Nanowrimo Podcast 2007

And that's all she (or he) wrote! Congratulations to all the winners - here have a prize. A hot steaming mp3.Bryan and lordbud had feedbackyou can get a surprisingly large amount of words done near the endNaNoEdMoNaNoPubYetheme music is Dragon Dance by Shiva in Exile @ Magnatune.comemail darusha + nanowrimo @ gmail.com

It's getting close to the end, and we're getting a little wacky around here. Good thing there are mp3s.the usual suspects have feedbackkeep it simple and go with the fun stuff if you're stucktheme music is Dragon Dance by Shiva in Exile @ Magnatune.comemail darusha + nanowrimo @ gmail.com

It's getting close to the end. And yes, that can have an ominous tone. Thankfully, there's an mp3.Excerpt - Sleep Inertia in the Land of Milk and Honey by Ronifeedbackbryan & jotacon were the ones who asked for more stuff about our storiesSteven Ray Orr likes to hear me say his namebobbyjohn liked the on the water show and wanted inspiration for when you’re behindtips & trickschart of SF nano writers - sign up on the forumthe nano progress report: http://www.nanowrimo.org/NanowrimoUtils/ProgressReport/[your_userid].htmlmy nano progress reportplot bunnythere is no plot bunnyin the immortal words of the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: DON'T PANICtheme music is Dragon Dance by Shiva in Exile @ Magnatune.comemail darusha + nanowrimo @ gmail.com

Almost live from the middle of Juan de Fuca Strait, an mp3!Due to popular demand, we talk about the plots and not so plotty parts of our novels.theme music is Dragon Dance by Shiva in Exile @ Magnatune.comemail darusha + nanowrimo @ gmail.com

In which we determine that German is a bad language in which to write a nano novel. Especially if you don't speak German.Excerpt - Nameless by KregfeedbackSteven Ray Orrdon't forget the call me button on the site - click it, enter your phone #, it calls you and connects you to our message service, it works & it's FREEtips & tricksKreg of the excerpt suggests using imdb for names, just mix & matchplot bunnya character has a near death experience & comes back changedtheme music is Dragon Dance by Shiva in Exile @ Magnatune.comemail darusha + nanowrimo @ gmail.com

Speaking of total garbage, an mp3!Steven's experience Darusha's experience Get to those local meetups!FeedbackJenniferbobbyjohnNanNidonocuLady Jane GreyMartinjotaconPlot bunnieshave one of your characters impersonate anotherwhen in doubt, bring in a man with a gun (Raymond Chandler)The theme music is Dragon Dance by Shiva in Exile @ Magnatune.com

Woo hoo! November first. With an mp3.it wasn't the most auspicious startDarusha's at about 2000 wdsSteven has about 800 1166Darusha shares tips about not editingSteven wonders if it's possible to actually not care about qualityCheck out magnatune.com for great tunes, including the theme music Dragon Dance by Shiva in Exile.Keep the feedback coming!

Aaand... we're back! With more nanoey goodness, and mp3s to boot. what’s new with me check out my podcast novel Beautiful Redwelcome my new co-host, Steven new nanoer questions & advicewhat do people want to see in the ‘cast?email meleave a commenttheme music is Dragon Dance by Shiva in Exile @ Magnatune.comemail darusha + nanowrimo at gmail.com

Back to reality - this totally sucks! Oh well, at least there are mp3s.housekeeping the theme music is life in a tube by Bjorn Fogelberg which I found on the excellent Magnatune.comkeep on commenting and emailing if you want, but stop callingmain course the other Sarah cascade-fire is a winner!Michael is a winner!Steph is a winner!lulu.com has a free book offer for nanowrimo winners reading Sarah (cascade-fire) s-s-s-something from the forums the ‘I won and am really depressed now’ threadIt's been a great month! See y'all next year.

Less than 48 hours left. So, why are you listening to me?feedback Sarah has questions:1. What’s your day job? - I'm a civil servant for the Government of Canada2. What novel writing program do you use? I always wondered if those programs were worth purchasing. - I use CopyWrite, it's awesome and totally worth buying (Mac only)3. As a nano veteran, is it normal for nano participants to sink into gut-wrenching depression when it’s all over? I swear I think I’m a freak. I’ve been on this amazing creative high for a month now, and I reached the 50k mark, and then plummeted into the pit of despair. is this normal, or am I in desperate need of lithium? - Yes, it's normalMichael says, “Do you ever write scenes where your characters are standing around waiting for you to tell them what to do? That’s depressing. Then later something clicks, and your characters are doing things you didn’t intend them to do, living a life of their own. That’s fun.” main course Eugenia is a winner!Sarah is a winner!displaced beatnick is a winner!to everyone else who is a winner – congrats!!to everyone else who’s madly writing – go go go!! reading Sarah's excerpt s-s-s-something from the forums reaching 50K

Neener neener neener, I am a wiener. In mp3 format. feedback Michael has been sending me lots of encouraging nanomail, and I fear he knows me better than I know myselfNan sent a whole lot more distractions:Bad LanguageThe Word ProjectThe Alternative DictionariesWeb Economy Bullshit GeneratorWriter BewareThe Apostrophe Protection Society main course I got the green, then the purple barI made a snowman as a celebrationreading stompy's excerpt promo – Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword s-s-s-something from the forums dirty tricks for increasing wordcount

Wherein the host waxes poetic about all the lovely encouragement she’s gotten from the listeners and Oscar-Mike-Golf! Another McManlyPants novel is done! Listen to the fangirl babble. feedback Michael sent me a very encouraging nanomailNan is sent me another great email about her excitement about being so close to done, worrying about typos and nice stuff about the podcast and its wonderful listeners main course woo hoo! to all the listenersmany of us are very close to finishing if you aren’t close to 50K, don’t forget that this is one of those weird things where starting is almost as good as finishingwe’re novelists – how cool is that?my neighbour & friend Kris got the green barso did Robust McManlyPants, about whom I talk for too long reading Eugenia's excerpt s-s-s-something from the forums let’s encourage each other

So stinkin’ liberating! Get yer free mp3s here (listen carefully to hear the sweet sounds of a hard drive spinning - spin baby, spin!). feedback Michael wants to publish and mentions lulu.comdonnieg liked hearing his words read, and is kicking ass & taking namesNan has reached that magic point where the characters are doing their own thingsnano-newbie Sarah (not the other Sarah) sent me a really nice email – yay! I’m happy to help! main course omg! donnieg has a green bar!Sforzie is over 100Ktraveling for me = crap for wordcount reading Robust McManlyPants’ excerptshinan’s excerpt s-s-s-something from the forums where do you stand in your region?

It’s all downhill from here. Sliding down the mp3s. feedback Eugenie’s a publish personso is StephNan left more distractions main course back up your novel, every day!what are your writing rewards?I’m traveling next week; I'll try to podcast but no promises reading donnieg’s excerpt promo – Confessions of a Struggling Writer s-s-s-something from the forums NaDruWriNi

Bet yer plot bunnies & ninjas (ninja bunnies?) here! And mp3s, too.feedback Michael writes about having similar problems as me, but got over itNan has another distractionLesley has a question - who wants to publish and who does NaNo as only a personal exercise main course answering Lesley’s question, I only tend to write during nano, but yes, I have delusions of publishingMichael got over his blockage by spending a few minutes brainstorming – I did this early on & it helped a lotI also got out to the local meeting this weekend, I met Steph, talked about chickens, weasels and pants reading Steph’s excerpt promo – Morevi s-s-s-something from the forums get acquainted with your regional forums

I’m in ur plotz, feeding ur bunnyz. Listen to the madness here. feedbackSforzie & Josh (aka Alcar) commented on my readingsif you think I'll screw it up and you don't want me to, send me pronunciation keysif you sent me email about your reading, wait for it - it's coming main course Nan's links – a title generator, a one word writing prompt and a cool collection of language related gamesI’m in ur X, Y-ing ur Z-z reading Michael’s excerpt promo – NanoMonkeys all about plot bunnies s-s-s-something from the forums games: in my pants

One third of the way in. Listen in as we fill the void.feedback 2 votes for call-in show (sort of) - tell me what you want to doa bunch of people have sent in excerpts or permission to read the excerpts in their profiles – keep it coming!Sarah is stuck in the week 2 doldrums main course 60second pep talkI hit 20K!check out the Second Life group Nanowrimo Nuts - the next meetup is Sat, Nov 11 at 10am PST/SLT readings congratulations Sforzie and Josh on hitting 50K!(you both make me sick) s-s-s-something from the forums creative cussing

Day One, Week Two. Still no plot. But there is an mp3!feedback I got an email from Nan while I was posting the last showlook at Sforzie's wordcountemail from Michael – it only takes a day to get behind, and a great tip for names: use descriptive placeholder names, like Toughguy or Bighair main course I'm using a modified (10+2)*5 hack (mine's 12+5 X a lot)I'm using an app called flextime as a timer for the above anti-distraction planyou can disable the flash profiles on the nanowrimo site in your own edit profiledo people want to do a call in show? We'd use talkshoe (check it out and let me know) reading Nan’s email promo – Dutch NaNo podcast s-s-s-something from the forums character questions

Slow going. Listen here.feedback Sarah & Steph left commentsI got email from Robust McManlyPants, my nano stalkee main course my wordcount is okay, but the story is slow goingI have trouble with namesI've been missing out on the local meetups – this is stupid and I need to stop being stupid reading no reading this weeksend me your stuff! (or just let me know if I can read your excerpt) promo - The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy s-s-s-something from the forums random thing generatorsrandom name generator

And, we're off! Listen.Feedback You've all been super awesome – but I'm supposed to be the encouraging one!Nan writes about using 100 words a day (more on wikipedia)I got encouraging email from Michael and returning listener Baron Leslie sent me a voice mail with the most awesome image in it – listen What's up today the nanowrimo site is slow as molassesyou can now subscribe only to the forums you actually readdon’t forget to upload chunks of your novel in progress so we can all readI’d like to do readings, so send me an audio file of your reading, send me text for me to read or just let me know if you want me to read your excerpt Reading my excerpt Promo Evil Genius Chronicless-s-s-something from the forums – wordcount badges simple onegraphanother graphthe one on my siteofficial nanowrimo wordcount widgets

Episode 2 of year 2 - the terrible twos! Here's the mp3.Feedback Sarah left a comment about I Should Be Writing, and mentions Holly Lisle’s podcastthere's an audio message from tomoyanMichael writes that he’s going to cheat & finish something, and he likes my “podcast voice” Steph left an audio comment, and we’re probably going to meet in Real Life Main Course there's a really useful exercise on forums - the one word plot summaryI’m not stoked this year maybe if I heard from all y’all, might help (hint hint)nanowrimo flickr group s-s-s-something from the forums Ladies and gentlemen of nanowrimoPromo - Escape Pod Don't forget to change your clocks back one hour on Saturday night

Episode one of year two - in glorious mp3-o-vision.The Basics the theme music is life in a tube by Bjorn Fogelberg which I found on the excellent Magnatune.comcheck out the chat box, where you can leave short voice messagesor call me @ 206-222-2349or email me at darusha plus nanowrimo at gmail.comor leave a commenttalk to me!!! The Plan no daily show this yearmore interviews and readingsI'd love to get other people doing readings, so call me, email me mp3s, or send me your text & I’ll read it Nano Plansumm... not muchI might try a modified version of the snowflake method s-s-s-something from the forums (inspired by the show with ze frank) google docsthe thread about google docs/writelyPromo - I Should Be Writing

Greetings for another year, writers and would-be novelists. I have decided to once again delve into the insanity that is NaNoWriMo, and I'm going to do the podcast again, too. I had already figured that I would, but today I got an email from someone who had just discovered last year's 'cast and was begging (okay, maybe just asking) me to do it again this year. So, I guess I have no choice. It probably won't be a daily show this year; I just don't think I'll have enough time. But, we shall see.Check back in October for some warm-up thoughts, or better yet, subscribe to the podcast feed using your podcast aggregator of choice. If you're new to podcasting, you can learn all about it here. If you use one of the common podcast services, there are one-click buttons in the sidebar to help you subscribe.Have a listen to a promo (Yeah, it's just a revamped version of last year's - too bad).