thing NaNoWriMo, but not wanting to wait until November a few of us have decided to challenge ourselves to write a novel in the month of May.

We'll keep track of word count or whatever your goal may be in the Comments section. The first order of business is to state your goal. I'll start by putting mine in the Comments below.

I'll also offer a few tips I learned last year in my first NaNoWriMo:

• Some advance character sketches may be helpful
• Chris Baty's book "No Plot, No Problem" is awesome! He is the creator of NaNoWriMo.
• A handy list of names of potential characters can save you some time. When a new character pops into the story, it's nice to not have to spend valuable minutes (hours?) pondering what to name him.

Let's Write!!