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Just Writing Away

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Yesterday was another day in which I didn’t want to write.  I managed to work on a couple of my HP fanfictions, and I managed to write a lot more than I expected for my NCIS fanfic.  I kept telling myself I was going to stop at a certain point, but everytime I got to that point, I decided to keep going!  I really hope I can stay on track, but I’m not holding my breath.  When in doubt, throw in Agent Fornell because he boosted my word count!

Speaking of word count, I’m at 11687, and wrote 2319 words yesterday!  Working on a couple of my HP fanfics was a nice break, so I might work on them throughout the week, instead of two diferent days.  Since I have so many different things I’m working on, it’ll be really easy to write a couple hundred words each, plus the 1667 for Camp, which is very manageable. 

I can honestly say this whole Camp NaNo thing is really relaxing, and it’s nice to do things at a not-so-frantic pace.  I kinda miss the frantic pace, so I’ll definitely be going back to that in November.  But I can definitely appreciate both.  I still need to work on previous nano’s but that’ll be easy, and I can definitely split those up over the next couple days. 

I still haven’t worked on anything else, although I suppose I should at some point.  I’ve been focusing on Camp, of course, but these ideas aren’t going to magically write themselves.

I think that’s about it, and hopefully I can be productive today!

Things Are Getting Interesting!

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Here’s my Camp NaNo update!  I’m still behind, but slowly catching up. 

It’s certainly getting interesting, and Gibbs is certainly suspicious of DiNozzo and Vance.  He also knows they met with SecNav, and doesn’t believe the answers Vance and DiNozzo gave him.  I’ve narrowed down who I think the mole is to 3 people, so that helps a lot.  Plus, I have a few other things that I’ve written down.  Unfortunately, I keep coming up with more questions, so I’ll try to solve as many of those as I can.  I have come up with a few ideas that are very plausible, so I’ll have to work on those a little more. 

I haven’t mentioned my word count yet, which is 3386, putting me a day behind (according to my handy-dandy spreadsheet), so I definitely have to write as much as I can in order to catch up.  If I can add 53 words, then I should be okay.  But if I so happen to write more than that, I’ll be pretty happy.  In fact, if I can write as much as I can everyday, I should be good. 

I also have plenty of typos to share- we’re on day four, and there are a bunch of them.  They really are entertaining, and they become even more funny when I write when I’m tired. 

I think that’s it for today, so happy July 4th everyone!

Camp Is Fun!

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Camp NaNo is going well…kind of. I still have no idea on theories, so I definitely need to do that. I have some general notes, on spoilers I found, so that’ll help.  I’m pretty sure that I can reason my way through who the mole might be.  It’ not hard…I just don’t want to do it.  Maybe I’ll do it tomorrow.  It’s not likely, but I’ll try!

I’m definitely going to get back on track for camp nano, since I only wrote 456.  Gtting the fanfiction written was pretty easy, but I didn’t really want to work on my original stuff. I managed to, and once I got going, I was fine. It just took a while for me to actually sit down and write, so hopefully camp nano will help out with that, since I’ll be writing everyday.  It’s just taking me a while to get settled in.  I did some reading- and I finally decided to start re-reading Harry Potter.  Not sure if I’ll get through the whole series in the next couple weeks, but I should get through the 1st three, and I’ll probably read Deathly Hallows while watching the movies in preparation.

My excuse for not going to the gym last week was the fact that it was really hot outside, and working out was the last thing I wanted to do.  Yet I somehow managed to lose almost 2 pounds.  I swear I’m going to start up my food journal, and do some kind of exercise, whether it be at home or at the gym.

I think that’s about it for today, so have a great day!

Day Two Of Camp NaNo!

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Camp NaNo started yesterday!  I’ve been waiting and waiting for it, and now it’s arrived!  For anyone who’s not familiar with it, it’s NaNo…year-round.  It’s great for people who can’t/don’t want to do NaNo in November or for people who want to do more than one novel in a year.  While I’m a big fan of multiple novels going at one time, I know it’s not for everyone, so it’s a good way to get all of those ideas out.  Plus, last year, I learned that 2 50k novels is the most I’m willing to do, so it’s perfect for me!.  This month, I’m doing an NCIS fanfiction, and it’s based off of the season finale.  The timing of Camp NaNo is perfect, because I’m hoping to have this thing (mostly) written by the time the season 9 premiere rolls around in mid-September.  I think it’ll also be a good test run for NaNo, because this month, I’m planning to keep up with my other novels while writting a 50k novel.  I’m not sure how completed they’ll be by November, but at least one should be done, maybe 2 or 3 if I’m lucky.  Anyway, it’ll be good to see how it works out.

It’s off to a really slow start, and my own theories about what’s going on aren’t thought out at all, so I’m winging it.  I’ll definitely have to write those down as soon as possible.  I’m not sure if it’ll reach 50k, but I’m going to try!  And if I have to word-pad, I will.  Since I didn’t do any planning, I am having some trouble with it, so once I come up with my own theories, it’ll (hopefully) get easier.  I think part of it is because I’m so used to doing Harry Potter fanfiction, and it’s a lot easier to reference Harry Potter than it is to reference NCIS.  I’ve seen bits and pieces of the first 7 seasons, and only the second half of season 8, so I’m not completely caught up on it yet.  I feel like I have a good handle on the characters, but still, I feel like I’m missing a few things.  There is this fan wiki site which looks like it’ll be really useful, and I’ll probably refer to it quite often this month.  I’ve already learned something: if you’re doing a fanfic based on your theories on what might happen in the next season, it’s a really good idea to write them down before you starting writing the actual fanfic!  Since it’s only day 2, it shouldn’t be too much of a problem.

It’s strange to novel in a non-November month, but it’ll be a good way to narrow down the field for November.  My last (and only) attempt at doing a novel that’s not during NaNo failed- I did get 10,000 words or so, so it wasn’t a complete loss.  I definitely got into the mindset that November=writing, but I’m slowly trying to change that, so maybe I’ll get farther along in noveling the rest of the year.  I can do it!

So, yesterday, I wrote 1746, which was rather surprising, considering how much I didn’t want to write.  I struggled with the first 800-ish words, and after that it got slightly easier.  Maybe today will go better.

A Few Things I Love

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There’s a few things I really love right now, so today’s going to be a little bit of show and tell.

I love Cricklers!  I know the Washington Post has them, but I’m not sure where else you can find them.  The link is over in the link section.  All they are is a crossword puzzle featuring the news.  It’s a good way to catch up on the news, and they also have vocabulary ones, and a few other random ones too.  And for the most part, it’s different puzzles every day, so there’s always something new.  I haven’t played it for a few days though, but today, I’m going to get back on the Crickler bandwagon.

I’ve been playing the sims a lot- for the longest time is the sims 2, but lately I’ve been playing the sims 3.  I usually go back and forth between the two, but I tend to play it a lot, and then leave it alone for a long time because I’m bored with it.  And then I go back to playing it, and so the cycle continues.  The only problem I’ve been having with the sims 3 is the fact that whenever my sims go on vacation, there are major problems when they get back!  It seems like its a problem they’re working on, but they’re not sure if/when it’ll be fixed.  It’s frustrating, because there are some really cool things you can get when you send them on vacation, like new skills and food…so it’s slightly annoying that when they get back from vacation, the stuff the characters get is missing or they come back as a double.  So…I can play it, but sending them on vacation is out of the question.  Despite that, the sims 3 really is fun to play.

And this is totally random, but the mini-bags of popcorn are totally amazing.  I can get my popcorn fix in a much smaller serving!  I don’t have much to add about the mini-bags of popcorn, but it’s one of my favorite things right now, so there you go.

Right now, I also love online dream dictionaries.  I had this horrible dream last night, and I’m kinda interested in what everything means. 

So those are my current favorite things, hopefully I’ll have some more to share soon!