My weekend did not turn out to be quite so productive as I
anticipated. My dreams of sitting in an ancient library, tapping away at my
laptop, never transpired. I was kept away from NaNoWriMo, busy with the family;
sightseeing, exploring, and enjoying fresh air and good food. I had a
thoroughly relaxing break. But I only managed to write another 1000 words.
Returning home yesterday, the panic began to bite. The
finish line looms for NaNoWriMo 2012. I had only written 26,430 words. It would
be a disaster. Last night I was too exhausted to even look at the computer, and
so I opted to go to bed early. This morning I was distracted with
mother-daughter activities, which continued into the afternoon.
Tonight I finally sat down at my computer and began to
write. I had to do it for NaNoWriMo. I will not be beaten! I wrote another
2000+ words and got my word count up to 28,828. Then I consulted the NaNoWriMo
tools on my author dashboard on their website. It was not looking good. I needed
to do at least another 2000 words to be in with a fighting chance.
Now I am up to 30,162. Phew! I am back in the game, although
it is still very touch and go. My current estimated finishing date is Dec 4th.
Not good enough. I will finish on Nov 30th if it kills me! By my
calculations, I have to write roughly 2000 words per day to bring it back under
control. I have to write 30,000 words in the next 10 days. Watch this space…
