Monday, December 15, 2014

Official NaNoWriMo Winner!

Somehow, December started, and I never blogged about my NaNoWriMo win. NaNoWHAT, you ask? Find out more in this post or on the official website.

In short, the goal is to write a 50,000 word novel in one month - all in November.

I finished my novel in the afternoon on November 30th. It was anticlimactic because I KNEW I was going to achieve my goal - and also because my novel wasn't finished yet. I made it to 51,234 words that day, but my characters and plot were still moving right along - it's not finished yet, but I'm hoping to have about 60,000-65,000 words when all is said and done. I need to edit next, which is NOT my favorite part... but at least I can wait until the craziness of the holidays are over with for that!

My novel is a YA (young adult) novel about a school shooting. It was difficult to write because of the topic, but the idea just wouldn't leave my mind.

I'm considering self publishing this novel through Amazon - it would be an ebook. I haven't decided yet, but that is my ultimate goal... just in case any of you were curious!

  • Have you ever self published a piece of writing?

8 comments:

  1. Wow that is quite an accomplishment in one month!! Way to go! And so cool that you are thinking about self publishing as an ebook! Keep us posted!

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  2. Great job Janelle! Good luck with editing!

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  3. Great job! I've heard about this from a few different people. It's a cool thing!

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  4. Yay awesome!

    And yes, I've self published a book on Amazon called The Swimmer's Assistant. It was very easy!

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  5. Awesome! If you self-publish, let me know. I'd love to buy it!

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  6. Congratulations! I'd love to read it if you self-publish!

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  7. Congrats! So awesome! And you should just go for it and publish!

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