Yesterday was a bit slow for me; I couldn’t get into it at all.

First Line: “Oh, that wasn’t me. But thank you again, sir.”

Last Line: A glance over the curve of the roof showed people flooding out of the building below in much the same fluid patterns.

Words yesterday: 1679
Bringing the total to 15,279

Average of 3055.8 words/day.

At that rate, I will finish on Nov. 17th.

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First Line of Yesterday: …be instructed upon today. This way.” She flapped her hands at the three of them, and, obediently, then went.

Last line: “And clever of you, to think of the stables.”

3,145 words
Bringing the total to 13,600 words

Average: 3400/day

At this rate, I will still finish on the 15th (except I have a skip day on the 10th) (double-except this might be the 9th, because there’s a write-in on the 10th)

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First Line: And that was that. Both parent claimed another hug, and then they were gone, back to the carriage, back to Amenet, back home

Last Line: “Well, then. There will be enough time for that later. For now, this way. Into your class groups. There is still more to do, more to discover, more to [and then I spilled my tea.]

3,256 words written
Bringing me to a total of 10,455 words

An average of 3485 words/day
At this rate, I will finish on Nov. 15

I will get the Alpha filter set up today!

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First line of yesterday: “Incentives?” Kinyozhanya leaned forward. “What sort of incentives?”
Last line of last night: “I will.” She bowed to her parents. “I will see you at the end of the year.”

3,078 words written
bringing me to 7,199

Average words/day: 3,599 and a half
At this rate, I will finish on November 16th

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First Line:
All of the legendary Empress Edaledalende Academy of Higher Learning at Ileltedez was stretched out in front of Tairiekie.

Last Line: “…And then you have to hold it. There are incentives the longer you stay at the top.”

4,121 words.
an average of 4,121 words/day <.<
at this rate, I will finish on November 13th.
(no, not really, but it’s fun to say)

If you have an interest in being on an Alpha (like beta but rawer) filter, please let me know!

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As I step into my third Nanowrimo, I’ve been looking around and reading blog posts on “surviving nano,” “making it through/to 50K,” and so on, and I was struck that, if they mention your family at all, the general consensus is “your husband and children will not see you for the next thirty days.”

Combine this with advice to “remember to eat food, even if it’s Burger King and take-out pizza,” it occurred me that, not only is nano generally a younger person than mine’s game (oh, my, did I just say that? Hi, dad), but that it was sorely in need of a post on “balancing life, family, and nanowrimo.”

Then I wondered if I had done a sufficiently good job balancing those things in the past – my husband says no, but then he said I’d left him alone in the yard overnight and nobody had come to get him and he was so saaad, so I have to take it with a grain of salt (he’s also threatened to go feral).

So what I am going to do, gentle readers, is be mindful of balance over the next month of feverishly grinding out 2000 words a day in a setting I barely know. And I will report to you faithfully every Wednesday on my progress thereof. I might even get my husband to do a guest post (don’t hold your breath 😉

Stay tuned for the adventures of Balance and the Art of Nanoing.

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