PenxSword & Dragon's Blood Ink: All Night Write-In

Sunday, November 21, 2010

All Night Write-In

All Wrimos know about the Night of Writing Dangerously, but many of us can't afford the money to get all the way to the Night of Writing Dangerously. So the Cleveland WriMo group started their All Night Write. Unfortunately, I couldn't make it. But here I am, in my room, staying up all night and writing to be with my fellow Wrimos in spirit.

It's 2:30 AM here and I'm almost at 70k. I have to hit 70k before I can go to bed. That's the deal I made with myself. Also, my room mate keeps mocking me because I write my daily word count goal on my hand and she says it looks like a serial number. I end up chasing after her, yelling "EXTERMINATE" like a Dalek.

I've given up on coffee trying to keep me awake. I switched to grape kool-aid~ Cold, sweet, and full of purple goodness~ <3

But now I'm just procrastinating. I have to return to my writing. And kool-aid.

Keep writing Wrimos! And go Cleveland WriMo group!

- Siddy

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