I will focus much better on site anyway.
But it was fun, in my little kid heart, to cruise through a foreign city at night, red lights reflecting on streets wet from a recent rain, bright colorful signs in Chinese characters all around. Fourteen hours in flight or no, I still get off on the movie-ish-ness of it all.
I am right here exactly. Seriously. I tried to put the arrow right on my room. I am that kind of, erm, person.
So 10pm here means 6am back home. Last trip I was nine hours to the right. Now I'm eight hours to the left. That means to know the time here, take Pacific time and subtract eight hours, then add a day. Fascinating, yes. Could they ever pay me enough for all this knowledge? [10,789]
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I saw your word count this morning on the Nano site and did a cheer for you (right out loud, you can ask my husband). Your Nano posts this year remind me of the Princess Bride: "Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning."
In my road warrior days I had a very hard time getting work done on a plane. Still, always best to at least pretend to do something. Otherwise the guy next to you does that thing where he tucks his wedding ring finger under his book and starts gabbing. Don't pretend it hasn't happened to you, too.
I find the image of someone hurling down a Taiwanese freeway in the dead of glowing night tapping out a NaNo novel... well positively thrilling. Move over Tom Cruise.
Double digits! Woo-h00t!
You're doing GREAT!! I'm planning to get a bunch more in tonight. Hope to be at 12,500 by bedtime.
It sounds more like a suspenseful spy novel or William Gibsonish. there's something about Taiwan.
there's nothing like being away from home to spur the words....i'm up to about 45k at this point, plan to finish tonight (and then keep going).
given how fast i'm writing, i'm thinking that 100k is doable this year.
i look forward to hearing what your book is all about!
given how fast i'm writing, i'm thinking that 100k is doable this year.
If you're hitting 50k tonight, I'd say 200k is doable this year... start the sequel! :)
Way to go!
wow! you are jet-setting around!
my mother's family live in Taipei, but I haven't been there since I was very little. seen pictures. dense place.
when I'm in places where I don't speak the language, I stop thinking in words, and just focus on the images. red lights reflecting. you put me right there with you.
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