Snow reflects light. It lights up those long, dark winter months. And who doesn’t want a white Christmas? I know I do.
Sadly enough it doesn’t look like we’ll have a white Christmas here in Holland, but at least we’ve had lots of snow in the past few days.
Kids love snow, dogs love snow, Nanda loves snow. Do you like snow? I know my dog, Shiba, does.
Yesterday my friend Daniel asked if I knew my dog, Shiba, was on Twitter. My reply: “Yes, she must’ve been using my laptop while I wasn’t looking.”
A few days ago I found it to be almost unbelievable when I found out my dog was using Twitter. I knew she was intelligent, but intelligent enough to turn on my laptop and tweet away on Twitter? No way. But it’s true. You should go see for yourself: @shibatweets is her handle on Twitter.
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Most people have heard of the very popular Twilight Saga—a series of four books about Bella Swan and vampire Edward Cullen. In New Moon we’ll get to know Bella’s best friend, Jacob Black, better.
After promising you guys a new layout on nandawrites.com, it’s still not up. I’m sorry about that. Sadly enough I had to drop out of NaNoWriMo. Why? I spent too much time writing in the first week of NaNo and I didn’t take enough breaks. My wrists really started to hurt and for a few days could barely type, so I’m trying not to use the computer too much. The new layout will be up as soon as possible.
It is day six of NaNoWriMo. That means we’ve[1] been writing for almost a week. I am currently one day ahead and I’d like to keep it that way. That means: No procrastinating—well, not too much—and writing at least 2,000 words a day.
Last year NaNoWriMo was tough for me. I was actually on the verge of giving up when someone (sadly enough I forgot who that someone was; I blame my bad memory for that) told me that I needed to remember why I was writing in the first place. That really helped me win NaNoWriMo in 2008, so I would like to pass this tip on to you guys[2]: Do not focus on word count too much. Just do what you love to do: Write. Only check your word count during your breaks or when you feel like you’re done for the day. That way the words will flow more easily and your word count will go up in no time.
On a different note: Today and yesterday I have been working on a new design for the website, so expect that to be up this next weekend!
1. And with ‘we’ I mean all NaNoWriMo participants.↑
2. And again, I’m talking about writers.↑
Today it’s day three of NaNoWriMo, and I’m beginning to wonder why I decided to write 50,000 words in one month. But hey, it should not be too difficult, as long as I don’t allow myself to get distracted—which is a major problem, with my short attention span.
I have just compiled a new playlist and since a lot of people seem to be doing it, I’ll be sharing my playlist here.
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