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October 31st, 2004

Time: 08:18 pm

I've decided, for the sake of several things, that this journal be "friends only" for the duration of Nanowrimo. If you really want to read what's going on inside my mind, leave a comment and I'll friend you.

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Time: 05:47 pm Current Mood: bouncy

I am filled with nervous anticipation. I'm ready to go. I cannot wait. What will this year's Nanowrimo bring?

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October 29th, 2004

Current Music: tori amos- horses Time: 04:20 pm Current Mood: ready to wrimo!

Tonight, I'm off to the DC Nanowrimo Kickoff Party. Any other DC Wrimos out there? COME!

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October 20th, 2004

Time: 09:15 pm Current Mood: author-like

I think that it will be autobiographical. I've discovered that my life is simply too odd not to write about. I'm planning on spending at least one Saturday riding the Metro for a few hours with my laptop, just writing.

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October 2nd, 2004

Current Music: The Best of Cat Stevens Time: 12:42 am Current Mood: excited

I've registered at http://www.nanowrimo.org, as user dasherly_quinn. Let the madness begin!

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November 30th, 2003

Time: 02:26 pm

I'M DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let the editing begin.

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November 13th, 2003

Subject: Good Translation Site: Time: 09:02 pm

http://www.humanitas-international.org/newstran/more-trans.htm

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October 31st, 2003

Current Music: Explosions in the Sky- How Strange, Innocence Time: 11:57 pm Current Mood: excited

Three minutes and counting...

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Time: 04:12 pm Current Mood: excited

Eight hours. I am so stoked.

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October 3rd, 2003

Current Music: Radiohead- OK Computer Time: 04:14 pm Current Mood: hungry

I posted an inquiry (here) about life in Ireland on the NaNoWriMo forums. Very helpful, indeed. Sunday lunch time would probably be a fry-up (especially if they've been in the pub the night before), which would be sausages; fried eggs; black (blood) pudding; white pudding; bacon; lashings of tea (another expression to use); toast; soda bread; potato bread; tomatoes; optional extras are baked beans, mushrooms, some form of fried potatoes etc etc; Mmmm.

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Current Music: Mad World- Donnie Darko Soundtrack Time: 04:03 pm Current Mood: mellow

He's a maverick vegetarian gangster gone bad. She's a virginal punk barmaid who believes she is the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian queen. They fight crime! He's a gun-slinging soccer-playing matador haunted by memories of 'Nam. She's an artistic tempestuous widow who dreams of becoming Elvis. They fight crime! He's a sword-wielding white trash librarian in a wheelchair. She's a strong-willed foul-mouthed barmaid operating on the wrong side of the law. They fight crime! Doesn't it just give you the shivers?

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October 2nd, 2003

Time: 08:17 pm Current Mood: indescribable

I don't know if I want my novel to be serious anymore. It will remain in Ireland among an abundance of Irish myths, obscure literary references, and taverns aptly named The Harlot's Alehouse; but I don't know if I can handle as depressing of a subject as I was planning. We shall see how it evolves.

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Subject: Generators, etc.- Tools for the Serious Wrimo-er ;) Time: 07:28 pm Current Mood: crazy

Enjoy. Fantasy Name Generator (http://www.rinkworks.com/namegen/) Generators: Naming and Related- name taverns, ships, trees, geeks...anything! (http://www.seventhsanctum.com/gens/index-name.html) The Random Name Generator (http://www.kleimo.com/random/name.cfm) The Utah Baby Namer- and no, I am not kidding (http://www.wesclark.com/ubn/top.html) Chinese names (Mandarin) (http://www.mandarintools.com/chinesename.html) They Fight Crime!- He's a notorious devious vampire hunter from a doomed world. She's a time-travelling junkie journalist operating on the wrong side of the law. They fight crime! (http://www.rain-street.org/fightcrime.htm) Random Town Name Generator (http://www.geocities.com/terrorsmartyr/boe/citynames.html) Quick Story Idea Generator (http://www.seventhsanctum.com/gens/quickstory.php) Random Bar Name Generator (http://bull.dumpshock.com/sr/bar.html) The Names Site- name anything and everything (http://anzwers.org/free/jhpn/) Do-It-Yourself Fairy Tale Kit (http://www.macrowerx.com/~jfusion/ftg/) Name Generator Links (http://www.crosswinds.net/~daire/namegens.html) Fantasy Name Generator (http://squid.org/tools/names/index.html) Chris Pound's language machines (http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~pound/) Lost in Translation- check this out! (http://www.tashian.com/multibabel/) Random Name Generator (http://spitfire.ausys.se/johan/names/default.htm) Last Name Generator (http://www.jitterstudio.com/willow/stuff/namegenerator.htm) Random Name Generator (http://www.xtra-rant.com/gennames/) Instant Muse Story Starter (http://www.webcom.com/wordings/artofwrite/storystarter.html) Random Story Ideas (http://www.feath.com/idea) (thank you, feath)

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October 1st, 2003

Current Music: Godspeed You! Black Emperor- Lift Yr. Skinny Fists... Time: 10:19 pm Current Mood: crazy

I've signed up, and started utilizing the NaNoWriMo forums. Funfunfun. My name is "dasherly quinn."

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September 29th, 2003

Current Music: Godspeed You! Black Emperor- blaise bailey finnegan III Time: 02:34 pm Current Mood: creative

Misc. thoughts: - Maura- Dasherly's sister (only stated in the end?) - Mother dies of...what? Think of illness. - Maura loves to paint; uses her hands in a very Joon-like fashion - Where has Dasherly gone (she's alive, but where is she)? Why does Maura live alone? Does Maura know that Dasherly is alive/exists? - Flat- full of clutter; books, pens, paper, cereal boxes ( images for inspiration ) Meh. I can't think of anything else right now.

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September 27th, 2003

Current Music: explosions in the sky- how strange, innocence Time: 11:37 pm Current Mood: creative

I've decided that my character is going to be Irish, born in Dublin, living...I don't know where. I think in a major city (Belfast, perhaps?), in a small flat. Her mother was real big on folklore, legends, myths, etc.; all of Irish/Gaelic/Celtic/Welsh descent. ( Myths, Legends, Folklore, etc. )

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Current Music: Godspeed You! Black Emperor- slow riot for new zero kanada Time: 04:44 pm Current Mood: accomplished

I've just created a new Nanowrimo community: nanowrimopa. It's for Nanowrimo-ers who live in Pennsylvania. :)

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Current Music: explosions in the sky- how strange, innocence Subject: Ongoing... Time: 03:40 pm Current Mood: awake

From nano_breezeek: ( Fiction Writer's Character Chart- Maura )

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September 25th, 2003

Time: 11:21 pm Current Mood: jubilant

The first entry. Nanowrimo will be underway in a little more than a month, and I am ready. It is here that I will post chapters, rants, monologues, dialogues, streams of consciousness, rambling, dreams, and many other things which will eventually come together to form, of all things, a novel. It will be laughably awful- but lengthy- prose.

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The Great Frantic Novel View: Recent Entries. View: Archive. View: Friends. View: User Info. View: Website (Nanowrimo 2005). View: NaNoEdMo. Fiction Writer's Character Chart. NaNoWriMoPA. Irish Literature, Mythology, Folklore, and Drama. Gaelic Expletive Engine. You're looking at the latest 19 entries.