A NaNo Novels by: ddBoone: October 2006

 

 

 

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10.31.2006
Daily Word Count
My daily word count for November is... 3,400 words.

WOW!

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 9:01 PM    
Name Change
I had to make a name change to one of my characters. Jonathon (Jasmine's fiancee) is now Jamari. My husband, who the character is based on, didn't like the name Jonathon. He likes Jamari, thus the change.

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 9:00 PM    
Pride Stickers
This is for my prewriting for NaNo. I earned SIX pride stickers.

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posted by Lady Boone @ 2:09 PM    
10.29.2006
Kick-Off Party In Irving
I went to the Kick-Off party at Crystal's Pizza tonight. It was so cool. I got to meet some cool people. I even got a couple of grab bags. I got a bunch of candy. I got a ant ring and my husband got a dragonfly ring.

The kick-off party was nice.

I have a meet & greet scheduled for tomorrow. I hope that will be fun.

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 9:03 PM    
10.17.2006
My NaNo Word Count Excel Files
I thought I would upload the files that I use for my NaNo word count.

Here's the count file...
http://www.alwaysinspired.info/nano2006/HelpFiles/NaNoCount.xls
I use this one mostly. It is in list form.

Here's a calendar file...
http://www.alwaysinspired.info/nano2006/HelpFiles/NaNoCalendar.xls
This one is a calendar.

Both files have smilies on them if you make your quota. But, they have frownie faces if you do not make your quota.

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 9:07 PM    
10.15.2006
Fun Link
I found this link ( http://www.bookblog.net/gender/genie.html ) on a post at the NaNoWriMo forum. It predicts what your gender is based on your writing style. I thought it was fun. Check it out.

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 9:09 PM    
10.14.2006
Overacheiving Again!

Ok, so I feel like overacheiving again. I have created an LJ (http://community.livejournal.com/mrsdboone_1000/) to practice writing in for NaNo. I will be posting various short stories there.

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 9:11 PM    
Reward System
I have devised a REWARD system for myself when I accomplish any goal that is NaNo related. For the pre-NaNo things, I am putting smiley face stickers on my laptop.

For my NaNo novel, Allegations, I am putting accomplishment word stickers on my laptop. When I reach the following levels (25,000, 50,000, and 75,000), I am going to treat myself to a catfish dinner. (I love me some catfish.) :)

I am not sure what I am going to do when I reach 100,000.

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 9:10 PM    
10.13.2006
About Ready To Scream

I am about ready to scream.  I can't spell for one thing.  I look at three or four of my entries and there were all kinds of spelling errors in them.  Although I was on the big computer last night and the vowels stick on that thing.  I need to clean the keyboard.

My laptop is moving so slowly that I am about ready to throw it somewhere.  My husband is in the computer room with me and he told me not to throw it, so I won't.  But excuse me while I scream...

AAWWWWWWW!

Ok, that felt good.  I am going to spell check this message.  :)

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 9:18 PM    
Update...

I added more characters to my list of characters. I have some more that I am coming up with as I am doing the outline for my novel.

As I am outlining, things are getting interesting. This is going to be fun to write. I think it is going to be a good read as well.

Ok, so I am not following my plan. Outlining is no where on the list. Do you always follow your plans? ;)

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 9:15 PM    
Dedications Posted

I have posted the dedication page to my NaNo site. Check it out.

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 9:12 PM    
10.12.2006
Name of Church - Searched
I search for the name of the church that I am going to use for my novel. A church wth that name does not appear to exist. I feel good knowing that.

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 10:15 PM    
My NaNo Summary

I am a copycat. Alot of people @ the NaNoWriMo Community have been doing this, so here I go.

2004 - Captive By History - 35,431 - This is the story of Kourtnee Adams and Colt Austin. They met in college and dated for awhile. They had to break-up after Kourtnee became the vice-president of Shimmers, Inc. and Colt was working at the company. The story looks at how their love life developed.

2005 - Flirting With Danger - 97,189 - This is story about Dianne and MaClandon. MaClandon is the son of one of he biggest bishop's in the city. Dianne is recently saved, six years older than MaClandon, and a former stripper. This story follows Dianne's transformation as a Christian and Dianne and MaClandon's relationship.

2006 - Allegations - x - This is the story of Jasmine and DeAndre (cousins). Someone goes to DeAndre's pastor and tells the pastor that DeAndre is gay. The pastor asks various people at the church if Deandre is gay rather than asking DeAndre or his cousin. The rumor spreads all over the church. This story looks at how the Allegations effect DeAndre and Jasmine.

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 10:10 PM    
100,000 Words in 30 Days
I have created a nw LJ Community for those of us who are overachievers and want to write 100,000 words for NaNo.  Check it out.
http://community.livejournal.com/100knano/

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 10:09 PM    
New Friends
Hopefully, I will be getting some new friends. I have a website that I am posting my NaNo Novel on. If you would like me to list your link on the site, please comment on this post with:

Name to List:
Link:

Thanks.

P.S. Check out my NaNo Icon site.

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 10:01 PM    
10.11.2006
Book Covers
I redid my book covers. Those lips were starting to get to me.

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 10:16 PM    
10.10.2006
Trying To Keep Busy
This is the first time that I have paid attention to NaNo this early. Usually, I don't think about it until the third week of October.

I am having to keep myself busy with things so that I won't unconciously write the novel in my head.

So, here's my plan...

* Prewrite (recently updated)
* Premise
* Characters (recently updated)
* Dedication
* Places


I will add more as I think of it.

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 10:18 PM    
10.09.2006
Cool Link
I found a cool site. It is a list of resources for writers. Here's the link...
http://www.nanofimo.org/resources.html

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 10:22 PM    
Icon Crazy
I have went icon creating crazy. I have added a whole lot more icons to my icon site.

Christian Icons - http://www.alwaysinspired.info/NaNoIcons/christian.htm

Icons that can be personalized - http://www.alwaysinspired.info/NaNoIcons/personalizable.htm

Various Icons - http://www.alwaysinspired.info/NaNoIcons/others.htm

State Icons - http://www.alwaysinspired.info/NaNoIcons/States/stateicons.htm

Check it out!

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 10:20 PM    
10.08.2006
Characters & Premise
I have posted the premise (http://www.alwaysinspired.info/nano2006/2006/10/story-premise.html) for my novel and some of the characters (http://www.alwaysinspired.info/nano2006/2006/10/characters-so-far.html) for my blog at my Novel site.

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 10:24 PM    
Get Linked & Listed
Do you have a site dedicated to NaNoWriMo? You can get yourself listed here! Email me your name & link.

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 10:23 PM    
Mrs. Boone's NaNo Icon Factory
Well, the icon bug bit me. I have created a website that showcases all of the icons that I made. Please got check it out...
http://www.alwaysinspired.info/NaNoIcons/ .

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 8:24 AM    
10.07.2006
Found A Cool Link
I found a cool link for NaNoWriMo. Check it out… http://www.spacejock.com.au/NaNoWriMo.html.

There are some good articles on the site.

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 8:27 AM    
Another Icon Creator
Check this creator out. Ciri - http://www.livejournal.com/users/ciri/ .

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 8:25 AM    
10.06.2006
Christian NaNoWriters
I have created a Christian NaNoWriters community. You can check it out here... http://community.livejournal.com/christiannanors/ .

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 8:37 AM    
Changed Font
I changed the font (Lucida Sans) on my Allegations page. Check it out @
http://www.alwaysinspired.info/nano2006/ .

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 8:36 AM    
Prewriting
While trying to be an award winning author, I am also in school to become certified to be a school teacher. Last night, we talked about prewriting among other things. In the prewriting step of writing for Elementary age school children, they are instructed to draw a picture of what they want to write about. Inspired by this, I designed some covers for my novel.

You can check them out on my Allegations site @
* http://www.alwaysinspired.info/nano2006/2006/10/allegations-cover-number-one.html - Cover One
* http://www.alwaysinspired.info/nano2006/2006/10/allegations-cover-number-two.html - Cover Two
* http://www.alwaysinspired.info/nano2006/2006/10/allegations-cover-number-three.html - Cover Three

Big ups to Mrs. Autry for teaching me something new. You have a book dedication coming to you. :)

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 8:29 AM    
What Cover Do You Like? Poll @ LJ
Check out the results of my poll here.

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 8:28 AM    
10.05.2006
NaNo Icons
Please check out... http://community.livejournal.com/nano_icons/ . They do some excellent work there, if you are looking for NaNo Icons.

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 8:38 AM    
10.04.2006
Allegations Site Designed

I have designed and posted my Allegations site. I think it looks great.

The font I used for the site is Photina Casual Black.

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 8:40 AM    
10.03.2006
NaNoWriMo Time Again 2006
It is now time for NaNoWriMo. I am going to do it again this year.

I will have to write more than 90,000 words to outdo what I did last year.

Here is the link for this year's NaNo Novel...
http://www.alwaysinspired.info/nano2006/

Stop by for a visit.

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 8:48 AM    
10.01.2006
I'm A Participant
I am participating in NaNo for the third year.

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posted by Mrs. Boone @ 8:49 AM    

 
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