Finish that Book

Hey Ya'll,

So this isn't as much of a post as a plea for help, I'm ten thousand words behind on my NaNo book!! Aaaaa! Anyone have any tips to actually, you know, finish it?

-Libby

"Give thanks in all circumstances..." 1 Thessalonians 5:18

NaNo Update

Hey Ya'll,

So I have no idea if anyone out in cyberspace is actually reading this, but I'm going to pretend you are.

Are any of ya'll doing NaNo? Is it working for you? Are you at word count? I know I'm not, I was busy this week and time got away from me. With my word count goal I should be at 20,000 words today. Anyone want to take a guess on what it actually is?

9,000

Not too impressive, I'll get there though, so will you. Stick with it writer, you're the only one who can write your story quite like you.


-Libby

"Rejoice, I say it again rejoice!" Philippians 4:4

Annoying Allergies

Hey guys,


Allergy post today.

So did ya'll know that the volunteers at the polls for the election can eat whatever whenever? Yeah, me neither, until yesterday.

How's a girl with airborne nut allergies supposed to vote when there are nuts all over the voting facility? I know you can do an absentee ballot, but where's my 'I voted' sticker?

Not fair.


Any of you guys run into allergy problems like that? Or am I the only one?

-Libby

"Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority comes from God, and those in positions of authority have been placed there by God." Romans 13:1

How to Survive NaNoWriMo

Hey ya'll!

As I'm writing this, I am totally procrastinating writing for NaNo, and even though I talked about it a little on Wednesday I wanted to talk about NaNoWriMo a little further. Primarily, the advice I've been given to survive it.


So here it is! Five tips I've learned on what to do during NaNoWriMo.

1. Set a schedule. I write every morning as soon as I get up. (Unless something weird pops up. Hence the procrastinating...) I've been told that this is the best way to win NaNo, stay consistent. 
2. If schedules aren't your thing make sure you still have time to write. Translation: Don't sign up for every single club your school has to offer in November. NaNo is very time intensive, especially when your like me and stalk the social part of it all day instead of writing. ;) Don't spread yourself too thin, you still need to be able to eat and sleep this November. 
3. Don't forget to eat and sleep. This sounds easy enough, but my fellow writers know, there are times that everything but your story gets neglected. Trust me, NaNo makes it ten times worse, so don't forget to eat, you're of no use to your story if you die from starvation. 
4. Don't listen to your editor voice. This is harder than it sounds. It's only three days in and I've already wanted to rewrite the entire thing... twice. It's hard when you're just getting the words down and not allowing yourself to "fix" it, but that's one of the joys of NaNo, everybody's story is a hideous first draft! You aren't the only one. 
5. Stick. With. It. You will want to quit, you will want to waste the entire day pretending you're being productive, you will want to delete the whole thing. Don't. Because at the end of the day you're doing this to write a novel, and quitting ain't gonna make a novel. You can do it. 

Hope this helps you in your NaNo journey! Now back to writing my book...

Libby 

"...And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us" Hebrews 12:1

Halloween with Allergies

Hey ya'll,

In news completely unrelated to this post I decided to do something completely crazy this month. I'm doing NaNoWriMo.

For those of you who don't know what that is, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. Where us brave (or insane) few try to write a novel in 30 days.

Yep, I'm officially crazy.

Have I written a novel? Yes, but it took me over a year. Now I'm supposed to write a novel in a month?

Alright enough ranting...

Today, I actually wanted to talk about Halloween with food allergies.

So I may be one of the very few, but my nut allergies are airborne, meaning I can't be around them, so Halloween isn't my favorite holiday in the world. Can anyone relate?

Yet, my siblings still want to put on costumes and go trick or treating, so I, as the dutiful big sister, go with them, and in the years of nut allergies I've learned some tips for allergies and trick or treating.

1. Don't go alone. I mean this is a given anyway, but what I mean is don't go with just your family who may or may not have allergies too. Go with a friend or relative who can go through your candy so you don't stick your hand right into a half open peanut butter cup.
2. Say more than trick or treat. If you know your neighbors like I do this won't be a problem, seeing as the whole street has classified us as 'that allergy family'. (anyone else with that title?) But if you're trick or treating where no one knows you it's better to say 'I can't have that' to the offending candy than have it in your bag and risk contaminating everything. 
3. Go last. If you're going in a group be the last person to get candy, that way you can see what they're giving out. If it's something you can't have just blend in with the crowd and walk off.

That's all I have. Anyone else have any surviving Halloween with allergies tips?

"Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done." Philippians 4:6 

-Libby