Let me begin this by saying that it is never a good idea to start removing bloatware from a new laptop on which one has stored the first, say, 4,000 or so pages of one’s novel. And, just in case one does something stupid like that, it’s never a good idea to pick up that new laptop and throw it against a wall in anger.
I did one of those things. I’ll let you figure out which.
Yesterday around 3 p.m. I found myself way behind on my daily word count… WAY behind… like 4,000 or so pages words short. By midnight last night, I’d managed to recoup about half of my losses, though, and by waking up extra early this morning I managed to make up a bit more.
Now my progress (and mood) look a bit more like this. (For those of you who like keeping track of such things, I’ve included that link in my sidebar under the NaNoWriMo image.)
UPDATE: This cartoon made me spit coffee.
Saturday, November 4th, 2006, 4:29 pm | 
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November 4, 2006 at 10:55 pm
Kate, are you trying to write an encyclopedia? You’re 4,000 pages short?
November 5, 2006 at 10:10 am
Heh. I meant words. My brain’s a bit wrung out from this thing.
November 5, 2006 at 1:29 pm
When I saw 4,000 pages I thought for sure I was toast, since I’m a little over 6,000 words behind. Go Kate Go!
November 5, 2006 at 2:07 pm
Heh. Sorry about that, Dave. I didn’t mean to spook you, although it does feel like 4,000 pages after all the coffee I’ve been drinking and the hair that I’ve pulled out.
Just made it to 6555 this morning. The strange thing is that I started with one story in mind but my female main character has informed me that it wasn’t the story SHE wants to tell. Once I stopped fighting her, the words have been falling out of my fingertips.
I rather like that… I may have to buy her a drink.