Done, done, done...

The official counter had me at 50,044  I think.  I stopped at 50,003 and I was DONE.  I am ready to put this freaking story in a drawer and bury it for a while.  Today while I'm enjoying the 'holiday' ahaha I'm gonna tear everything down and begin anew.

I will start preping for Nano I have had an idea for a fun novel that came about when looking for names.  On the list was a last name of Bottonwacker.  Instantly a portly woman from the 1800's complete with wooden spoon in hand was born.  Her name of course was Fanny.  Mrs. Fanny Bottomwacker. 

Not sure where it would go from there but it might be fun to explore. An orphanage maybe? Definitely a tongue in cheek kind of story.  All the names would be outrageous. There would have to be magic of course.

Mostly I just want to put Camp behind me.  I vow to never, ever, ever fall behind again.  When doing word wars and writing crazy amounts it is fun.  When coming from behind and just trying to see the finish line... not as much fun.  Lesson learned.

Camp Nanowrimo Update

I am moving along at the pace I set for myself and maybe just a little more.  I know that I will at least be to my goal word count by Monday evening and from there it is just a short sprint to the end.

Thanks for all your support.  I can almost see the red bar of doom there in the distance, if I squint just right and use my imagination.  I know that it is possible.  



Now, I must get back to writing.

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

That sneaky editor slipped into camp yesterday.  Must have been sometime between the flag raising ceremony and the french toast breakfast.  I just went back to reread a bit to make sure I was on track with what I had been thinking and next thing I know I'm tweaking this sentence adding that yada, yada, yada.  Then I was going to work in the evening but one thing led to another and soon it was bed time.  So suffice it to say...word count sucked yesterday.  Not bad, but not what I wanted it to be.

Good thing I have a three day weekend coming up.  I'm going to have to hibernate, go to a coffee shop, or library or something.  My goal is to be at or above word count by Monday night. 40,325  That's only what about 4,000 words a day.  ahahah I know someone who is going to be using Write or Die .

Some of my best (and worst) stuff has been produced using this website. 
Can you say word count?  Whatever it takes baby, whatever it takes.

Camp Nanowrimo

Okay, if the story goes the way I think it should.  These are the merit badges I should get durring Camp Nanowrimo.  

Definitions are below:  World Building Procrastination, In accordance with the prophecy.  OMG!, Magical Mayhem, Medling with Wizards, Magic Discovery, Looking for Elfland (or something like that), Here there be Dragons (maybe/maybe not) but a fun idea. Ghost Stories, Brick Wall, S'mores, Bulls Eye and Nano Saving. 

The banner below shows all the badges.

General Fantasy:
World Building Procrastination/ Your Creator is Avoiding You - procrastinating by working on your world
Time Can Be Funny In Dreams - for inventing an alternate calendar (or names) for your fantasy universe
Lost in Dreams - for including too many flashbacks or when a large portion takes place in a dream world
In Accordance With The Prophecy: if you've got a prophecy floating around your story
Dimension-Hopper - for having your characters travel to another (or several others) dimension(s). (See: Narnia, Wonderland, etc.,)
OMG! - for introducing god(s) to your story and/or blaming them for everything that happens.
Off The Edge of the Map - for getting your characters hopelessly lost (Less of a fantasy trope, but we tend to do this a lot)
Speak, Friend, and Enter- for building a con-lang
Off on a Quest- for epic questing
Extreme Badge - for going over the top with... something.
Apostrophe-Dash - Include a name with an ' or - or both or several
Savage Slayer- For someone who has a character who kills other "savages".

Related to Magic:Magical Mayhem - For either including magic or creating mayhem WITH magic
Meddling with Wizards - for when your MC/protaginist (s) use magic
Magic Discovery - for when a magical discovery is made that was not known to the characters before (About characters OR world)
The Wizard Did It - For using this trope literally (found on TVTropes, but TVTropes will ruin your life, so I am NOT linking)
Our Magic is Different - for well... making your own magic system. May or may not actually be different, even in your own opinion
High Fantasy:
Conjuring Kingdom- A kingdom filled with magical characters (or creatures!)

Fantastical Creatures:Originator Badge- for creating a new species
Our Elves are Different- for revamping an existing species
No Elves Allowed- for using no fantasy races
Looking for Elfland - for when looking for where (insert race or whatever [fairy, elf, etc.,]) is a significant subplot
Here There Be Dragons- for including dragons
Chattering Chipmunk/Pontificating Penguin- for talking animals
Brains - for including zombies
Sink Your Fangs In Badge- For adding a vampire to your story.
Ghosts Stories - for including a ghost or telling ghost stories
Urban Fantasy/Fantastical Realism/etc.,:
Magically Metro/ Magical Metro- For characters who are magical and travel by metro (Or Similar).
The Cool -Steed- Car - Protagonist (or other character) has traded the fearless destrier in shining armor for an improbably cool car

GENERAL BADGES (Non-fantasy specific):
Brick Wall - For getting over huge writer's block
De-Evolution - For hand-writing
S'mores - For actually eating s'mores while writing.
Tent Writer - For anyone actually camping (in a tent outside or under your dining room table) during part of camp.
Mail Call - Well, for sending or receiving camp mail, of course.
Bullseye! - for getting your 50,000 words.
NaNo Saving - for compulsively hitting save on everything from forum posts, to tweets, to your actual novel doc