Nanowrimo Podcast 2007: Recent Episodes
Darusha Wehm
And that's all she (or he) wrote! Congratulations to all the winners - here have a prize. A hot steaming mp3.
- Bryan and lordbud had feedback
- you can get a surprisingly large amount of words done near the end
- NaNoEdMo
- NaNoPubYe
- theme music is Dragon Dance by Shiva in Exile @ Magnatune.com
- email darusha + nanowrimo @ gmail.com
It's getting close to the end, and we're getting a little wacky around here. Good thing there are mp3s.
* the usual suspects have feedback
* keep it simple and go with the fun stuff if you're stuck
* theme music is Dragon Dance by Shiva in Exile @ Magnatune.com
* email darusha + nanowrimo @ gmail.com
It's getting close to the end. And yes, that can have an ominous tone. Thankfully, there's an mp3.
- Excerpt - Sleep Inertia in the Land of Milk and Honey by Roni
- feedback
- bryan & jotacon were the ones who asked for more stuff about our stories
- Steven Ray Orr likes to hear me say his name
- bobbyjohn liked the on the water show and wanted inspiration for when you’re behind
- tips & tricks
- chart of SF nano writers - sign up on the forum
- the nano progress report: http://www.nanowrimo.org/NanowrimoUtils/ProgressReport/[your_userid].html
- my nano progress report
- plot bunny
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there is no plot bunny
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in the immortal words of the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: DON'T PANIC
- theme music is Dragon Dance by Shiva in Exile @ Magnatune.com
- email darusha + nanowrimo @ gmail.com
Almost live from the middle of Juan de Fuca Strait, an mp3!
Due to popular demand, we talk about the plots and not so plotty parts of our novels.
* theme music is Dragon Dance by Shiva in Exile @ Magnatune.com
* email darusha + nanowrimo @ gmail.com
In which we determine that German is a bad language in which to write a nano novel. Especially if you don't speak German.
- Excerpt - Nameless by Kreg
- feedback
- Steven Ray Orr
- don't forget the call me button on the site - click it, enter your phone #, it calls you and connects you to our message service, it works & it's FREE
- tips & tricks
- Kreg of the excerpt suggests using imdb for names, just mix & match
- plot bunny
- a character has a near death experience & comes back changed
- theme music is Dragon Dance by Shiva in Exile @ Magnatune.com
- email darusha + nanowrimo @ gmail.com
Speaking of total garbage, an mp3!
* Steven's experience
* Darusha's experience
* Get to those local meetups!
* Feedback
+ Jennifer
+ bobbyjohn
+ Nan
+ Nidonocu
+ Lady Jane Grey
+ Martin
+ jotacon
* Plot bunnies
+ have one of your characters impersonate another
+ when in doubt, bring in a man with a gun (Raymond Chandler)
* The theme music is Dragon Dance by Shiva in Exile @ Magnatune.com
Woo hoo! November first. With an mp3.
- it wasn't the most auspicious start
- Darusha's at about 2000 wds
- Steven has about 800 1166
- Darusha shares tips about not editing
- Steven wonders if it's possible to actually not care about quality
Check out magnatune.com for great tunes, including the theme music Dragon Dance by Shiva in Exile.
Keep the feedback coming!
Aaand... we're back! With more nanoey goodness, and mp3s to boot. * what’s new with me + check out my podcast novel Beautiful Red + welcome my new co-host, Steven * new nanoer + questions & advice * what do people want to see in the ‘cast? + email me + leave a comment
- theme music is Dragon Dance by Shiva in Exile @ Magnatune.com
- email darusha + nanowrimo at gmail.com
Back to reality - this totally sucks! Oh well, at least there are mp3s.
* housekeeping
+ the theme music is life in a tube by Bjorn Fogelberg which I found on the excellent Magnatune.com
+ keep on commenting and emailing if you want, but stop calling
* main course
+ the other Sarah cascade-fire is a winner!
+ Michael is a winner!
+ Steph is a winner!
+ lulu.com has a free book offer for nanowrimo winners
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reading
- Sarah (cascade-fire)
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s-s-s-something from the forums
- the ‘I won and am really depressed now’ thread
It's been a great month! See y'all next year.
Less than 48 hours left. So, why are you listening to me?* feedback
+ Sarah has questions:
1. What’s your day job? - I'm a civil servant for the Government of Canada
2. What novel writing program do you use? I always wondered if those programs were worth purchasing. - I use CopyWrite, it's awesome and totally worth buying (Mac only)
3. As a nano veteran, is it normal for nano participants to sink into gut-wrenching depression when it’s all over? I swear I think I’m a freak. I’ve been on this amazing creative high for a month now, and I reached the 50k mark, and then plummeted into the pit of despair. is this normal, or am I in desperate need of lithium? - Yes, it's normal
+ Michael says, “Do you ever write scenes where your characters are standing around waiting for you to tell them what to do? That’s depressing. Then later something clicks, and your characters are doing things you didn’t intend them to do, living a life of their own. That’s fun.”
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main course
- Eugenia is a winner!
- Sarah is a winner!
- displaced beatnick is a winner!
- to everyone else who is a winner – congrats!!
- to everyone else who’s madly writing – go go go!!
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reading
- Sarah's excerpt
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s-s-s-something from the forums
- reaching 50K
Neener neener neener, I am a wiener. In mp3 format.
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feedback
- Michael has been sending me lots of encouraging nanomail, and I fear he knows me better than I know myself
- Nan sent a whole lot more distractions:
- Bad Language
- The Word Project
- The Alternative Dictionaries
- Web Economy Bullshit Generator
- Writer Beware
- The Apostrophe Protection Society
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main course
- I got the green, then the purple bar
- I made a snowman as a celebration
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reading
- stompy's excerpt
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promo – Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword
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s-s-s-something from the forums
- dirty tricks for increasing wordcount
Wherein the host waxes poetic about all the lovely encouragement she’s gotten from the listeners and Oscar-Mike-Golf! Another McManlyPants novel is done! Listen to the fangirl babble.
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feedback
- Michael sent me a very encouraging nanomail
- Nan is sent me another great email about her excitement about being so close to done, worrying about typos and nice stuff about the podcast and its wonderful listeners
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main course
- woo hoo! to all the listeners
- many of us are very close to finishing
- if you aren’t close to 50K, don’t forget that this is one of those weird things where starting is almost as good as finishing
- we’re novelists – how cool is that?
- my neighbour & friend Kris got the green bar
- so did Robust McManlyPants, about whom I talk for too long
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reading
- Eugenia's excerpt
-
s-s-s-something from the forums
- let’s encourage each other
So stinkin’ liberating! Get yer free mp3s here (listen carefully to hear the sweet sounds of a hard drive spinning - spin baby, spin!).
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feedback
- Michael wants to publish and mentions lulu.com
- donnieg liked hearing his words read, and is kicking ass & taking names
- Nan has reached that magic point where the characters are doing their own things
- nano-newbie Sarah (not the other Sarah) sent me a really nice email – yay! I’m happy to help!
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main course
- omg! donnieg has a green bar!
- Sforzie is over 100K
- traveling for me = crap for wordcount
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reading
- Robust McManlyPants’ excerpt
- shinan’s excerpt
-
s-s-s-something from the forums
- where do you stand in your region?
So, I do this thing every nano. I paint my nails for Halloween, then I take a picture of my hands on Nov 1. I take another picture Nov 30, showing the destroyed nail job. Well, this year I can't wait for the 30th. I need to cut my nails, and the polish job is worse than usual. Here's the evidence for posterity.
Nov 1:
Nov 19:
It’s all downhill from here. Sliding down the mp3s.
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feedback
- Eugenie’s a publish person
- so is Steph
- Nan left more distractions
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main course
- back up your novel, every day!
- what are your writing rewards?
- I’m traveling next week; I'll try to podcast but no promises
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reading
- donnieg’s excerpt
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promo – Confessions of a Struggling Writer
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s-s-s-something from the forums
- NaDruWriNi
Bet yer plot bunnies & ninjas (ninja bunnies?) here! And mp3s, too.
* feedback
+ Michael writes about having similar problems as me, but got over it
+ Nan has another distraction
+ Lesley has a question - who wants to publish and who does NaNo as only a personal exercise
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main course
- answering Lesley’s question, I only tend to write during nano, but yes, I have delusions of publishing
- Michael got over his blockage by spending a few minutes brainstorming – I did this early on & it helped a lot
- I also got out to the local meeting this weekend, I met Steph, talked about chickens, weasels and pants
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reading
- Steph’s excerpt
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promo – Morevi
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s-s-s-something from the forums
- get acquainted with your regional forums
I’m in ur plotz, feeding ur bunnyz. Listen to the madness here.
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feedback
- Sforzie & Josh (aka Alcar) commented on my readings
- if you think I'll screw it up and you don't want me to, send me pronunciation keys
- if you sent me email about your reading, wait for it - it's coming
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main course
- Nan's links – a title generator, a one word writing prompt and a cool collection of language related games
- I’m in ur X, Y-ing ur Z-z
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reading
- Michael’s excerpt
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promo – NanoMonkeys all about plot bunnies
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s-s-s-something from the forums
- games: in my pants
One third of the way in. Listen in as we fill the void.
* feedback
+ 2 votes for call-in show (sort of) - tell me what you want to do
+ a bunch of people have sent in excerpts or permission to read the excerpts in their profiles – keep it coming!
+ Sarah is stuck in the week 2 doldrums
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main course
- 60second pep talk
- I hit 20K!
- check out the Second Life group Nanowrimo Nuts - the next meetup is Sat, Nov 11 at 10am PST/SLT
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readings
- congratulations Sforzie and Josh on hitting 50K!
- (you both make me sick)
-
s-s-s-something from the forums
- creative cussing
Day One, Week Two. Still no plot. But there is an mp3!
* feedback
+ I got an email from Nan while I was posting the last show
+ look at Sforzie's wordcount
+ email from Michael – it only takes a day to get behind, and a great tip for names: use descriptive placeholder names, like Toughguy or Bighair
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main course
- I'm using a modified (10+2)*5 hack (mine's 12+5 X a lot)
- I'm using an app called flextime as a timer for the above anti-distraction plan
- you can disable the flash profiles on the nanowrimo site in your own edit profile
- do people want to do a call in show? We'd use talkshoe (check it out and let me know)
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reading
- Nan’s email
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promo – Dutch NaNo podcast
-
s-s-s-something from the forums
- character questions
Slow going. Listen here.
* feedback
+ Sarah & Steph left comments
+ I got email from Robust McManlyPants, my nano stalkee
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main course
- my wordcount is okay, but the story is slow going
- I have trouble with names
- I've been missing out on the local meetups – this is stupid and I need to stop being stupid
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reading
- no reading this week
- send me your stuff! (or just let me know if I can read your excerpt)
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promo - The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy
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s-s-s-something from the forums
- random thing generators
- random name generator
And, we're off! Listen.
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Feedback
- You've all been super awesome – but I'm supposed to be the encouraging one!
- Nan writes about using 100 words a day (more on wikipedia)
- I got encouraging email from Michael and returning listener Baron
- Leslie sent me a voice mail with the most awesome image in it – listen
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What's up today
- the nanowrimo site is slow as molasses
- you can now subscribe only to the forums you actually read
- don’t forget to upload chunks of your novel in progress so we can all read
- I’d like to do readings, so send me an audio file of your reading, send me text for me to read or just let me know if you want me to read your excerpt
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Reading
- my excerpt
- Promo Evil Genius Chronicles
- s-s-s-something from the forums – wordcount badges
- simple one
- graph
- another graph
- the one on my site
- official nanowrimo wordcount widgets
Episode 2 of year 2 - the terrible twos! Here's the mp3.
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Feedback
- Sarah left a comment about I Should Be Writing, and mentions Holly Lisle’s podcast
- there's an audio message from tomoyan
- Michael writes that he’s going to cheat & finish something, and he likes my “podcast voice”
- Steph left an audio comment, and we’re probably going to meet in Real Life
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Main Course
- there's a really useful exercise on forums - the one word plot summary
- I’m not stoked this year
- maybe if I heard from all y’all, might help (hint hint)
- nanowrimo flickr group
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s-s-s-something from the forums
- Ladies and gentlemen of nanowrimo
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Promo - Escape Pod
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Don't forget to change your clocks back one hour on Saturday night
Episode one of year two - in glorious mp3-o-vision.
* The Basics
+ the theme music is life in a tube by Bjorn Fogelberg which I found on the excellent Magnatune.com
+ check out the chat box, where you can leave short voice messages
+ or call me @ 206-222-2349
+ or email me at darusha plus nanowrimo at gmail.com
+ or leave a comment
+ talk to me!!!
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The Plan
- no daily show this year
- more interviews and readings
- I'd love to get other people doing readings, so call me, email me mp3s, or send me your text & I’ll read it
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Nano Plans
- umm... not much
- I might try a modified version of the snowflake method
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s-s-s-something from the forums (inspired by the show with ze frank)
- google docs
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the thread about google docs/writely
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Promo - I Should Be Writing
Greetings for another year, writers and would-be novelists. I have decided to once again delve into the insanity that is NaNoWriMo, and I'm going to do the podcast again, too. I had already figured that I would, but today I got an email from someone who had just discovered last year's 'cast and was begging (okay, maybe just asking) me to do it again this year. So, I guess I have no choice. It probably won't be a daily show this year; I just don't think I'll have enough time. But, we shall see.
Check back in October for some warm-up thoughts, or better yet, subscribe to the podcast feed using your podcast aggregator of choice. If you're new to podcasting, you can learn all about it here. If you use one of the common podcast services, there are one-click buttons in the sidebar to help you subscribe.
Have a listen to a promo (Yeah, it's just a revamped version of last year's - too bad).