Doing it again.
Day Two: Sean Markey – 23,000 words
I’ll mail or Paypal Sean $10 if i fail to get my wordcount up to 23,000 by the time i get to sleep tonight.
Updates on Twitter coming soon. I know that Sean will just use the money towards an evil robot army, so i’m particularly motivated to meet this goal.
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What Sean doesn’t know is that i’m armed with charts, schedules and calendars. Heh heh heh.
(Gah, i’m a nerd.)
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Ahem, i mean Rawk!
Say it again. BAM!
Well, my fine followers, i have succeeded in saving myself $10 while saving Dave from overeating. All and all a good day.
No $10 for Dave. Instead, he gets a picture of a puppy.
With much trepidation, i present a fragment from today’s writing:
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Ras and Beth and Brian sat silently around a salad made from wild Purslane and Yucca flowers Brian had collected. He’d also come back with mulberry wine stolen from Chris’ trailer. “There’s a plan, right?”
Ras was too sleepy to look at him, and she felt unsure. “Like I said, we’ll need a car.” She hadn’t wanted to mention this part. “The client didn’t pay anything up front.”
Brian choked and ultimately spit wine. “What?”
She put her hands to her face. “I know, it’s just…”
“He didn’t give you any money, how do you know he’ll pay when we get there?”
She shrugged. There was no way she was going to convince them to do this. “I just know.”
Beth scratched her nose, looked sleepy. “I’m excited.” She took Ras’ hand. “I’ve always wanted to live up north.”
“No you haven’t.” Brian looked sullen. But he took Beth and Ras’ hands. “How will we get up there?”
Their hands felt warm. Ras felt lighter than she had in weeks. “We get a car and just figure something out.”
Brian used his free hand to pick at a fibrous chunk of carpet remnant. “You certainly have a lot of faith.”
She beamed. “You have no idea.”
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There. Let’s move on…
Now my problem is to get 3000 words done without it taking ALL DAY. Whew!
Tune in tomorrow: As Sean Markey tries to take my hard earned $10!
Thinking about the $10 challenge, i realize that i should be clearer about what means i win and what means i give away ten smackaroos.
I realized i said i would write / edit / or rewrite, “3000 words a day.” But the novel is a finite thing and i don’t want to set myself up to where i run out of novel before getting to the last few people, and more importantly, i don’t want to penalize myself for writing more than 3000 words a day. 😛
So let’s say the goal is total wordcount by the end of the day, illustrated below.
K? K! Good? Good!
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Saturday, May 16th: Dave Lerner – 20,000 words
Sunday, May 17th: Sean Markey – 23,000 words
Monday, May 18th: Amal El-Mohtar – 26,000 words
Tuesday, May 19th: AnarchicQ – 29,000 words
Wednesday, May 20th: John Burridge – 32,000 words
Thursday, May 21st: Chris Battey – 35,000 words
Friday, May 22nd: Ethan McCutchen and Nina Kiriki Hoffman (DOUBLE PAYOUT DAY!) – 38,000
Saturday, May 23rd: Beth Wodzinski – 41,000 words
Sunday, May 24th: Pati Nagle – 44,000 words
Monday, May 25th: Kishi – 47,000 words
Tuesday, May 26th: Emily Mangan – 50,000 words
Wednesday, May 27th: Loreen Heneghan – 53,000 words
Thursday, May 28th: Holly Arrow – 56,000 words
Friday, May 29th: Arashinomoui and Bruce Holland Rogers (DOUBLE PAYOUT DAY!) – 59,000 words
Saturday, May 30th: Merchimerch – 62,000 words
Sunday, May 31st: Dave Raines – 65,000 words
Monday, June 1st: Kevin Kenan – 68,000 words
Tuesday, June 2nd: Rachel A – 71,000 words
Wednesday, June 3rd: The Ferrett – 74,000 words
Thursday, June 4th: Diana Standish – 77,000 words
Friday, June 5th: Misa Arant and Jerry Oltion (DOUBLE PAYOUT DAY!) – 80,000 words
Saturday, June 6th: Lydia Rhoads – 83,000 words
Sunday, June 7th: Josh English – 86,000 words
Monday, June 8th: Teng Chek – 89,000 words
Tuesday, June 9th: J Peters – 92,000 words
Wednesday, June 10th: Valerie Polichar and Eugene Fischer (DOUBLE DAY!) – 95,000 words
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Hmmm… guess i better not fall behind, this could get cumulative very quickly. Sheesh!
No, seriously, keep reading.
If you’ve been tracking me, you know this book has been a major pain. Well, i’m done screwing around with it. I’m sick of whining about it, i just want it done … at least the first draft.
So i have a plan.
And you can help.
First off, i’m doing the NaNoWriMo thing. I can have this book completely done in 25 days if i write, rewrite or edit 3000 words a day (roughly 15 pages.) Hell, my friend Devon writes 5000 new words practically every day, and she knits and is raising 200 children and and and … so i can … well … she’s a lot cooler than me, but i’ll still do it!
But like i said, i’m sick of the back and forth, so i’m adding an element of danger and possibly giving away cash prizes in the meantime.
Here’s the deal.
Sign up for a day on the list below. Either in the comments or send me an email. If, on your day, i don’t increase the length of my novel manuscript by 3000 words, i’ll mail or Paypal you $10.
No catches, no exceptions. This isn’t a bet. If i DO succeed in hitting my word goal for the day, rather than getting $10, you’ll get a lovely handcrafted email thanking you for helping me motivate. See? Win win!
Sign up for a day. First come first serve! Send me your name and a site, blog, twitter to link to. I’ll put you on the calendar. Tell your friends! 25 days is a lot to fill up.
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[UPDATE] OK! Here’s the lucky contestants:
Saturday, May 16th: Dave Lerner
Sunday, May 17th: Sean Markey
Monday, May 18th: Amal El-Mohtar
Tuesday, May 19th: AnarchicQ
Wednesday, May 20th: John Burridge
Thursday, May 21st: Chris Battey
Friday, May 22nd: Ethan McCutchen and Nina Kiriki Hoffman (DOUBLE DAY!)
Saturday, May 23rd: Beth Wodzinski
Sunday, May 24th: Pati Nagle
Monday, May 25th: Kishi
Tuesday, May 26th: Emily Mangan
Wednesday, May 27th: Loreen Heneghan
Thursday, May 28th: Holly Arrow
Friday, May 29th: Arashinomoui and Bruce Holland Rogers (DOUBLE DAY!)
Saturday, May 30th: Merchimerch
Sunday, May 31st: Dave Raines
Monday, June 1st: Kevin Kenan
Tuesday, June 2nd: Rachel A
Wednesday, June 3rd: The Ferrett
Thursday, June 4th: Diana Standish
Friday, June 5th: Misa Arant and Jerry Oltion (DOUBLE DAY!)
Saturday, June 6th: Lydia Rhoads
Sunday, June 7th: Josh English
Monday, June 8th: Teng Chek
Tuesday, June 9th: J Peters
Wednesday, June 10th: Valerie Polichar and Eugene Fischer (DOUBLE DAY!)
Who wants to make some money? Well, no one, because i intend to hit my goal everyday.
Bring it on.
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