50,000 WORDS COMPLETED!!!!!!

I did it!!! I did it!!!! I did it!!!! Yeah, go me!

I actually wrote a novel (it’s not completed, and I’ll continue to work on it) of 50,000 words in a month!!! The count right now and was unofficially validated at 50,275.  As of tomorrow, I can get it officially validated which means that I can say that I won the National Novel Writing Month Challenge of 2007!!!! and NO ONE can ever take that away from me!

I am not a person who likes to brag, although having a blog means giving out information about yourself that sometimes is seen as bragging, but this time I really don’t care.  I am so proud of myself that I could shout it from the roof of my house that I actually wrote (and created a whole story too) of 50,000 words.  That turned out to be 84 pages of Microsoft Word using the font Veranda in 11 pt.  I even used the regular margins for an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper.  So if you were to make that into the size of a paper back novel, that would be around 160 pages of book.

So many thanks to everyone who loved and supported me through this month, I really do appreciate it!

49,178 Words

It’s now Saturday, November, 24 th at 7:10 pm.  I just did a word count on the novel and I’m over 49,000 words!  I really can’t believe it.  I am going to hit 50,000 tonight.  I have to say that I am really proud of myself.  I went into this project not knowing if I was going to reach the goal of 50,000 words or not.  I told myself that I was going to pace myself accordingly and not get too hard on myself if I got too tired.  Like last night, one of my writing buddies was catching up on her word count and I knew that if I pushed myself I could hit the 50,000 late last night because I could e-mail her online and get support.  But I decided that it was better for me to go to sleep and get a good night’s rest and write today as much as I could.  and I feel so much better for it, because I am rested and refreshed.  So I am going to grab something to have for dinner and then go back and write some more.  I’ll post when I reach the big 50,000 words and I get my novel unofficially verified by the Nanowrimo.

Home Stretch

Well ladies and gentlemen, as of right now, about a quarter after midnight on Saturday, November 24, My word count is 46,736.  That means that I’m 3985 words from winning the contest AND I still have a whole week to do it in.  SO I’m planning on reaching the winning number sometime today (Saturday) and then continuing until midnight on Friday the 30th at midnight to get my final word-count.  I am finally making progress with the novel, and finally yesterday, I brought all the characters to the week of the wedding, which for all purposes is “The Wedding Party,” the title of my novel.  So people are starting to sneak off and mix it up.  It has been totally awesome to write and I have enjoyed the whole process thoroughly.

Here is excerpt 2 from “The Wedding Party” by Karen Marie Hedlund

So the two girls ran to catch up with the group that included Lord James, Lord Wills and that busybody Lady Darlington.  When Lady Hannah caught up to her mother, she asked Lady Elizabeth if she and Lady Freya could be the ones to show their guests to their rooms, instead of her mother.  This way Lady Elizabeth would be able to rest and not have to miss any of the night’s entertainment.  Lady Elizabeth had made one and only one map of the floor plans of the inside of Morley Manor and she labeled reach room specifically for the guest that was going to reside in that specific room during their stay at the Morley estate.  With shaking hands, Lady Elizabeth gave her daughter Hannah the map, but she then strictly told Hannah that she had to immediately return the map to her mother’s hands after she was done showing the guests to their rooms.  Lady Hannah chuckled aloud, not only about at Lady Elizabth’s prudeness, but also her precise focus on detail, while the others managed to stifle their laughter.  Lady Elizabeth explained that there were not going to be any children other than her grandchildren that were going to be born exactly nine months from today and if she was the only one to keep the master map, Everyone’s safety and security could be insured.  Lady Elizabeth said this last sentence looking directly at her daughter.  That still was not doing to deter Lady Hannah from talking with Lord Wills, if that was what she wanted to do.  Lady Hannah was not married to Lord Henry Heathgrove, yet. 

Enjoy and remember we can’t edit it yet!