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		<title>NaNoWriMo Day 15 final count</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alistair</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 15 Expected target : 25005 (rounded up)
Day 15 Actual wordcount : 27183
So, what stopped me from getting to 30k tonight?
That would be chinese food.  Ah, lovely.
But 27k is a fine number to finish the day with.  And there will be more tomorrow.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Day 15 Expected target : 25005 (rounded up)</p>
<p>Day 15 Actual wordcount : 27183</p>
<p>So, what stopped me from getting to 30k tonight?</p>
<p>That would be chinese food.  Ah, lovely.</p>
<p>But 27k is a fine number to finish the day with.  And there will be more tomorrow.</p>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo Day 15 partial update</title>
		<link>http://www.desertofzin.org/2008/11/15/nanowrimo-day-15-partial-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alistair</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 15 Expected target : 25005 (rounded up)
Day 15 Actual wordcount :26685 (so far)
I&#8217;m in Mono in Glasgow and i&#8217;ve reached my word count for tomorrow.  Man, I&#8217;m tired.
A good bunch of the NaNo regulars are here, like Alan, Elise and Remote Push among others and generally, apart from the crazy people around us, it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Day 15 Expected target : 25005 (rounded up)</p>
<p>Day 15 Actual wordcount :26685 (so far)</p>
<p>I&#8217;m in Mono in Glasgow and i&#8217;ve reached my word count for tomorrow.  Man, I&#8217;m tired.</p>
<p>A good bunch of the NaNo regulars are here, like Alan, <a href="http://sweet-francaise.livejournal.com/">Elise</a> and <a href="http://remotevoices.blogspot.com/">Remote Push</a> among others and generally, apart from the crazy people around us, it had been a successful day.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m going shortly, for a nice relaxing evening of curry and more writing&#8230;  <img src='http://www.desertofzin.org/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>If I push it I could reach 30k by the end of the night, but that might be a bit too much.  Never know though, the act of going home and getting back to the relative comfort of my computer chair might be enough for me to charge forward with it.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll see&#8230;  <img src='http://www.desertofzin.org/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>(and 26685 words means i am over half way&#8230; Whoo!!!)</p>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo Days 7 to 10 final count</title>
		<link>http://www.desertofzin.org/2008/11/10/nanowrimo-days-7-to-10-final-count/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alistair</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 10 Expected target : 16670 (rounded up)
Day 10 Actual wordcount : 16490
Fail.
Talk about hitting the wall.
I was away this weekend, against my better judgement, knowing that time away from the writing and being in a stressed environment (which it was for a while) would not be condusive to writing.  I hate to think I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Day 10 Expected target : 16670 (rounded up)</p>
<p>Day 10 Actual wordcount : 16490</p>
<p>Fail.</p>
<p>Talk about hitting the wall.</p>
<p>I was away this weekend, against my better judgement, knowing that time away from the writing and being in a stressed environment (which it was for a while) would not be condusive to writing.  I hate to think I was right.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve written about 250 words since arrivng back at the flat yesterday afternoon.  I&#8217;m looking at my notes and I&#8217;m looking at my work i have produced so far and I&#8217;m getting nothing.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s a shame.</p>
<p>Hopefully it is a blip.</p>
<p>Hopefully.</p>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo Day 5 and 6 final count</title>
		<link>http://www.desertofzin.org/2008/11/06/nanowrimo-day-5-and-6-final-count/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alistair</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 5 Expected target : 8335 (rounded up)
Day 5 Actual wordcount : 12141
Day 6 Expected target : 10002 (rounded up)
Day 6 Actual wordcount : 12770
Ooh, it&#8217;s a struggle.  Last night was good, I made 2k easily but tonight was another story entirely.
It was a struggle to get what I had written done.  And that&#8217;s me.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Day 5 Expected target : 8335 (rounded up)</p>
<p>Day 5 Actual wordcount : 12141</p>
<p>Day 6 Expected target : 10002 (rounded up)</p>
<p>Day 6 Actual wordcount : 12770</p>
<p>Ooh, it&#8217;s a struggle.  Last night was good, I made 2k easily but tonight was another story entirely.</p>
<p>It was a struggle to get what I had written done.  And that&#8217;s me.  There&#8217;s no point banging the words in and getting depressed about it.   Better quit while I&#8217;m still feeling up about everything and pick it up later.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m away this weekend so there may not be any kind of update until the end of Sunday, and I&#8217;m not sure what is going to get done words wise.  Still, I have breathing room, hopefully I won&#8217;t fall behind too badly.</p>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo Day 3 and 4 final count</title>
		<link>http://www.desertofzin.org/2008/11/04/nanowrimo-day-3-and-4-final-count/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alistair</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 3 Expected target : 5001 (rounded up)
Day 3 Actual wordcount : 8010
Day 4 Expected target : 6668 (rounded up)
Day 4 Actual wordcount : 10010
Yeah!  Come on!
Today was a tough day, there&#8217;s no denying that but I did manage to dig past the pain and bash those words into place.
I can&#8217;t say much for the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Day 3 Expected target : 5001 (rounded up)</p>
<p>Day 3 Actual wordcount : 8010</p>
<p>Day 4 Expected target : 6668 (rounded up)</p>
<p>Day 4 Actual wordcount : 10010</p>
<p>Yeah!  Come on!</p>
<p>Today was a tough day, there&#8217;s no denying that but I did manage to dig past the pain and bash those words into place.</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t say much for the quality, but that&#8217;s what the editing process is for.</p>
<p>Content first, editing later.  That&#8217;s that name of the game this year.</p>
<p>At some point, when I have the time I&#8217;m going to go over particular problems I&#8217;m having at this stage.  But later, much later as i&#8217;m all written out today.</p>
<p>Oh and before I forget, I&#8217;m 10% though the project and it&#8217;s only day four!</p>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo Day 2 final count</title>
		<link>http://www.desertofzin.org/2008/11/02/nanowrimo-day-2-final-count/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alistair</dc:creator>
		
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Expected target : 3334 (rounded up)
Actual wordcount : 5682
Not as well as I would have liked but today&#8217;s output is still more than my daily amount of 1667 words.  And my actual wordcount is better than I&#8217;d have expected.
So, still doing well but right now I&#8217;m beat.  Time for bed and more writing tomorrow.  Looking [...]]]></description>
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<p>Expected target : 3334 (rounded up)</p>
<p>Actual wordcount : 5682</p>
<p>Not as well as I would have liked but today&#8217;s output is still more than my daily amount of 1667 words.  And my actual wordcount is better than I&#8217;d have expected.</p>
<p>So, still doing well but right now I&#8217;m beat.  Time for bed and more writing tomorrow.  Looking for big numbers of words then.  I&#8217;m hoping to beat the 10k mark by tomorrow night.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s hoping&#8230;</p></div>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo Day 1 final count</title>
		<link>http://www.desertofzin.org/2008/11/01/nanowrimo-day-1-final-count/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alistair</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Expected target : 1667
Actual wordcount : 3929
Whoo!  I&#8217;ve done well.  Very well in fact.
I can&#8217;t say much for the quality of the work but that&#8217;s not important, the wordcount is high.
And the meet ups are cool, writing with other like minded folk works really well.  And they&#8217;re a cool bunch.
More writing fun tomorrow.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Expected target : 1667</p>
<p>Actual wordcount : 3929</p>
<p>Whoo!  I&#8217;ve done well.  Very well in fact.</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t say much for the quality of the work but that&#8217;s not important, the wordcount is high.</p>
<p>And the meet ups are cool, writing with other like minded folk works really well.  And they&#8217;re a cool bunch.</p>
<p>More writing fun tomorrow.</p>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo Day catchup</title>
		<link>http://www.desertofzin.org/2008/11/01/nanowrimo-day-catchup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alistair</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not long after 4pm and I&#8217;m currently sitting in the 13th Note in Glasgow hard at work on this years project.  There are about ten of us left and it&#8217;s been  quite the communal writing experience.
So far i&#8217;m on 3162 words and going strong.
Actually that&#8217;s a big fib.  I&#8217;m starting to flag.  but 3162 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s not long after 4pm and I&#8217;m currently sitting in the 13th Note in Glasgow hard at work on this years project.  There are about ten of us left and it&#8217;s been  quite the communal writing experience.</p>
<p>So far i&#8217;m on 3162 words and going strong.</p>
<p>Actually that&#8217;s a big fib.  I&#8217;m starting to flag.  but 3162 is a fine first day count.</p>
<p>Anyway, back to the grind.</p>
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		<title>It&#8217;s NaNoWriMo Day!</title>
		<link>http://www.desertofzin.org/2008/11/01/its-nanowrimo-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alistair</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AAARRGH!!!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AAARRGH!!!</p>
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		<title>NaNoWriMo 2008, T minus 5: Meetings</title>
		<link>http://www.desertofzin.org/2008/10/27/nanowrimo-2008-t-minus-5-meetings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alistair</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Didn&#8217;t get the Deathwing Terminators finished.   
Did get housework done, some work on The Fracture and a few key upgrades to the site.   
So an overall success.
Got a meeting with fellow NaNoers tonight.  A pre-NaNo meet.  I&#8217;m quite excited.
And I bought the wife flowers today because of a top class image she&#8217;s done [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Didn&#8217;t get the Deathwing Terminators finished.  <img src='http://www.desertofzin.org/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Did get housework done, some work on The Fracture and a few key upgrades to the site.  <img src='http://www.desertofzin.org/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>So an overall success.</p>
<p>Got a meeting with fellow NaNoers tonight.  A pre-NaNo meet.  I&#8217;m quite excited.</p>
<p>And I bought the wife flowers today because of a top class image she&#8217;s done for the site (which isn&#8217;t up yet).</p>
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