Thoughts of the Millennial » nanowrimo http://themillennial.edublogs.org "The ideas of a young teacher, technology education, and the excitement in between." Wed, 13 May 2009 18:06:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 I am a WINNER! http://themillennial.edublogs.org/2007/11/30/i-am-a-winner/ http://themillennial.edublogs.org/2007/11/30/i-am-a-winner/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:37:33 +0000 themillennial http://www.srsmn.org/lisasjogren/wordpress/2007/11/30/i-am-a-winner/ nano_07_winner_large.gifOkay, so I admit. I am a bit weird at times and I tend to do some really crazy things. However, this year I thought I would challenge myself and write a novel in the month of November in my limited spare time. I cannot believe how rewarded I felt when it was all over, what a challenge.

To answer a few of the frequently asked questions.

Will you let anyone read it? Sadly, no.

How long did it take you to write? About an hour each day. Weekends I spent more time writing.

What do you plan to do now that you are done? I won’t publish it, I just wanted the thrill of doing something difficult.

]]> http://themillennial.edublogs.org/2007/11/30/i-am-a-winner/feed/ 1 I Have not Fallen off Earth’s Face! http://themillennial.edublogs.org/2007/11/13/i-have-not-fallen-off-earths-face/ http://themillennial.edublogs.org/2007/11/13/i-have-not-fallen-off-earths-face/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:14:11 +0000 themillennial http://www.srsmn.org/lisasjogren/wordpress/2007/11/13/i-have-not-fallen-off-earths-face/ I find myself incredibly busy throughout the month of November. The past two months, I have found them to be a blur, with reflection time but little time to write the reflections into thoughts.

I have been working in my spare time to write my novel for NaNoWriMo, I only have about 2,000 of the challenge 50,000 words, but like any true German/Irish/Spanish/Swiss mutt, I find myself incredibly determined to finish this task. Even if I find myself pulling a college all nighter, okay probably not that dramatic but being the determined me, I want to finish the task at hand. So you might be asking yourself… what are you writing about? What exactly, can you find something that you can talk about in 50,000 words. Well, I decided to write a fiction piece about my time when I studied at Oxford University. Maybe someday I will write a real novel, the topic has yet to be determined.

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