Well, at 30,600 or so words, I may not even make my 37K personal goal by the deadline tomorrow evening, unless I can churn out about 6,400 more tomorrow. It could happen. I think I will also give myself an extra week and see if I can't actually produce 50,000 in a month's time--who says I have to follow the specified start and end time? I won't get the nifty graphic, but I'll still have completed a huge amount.
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The term "aqua fortis" was the alchemical nomenclature for nitric acid, a necessary component in etching onto zinc plates for intaglio printmaking. I now use copper plates and ferric chloride almost exclusively, as they are much less toxic, but I still like the sound of "aqua fortis."
aqua fortis
I write. I create. I put some of that here. Read at your own risk. If there were an ampersand code for a little skull-and-crossbones, I'd totally be using it right now.
The term "aqua fortis" was the alchemical nomenclature for nitric acid, a necessary component in etching onto zinc plates for intaglio printmaking. I now use copper plates and ferric chloride almost exclusively, as they are much less toxic, but I still like the sound of "aqua fortis."
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Taken from the Children's Writing list on Yahoo Groups:
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 22:45:49 -0000
From: "Greg Fishbone" greg@gfishbone.com
Subject: InChiBoFo
The problems I had with NaNoWriMo were the 50,000-word requirement, since the MG books I write are far less than that, and the month-long duration, since I don't want my family to totally forget who I am between now and December 1st.
There a shorter challenge this year called WriAShoStoWe, Write a Short Story Week, the goal of which is to write a 5,000-word story in five days between October 31 and November 4, which seems doable. And then there's NaDruWriNi, National Drunk Writing Night, which takes place on November 5th. Apparently you are allowed to use spell-check and to edit as you write, but you can't change any of it once you sober up. And I'm told it's best to keep a bucket handy.
But none are focused on children's books so I'd like to propose International Children's Book Fortnight: InChiBoFo. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a picture book, chapter book, middle grade or YA novel in the two week period between November 7 and November 20. This will give you November 6th to recover from NaDruWriNi hangovers. Registration is not necessary, but I've put together a few simple rules at my site.
Also, there is a participant graphic you can steal. Good luck!
--Greg R. Fishbone
Next year, my dear. Next year...
Or, why not make up our own date!? Maybe for, like, February, when nothing on earth is happening!!!
This is awesome! We HAVE to do this next year. Except, I think it would still take me longer than a fortnight, judging from my current progress and my general long-windedness.
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