And so it ends, not with a bang, but with a whimper

[slipjig3]

That squishing sound you hear is me sticking a fork in my NaNoWriMo project. Word count as of right now: 33,755. I may do a little more on it later today, but it's pretty obvious that I won't be making the final goal this year. *sigh* I was well ahead of the game for quite a while, then a day behind, then a day and a half behind, and then I went out of town over Thanksgiving, and that was effectively the end of that.

I'm trying to look at the good of it all. I did manage to cross the 2/3 mark, 115 double-spaced pages, which is almost 3 times better than my to-date best and loads more than I've ever written of anything. The story wouldn't have been done at 50,000 words, anyway. And I'm still psyched about the book in general, still know some of what's going to come, still have some scenes mapped out in my head that just need a road built to their front doors, so to speak. But I have to say that I'm more than a little disappointed and sad about the whole thing. I had the highest of hopes, and every expectation that I'd make it, and now I feel like I've let a bunch of people down, starting with myself.

But as I said, I'm not putting the book away. If I could ask a favor from y'all, if you happen to think of it, ask me how The Noise of Endless Wars is coming along when you talk to me. Keep kicking me in the heinie about this. Do not let me slack off like I did the last time around. I don't want this to end up in the Unfinished Projects graveyard.

*sigh*

Comments

[rubian77.livejournal.com]

Still more than I've written this month!

50,000 words in a month is hard, especially if -- like you -- you have a life.

So how's the novel coming? :)

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

I'm working on it! I'm working on it!