Camp NaNoWriMo Results

I did two projects within thirty days.

The first one I was about my emotional health…my inner shadow work, my PTSD moments, and some anxiety. I got over forty thousand words.

The second was a story was for NaNoWriMo anthology. I wrote over ten thousand words with notes, the actual story and several edits.

I only gave myself a word count goal of thirty thousand, but I made fifty. However when it comes to journalling and therapy …I never seem to know where to stop.

I’m impressed I got my goal, but now I feel stuck again. Sighs.

2024

After the 24th of this month, I’ll be down for a while as I’m getting carpel tunnel surgery.

I am frustrated as I was 11,411 words short of my 600,000 word goal for 2023.

https://rebekahquinne.wordpress.com/2023/01/

I did manage to write something everyday thanks to my boyfriend and writing partner. I love you and thank you my sweetie!

I didn’t finish the projects, but I am currently finish a book that I decided to make more therapy than one project to publish. (I plan to read the projects while I’m down and healing. It may be hard to turn a jar or lift more than a cup of coffee, but maybe I can at least turn a page or scroll down the screen.)

My hopes for 2024 (I’m not giving myself goals)

Read at least 10 books (they are not mine) and review then.
Read a new story each month and review it
Eventually write between 400,000 to 500,000 words
Research differences between self and professional publishing
Heal my wrist
Reread my novels
Cut back on notebooks.

Milestone

It’s been a rough year for my writing. I’ve been fighting several health issues: carpal tunnel, migraines, nausea, depression and anxiety. I’ve been healing from my hysterectomy as well.

Most of my writings had been my therapy as the three therapists this year didn’t do much. The third one at least tried.

On November 27th of this year (2023,) I hit the million word mark.

However the milestone kind of feels mute, empty and a pointless victory, as I do have books written but only one book is technically published. (I pushed it too fast because create space gave me a deadline. It really needs a major edit.)

80% of my writing this year was either lists, spiritual, and therapeutic.

If it wasn’t for my amazing and creative boyfriend, then I wouldn’t have written much creative writing at all.

There have been days where I didn’t write, because of the pain in my hands or throbbing in my head. My headaches were so bad and got worst in the fall. They made my left eye get white dots and what I call sludgy eye fig. It made it hard to read, write or just watch TV. My doctors (talked to more than one) say it’s hormonal or seasonal and caused by dust and dry air.

I’m getting carpal tunnel surgery in January, but I’m not sure about the headaches.

Meanwhile I feel like I’m in a mental prison because I cannot get my ideas out.

But I did get my millionth word. The millionth word was ghosts. It’s irony as I am supernatural and horror writer.

My dream is to publish my books and make a living a creative writer/author. I also want my own podcast and work with on my own spiritual path and the occult.

Camp NaNoWriMo July 2023

I have several hand problems. . . I have had them for years. . .

Warts on my finger that are fighting back. . . .they will not go away. (I had to go to dermatologist just to get very strong cream that has made very sensitive to the sun and has messed up my skin badly. I honestly think that I got them holding a pen that someone else with the HPV virus. . . be careful what you touch. . . It’s been a throbbing, burning, and overall painful process. . . freezing them off is the next step. . . sigh.)

I have a small ganglion cyst, but it’s so small that they cannot do anything, but it feel like it’s pinching nerves up my middle finger. My middle finger twitches by itself which is kind of creepy.

I also have tendinitis and carpal tunnel. . . I wear a brace at night, but if that doesn’t help surgery will be the next option. Sigh. I get throbbing, aching, and sometimes it’s swollen.
Typing hasn’t been too bad. Holding a pen can get tricky, and have moments of spasming and I drop things.

I gave myself 30,000 words in Camp NaNoWriMo: April, but I had gotten sick and only got between 26,000 and 28,000 which wasn’t bad when I didn’t write at least ten days in April.

This past month (June) I did a 15,000 words in seven day and I did succeed in that. Yay!!! I will admit it was two projects that I was working on, but I did get the word count in.

If you asked me twenty years ago about word count . . . I would ask you why are obsessed about that, but publishers want to make sure novellas and novels have a certain amount of words.

My personal goals for Camp NaNoWriMo this time is to get a few of projects from my written word onto the computer and to work on a few other projects for my health and future issues.

I also gave myself a word goal of 30,000 words in 30 days.

Just hope I can keep my goals in spite of my hand issues.

Awakening

I’m all over the place. . . I’ve been dealing with therapy which to be honest is keeping my feet forward, but my spirituality and my Tarot is what is moving me. The reason I am writing it here. . .

I’ve had several readings. . . with my spirit guides, Tarot, and just spiritual readings all tell me I need to do what I really love. What I truly love and where I feel truly myself is when I am writing. . . (I love and happy with my boyfriend too, but writing is my pure bliss.)

I really think that I have been feeling the 8 of Swords for a long time. . . (bound and blinded by my own twisted lying beliefs. I’ve been listening to my inner demons too long.)

I have mentioned in other blogs, I had a hysterectomy and for months I have been sulking about not being able to create another life.

However I had forgotten I am a writer, and I can make or destroy any creature or creation that I want to. This had hit me the other day as I was auto-writing with my spirit guides and muses. I need to stop listening to my imbalanced hormonal biological clock and create whatever I want. (Great thing is I don’t have to spend millions of dollars on it, change it’s messy diaper, argue with it over candy or bedtime, or worry about it when it’s out in the real world with others like it. I also don’t have to mind my cussing or adult thoughts. . . I don’t have to be quiet around it while I’m having sex with my future husband.) In fact, if I want to write adult themed material (on other sites), I can or write detailed horror, I can. I don’t have to worry about watching my adult self around anyone. . .

So yesterday, I was in a naughty. . . adult mood and wrote a story (on another site), and I got instant feedback. My adult themed writings are written under a different penname. I will not mix them.with my horror, thriller or drama writings.

So I realized that I need to stop sulking, get off my soap box, get on my computer and simply do what makes me happy. . . that is writing. . . story telling. . . being who I am . . .

I really think that I have been 8 of Swords for a long time. . . (bound and blinded by my own twisted lying beliefs.)

I have mentioned in other blogs, I had a hysterectomy and for months I have been sulking about not being able to create another life. However I had forgotten I am a writer, and I can make or destroy any creature or creation that I want to. This had hit me the other day as I was auto-writing with my spirit guides and muses. I need to stop listening to my imbalanced hormonal biological clock and create whatever I want. (Great thing is I don’t have to spend millions of dollars on it, change it messy diaper, argue with it over candy or bedtime, or worry about it when it’s out in the real world with other like it. I also don’t have to mind my cussing or adult thoughts. . . I don’t have to be quiet around it while I’m having sex with my future husband.) In fact, if I want to write adult themed material (on other sites), I can or write detailed horror, I can. I don’t have to worry about watching my adult self around anyone. . .

So yesterday, I was in a naughty. . . adult mood and wrote a story (on another site), and I got instant feedback.

So I realized that I need to stop sulking, get off my soap box, get on my computer and well do what makes me happy. . . that is writing. . . story telling. . . being who I am . . . a creative writer. . . a future published author.

I really think that I have been 8 of Swords for a long time. . . (bound and blinded by my own twisted lying beliefs.)

So yesterday, I was in a naughty. . . adult mood and wrote a story (on another site), and I got instant feedback.

So I realized that I need to stop sulking, get off my soap box, get on my computer and well do what makes me happy. . . that is writing. . . story telling. . . being who I am . . . a creative writer. . . a future published author!

Things Accomplished in 2020

Things accomplished in 2020. . .

I did write 558,174 words in 2020 (Goal was 600,000 words.)
I wrote in both Camp NaNoWriMo and NaNoWriMo https://Nanowrimo.org
Overcome writers block (Thanks to my boyfriend and writing partner)
30 days of poems https://rqshortstories.wordpress.com/
30 days of things I am Grateful for https://spiritualbeck.wordpress.com/
I become emotionally stronger
I learned that my prayers do get answered
I made sure everyone had good birthdays and holidays (I learned that Karma does work.)

Camp NaNoUpdate

I have been dealing with anxiety and depression, and it has been very hard on my body and mind. This means my writing has been suffering.

I have changed my project from Family project to short stories. . . If an idea inspires me, then I write it down. Then I just accumulate the word count of each story. I might post some on my flash fiction blog. . . http://rqshortstories.wordpress.com

I am also not pushing myself. (I had one break down and lost entire weekend to depression, reoccurring mono and sleep.)

I gave myself 30,000 words as a goal. If I make it, awesome. If I do not make it, then I can try again in November.

I hope just get some decent stories written, at this point word count is as it is.

Camp NaNoWriMo Warm Days Ahead. . .

So far I am two days ahead in my writing. I’m 14,100 out of 35,000 (that is my word count goal)

I am currently working on my thriller and it is coming out so easy that today when it got cold, so cold my joints hurt. I took a break. I watched a movie called “Passengers” with Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence. . . It was really good. It showed me that you can write your story anywhere. (You also need to make the best of the location that you’re in.)

Distraction: Worry

I have to give blood tomorrow. . . for A1C which a diabetes tests and yet I know my A1C which was 6.5 (boarderline diabeteic) but being over a year and half I can easily see it an 8. . . I don’t get salads and healthier food as often as I like. I also know that there creamers I use have sugar in them. However I enjoy my caffeine and sugar and with out them, I would not have the energy to do day to day activities. (My CPAP machine is doing nothing for me, but making me stiff. Sigh)

My phone is dying. . . My government piece of crap tract phone (which I like better than most smart nosy phones) is on its very last leg, but with the government off. . . It turns off. I can only talk through speaker phone. I have to turn it all the way up (Volume) to hear the ringer. (It’s almost 4 years old and have been dropped countless times.
The phone decided to tell me it was not working just before I called for a ride tomorrow as we have to do laundry, shopping, pick up meds, pick up dinner, and I need to take blood. Friday is always our errand and very busy day. I usually do not want write that much on Friday unless I have extra energy. (I laugh hard with that one.)

I keep getting easily distracted . . . I am two big scenes from finishing my short stories, I wanted to finish two weeks ago, but I keep getting distracted. Neighbor keep coming over (which I am very thankful for pizza), we have to do errands, weather issues, phone issues, health issues (exhausted, pain, and just feeling sad and blah.) TV show distract me, Twitter, and kindred (reading a story of very interesting version of Cinderella and I will post a review on there and here. ) I also keep trying to organize pictures as I have them in six different locations. I also keep thinking I’m lonely as the winter weather keeps making me blue and miss someone simply just to talk to., so no I am on stupid dating sites. (I also keep getting people I’m not really into 9 times out 10 as they are into more intimate stuff. I’m not.)

I NEED TO FOCUS. I hope to finish that story by this weekend at the very last and will post all parts by Sunday on my wattpad.com

https://www.wattpad.com/user/RebekahQuinne

Pure Bliss

Plugging myself in with the playlist of my favorite music, blocking out the bitter reality of this harsh world.

Turn on my M.S. Word or get out a pen and Notebook and then completely focus on my fantasy worlds within each story or novel.

Just type or write for hours, word after word, line to paragraph to page. . . creating drama and horror within the story knowing that what doesn’t kill my characters just makes them that crazier and stronger.

That is my pure bliss.

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