Tweets from the Edge - NaNoWriMo 2011

A MONTH IN THE LIFE OF A WRITER: A CAUTIONARY TALE

30 Days Ago:

• I’d like the mornings better if they happened later in the day. #coffee

28 Days Ago:

• Time for @NaNoWriMo again already? Damn. Bye, social life.

• Someone snuck in my house and stole all my plot bunnies. Bastards.

27 Days Ago:

• The spirit is willing, but the flesh fucked off and went to bed.

• I cannot overestimate exactly how badly I want to go back to bed right now.

26 Days Ago:

• At teh bar, drinking teh beers.

• This week is not going according to plan. So it’s a typical week. At least I found my socks.

25 Days Ago:

• How am I pushing my #NaNoWriMo word count forward? Karaoke night, of course! #procrastination

24 Days Ago:

• Need to write my #NaNoWriMo novel. Still. Damn it.

23 Days Ago:

• Theoretically writing. Really pondering doughnuts. About 6,000 words behind schedule. But doughnuts are soooo yummy… #NaNoWriMo

• Slowly going mad. Seeing word counts in my dreams. #NaNoWriMo

• Brain is moosh. #NaNoWriMo Also, kinda hate @KalebNation a little bit right now. #overachieverssuck

• Computer is either possessed by Satan or rebelling against the injustice of #NaNoWriMo

• Someone please take me out for coffee and lie to me about how talented I am. #NaNoWriMo meltdown

• I have misplaced my motivation. And one sock. #NaNoWriMo

• It’s really hard to make microfiche research sound exciting. #NaNoWordSprints

• Totally blocked. Going for some Drano and a plunger. #NaNoWriMo

22 Days Ago:

• #NaNoWriMo is making me make bad choices. Backing away from the computer slowly before someone gets hurt.

• Oh, the fuckery today!

21 Days Ago:

• As I continue to age, I wonder when that maturity thing is supposed to happen.

19 Days Ago:

• It’s effing freezing & I’m trying to convince myself to take a shower. But ZOMG it’s effing FREEZING!!!

18 Days Ago:

• At the dentist. #PartyLikeIts1999

• Long for freedom? Start with less restrictive underwear and work your way up.

16 Days Ago:

• My youngest has decided to celebrate his birthday by pushing his luck. Hard.

15 Days Ago:

• Impending madness?!? Where?? I don’t see anything! #TwitchyWriter

14 Days Ago:

• @NaNoWriMo Where are my accurate stats? How can I obsessively update without the right stats?!? #goestowritebadbeatpoetry

12 Days Ago:

• I am completely slap-happy, and I now have to go to a church meeting & act well-adjusted. #NotGonnaEndWell

• My youngest is driving me completely insane this morning. #TwitchyWriter

9 Days Ago:

• Whither thou goest, there thou art. #NaNoWriMo and crazy…

• I wouldn’t mind Monday so much if it didn’t start so bloody early. #SleepDeprived #NaNoWriMo hangover

• ZOMG!!! @100MonkeysMusic makes nutso offspring mellow! Who knew? #PutsOnEndlessLoop

5 Days Ago:

• “Let’s drive to New York.” “Now?” “Sure!” … “Oh, why the hell not. Let’s go.” Yay!!!” #roadtrip

• Black Friday will be used for research. And groceries. #NotEnoughCoffeeInTheWorld

• Debating technique for interviewing police. Liberal use of the word “Sir” a big part of the plan.

• Settling in for a writing binge. #caffeine #NaNoWriMo

• Looks like the world’s gone mad. Good thing I was already there. #NaNoWriMo #InsaneAuthor

4 Days Ago:

• At this point, zombie ninja squirrels would really help to liven up my evening. #NaNoWriMo means #NoLife

• Sing to me, @samueltwitt1, while I create people out of air and intuition.

• I should have gone with the squirrel idea. #NaNoWriMo

• Sleep deprivation. Nonstop caffeine consumption. Talking to self. Swearing at computer. Must be #NaNoWriMo

• Tried lying back & thinking of England. Didn’t help. #NaNoWriMo

• Too early. I’ve lost that loving feeling. #NotEnoughCoffeeInTheWorld

3 Days Ago:

• Back home. #naptime

2 Days Ago:

• Experimenting with how much I can write before I go stark raving mad. Oops. Loo late. #NaNoWriMo

• Zero sleep. 10,000 words left to go. @samueltwitt1 @100MonkeysMusic keeping me awake. #NaNoWriMo #NotEnoughCoffeeInTheWorld

• Singing my children awake for a change of pace. #NotEnoughCoffeeInTheWorld

• Looking back at my sanity with a deep feeling of nostalgia. #NaNoWriMo

1 Day Ago:

• Have decided to work the phrase “snickerdoodle mambo” into my novel somehow. #NaNoWriMo #NotEnoughCoffeeInTheWorld

• Beating the hell out of my protagonist. #MustBeTuesday

Today:

• Won. Woo. Going to sleep now. Bigger Woo. #NaNoWriMo