Tadaaaaaa!!!

I did it! With two minutes to spare, I wrote 50066 words between 00:01 on November 1st, and Midnight on November 30th, including 11,181 words written on November 30th - in a desperate push to finish. My fingers hurt from typing, but it was worth it!

Carmen also made it, writing 50,261 words in the allotted time. We egged each other on. :)

No, it's not ready to be read. It needs massive editing and whole sections will be rewritten, but the important thing is that I have 50,066 words of the first draft of a novel. And perhaps starting in January, I will revisit it and see what I can do to improve it.

There is now this nifty badge at the left side of the main page (scroll down if you can't see it) that shows me to be a NaNoWriMo winner. My prize? The appreciative oohs and ahhs of you, my two readers. I hope to add another winner badge next year, and the year after, and the year after, and the...

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