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Here we are at last, November 30th. It had been 30 days of writing and writing and writing, and in the end I reached a grand total of 60,000 words in that time. The story is clearly coming to an end, though not quite there yet. I will definitely fini… more »

Busy day today so I only managed about 1000 words (just over 57,000 total). This will make it difficult to hit my revised goal of 60,000 tomorrow, but at least I feel like I'm starting to approach the end. The first of Red's men fell and many s… more »

It is the final weekend of NaNoWriMo and I am still hopeful that I might finish the draft with just a couple more days left to go (at about 56,000 words now). I managed about 3,000 words today, which included a stop at the Tea Source, and feel that I'm… more »

Red ordered Jat to send the signal. It would alert their enemies that they needed reinforcements, but nothing else cold be done. In the meantime the pirates sought out a more fortified location. They found one just up the beach where some rocks rose… more »

I wrapped up a wonderful Thanksgiving Day with a stretch of NaNoWriMoing and am now at 52,000 words. Hoping for around 60,000 and a complete draft by the end of the day on Monday (the 30th). "I think that is wise," Red agreed and decided to bri… more »

...victory!!! This afternoon (in fact, just minutes ago) I crossed the 50,000-word mark in the great quest that is NaNoWriMo and am now officially a winner! It's been an interesting, crazy experiment this month (and not really over yet), and I'm still… more »

Well, the end is now in sight. I managed nearly 2,000 words today, bringing me to just over 49,000 total. 1,000 words to go and I achieve the goal of NaNoWriMo! Of course, the draft will not be complete just because I hit the 50,000-word mark and so… more »

"You will still let me live?" Dain ventured. "All I care for is the map," Red said bluntly. "If you hand it over quickly, you may yet be fortunate enough to have me overlook this transgression." "Aye, but Captain," Howl lamented, "'tis been so long… more »

Over 45,000 words total, with eight days left to go! The pirate vessels, those at least used more as vessel of war, rarely came here. The same went with ships from other kingdoms. Most of those that traveled here did so purely for purposes of… more »

Kelly and I spent the afternoon and Nina's Coffee Shop: she knitting and me working on NaNoWriMo. I managed about 4,500 words today which brought me to over 43,000 with nine days left now to complete this NaNoWriMo adventure. I'm hoping to get to the… more »