I finished my novel on Saturday. Yay! Final word count was 65,731, for an average of 3460 words per day. Obviously my 10K-day to start helped inflate that, but I do wonder if I could keep up that pace for an entire month. Every year I've done NaNo, I have always finished writing before Thanksgiving, condensing what is officially a 30-day goal -- and sometimes beyond -- into just 2 or 3 weeks. How many stories might I have written by now if I was this productive year-round? Seems like every November (well, the years I actually participate) I remember how much I love it . . . but then it just falls to the wayside again.
Anyway, I spent a good chunk of today doing a different kind of writing: book reviews. I do like writing at least a little something on Goodreads, to explain my star rating if nothing else, but so often I don't do it right away, and then I forget . . . which leads to days like today when I go back and write ten or more reviews at once. I'm determined that eventually they will all have reviews, but considering I still have over 100 books without them, that day is not coming any time soon.
Anyway, here is a list of my most recent reviews, for anyone who might be interested:
The Inheritance Cycle, by Christopher Paolini
Eragon
Eldest
Brisingr
Inheritance
The Hunger Games Trilogy, by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games
Catching Fire
Mockingjay
The Talisman, by Stephen King & Peter Straub
Twenties Girl, by Sophie Kinsella
Is it sad that I didn't find out that my wife finished writing her novel until she posted it on the blog?
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Currently reading Inheritance and just bought The Hungar Games trilogy. They both seem popular at the momment thanks the wait for the former and Hollywood the latter:)
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