NaNoWriters 2005 Participants
Well, it's done now. NaNoWriMo officially ended five days ago, but your notes have been slowly trickling in over the past few days. Many of you didn't make it to 50,000 words and many of you did. To those who made it - congratulations! You've proven yourself a speedy and determined writer. To those who didn't quite get to 50k - you had the courage to give it a go and that's the important thing. Some of us just can't write quickly and under pressure, and that all just comes down to what kind of writer you are. So long as you produced something this month, those 30 hectic days were worth something. So well done everyone! Thank you all for being a part of ~NaNoWriters and we hope to see you next November!

On the 30th of November, we asked writers these questions:

1. What was your final word count?
2. What has been your favorite quote from your novel thus far?
3. How would you sum up your NaNoWriMo experience?
4. Is your novel posted (in part or in its entirety) anywhere on the Internet? If so, where (links, please!)?

Here's what they had to say:

~alberwin
NaNoWriMo.org username: Warbric
Working title: City of Blood
[No response.]

~AlicornMoonstar
NaNoWriMo.org username: BubblegumUnicorn
Working title: Ivory
[No response.]

=Alternate-Faith
NaNoWriMo.org username: Alternate-Faith
Working title: Blind Faith
[No response.]

~artangst
NaNoWriMo.org username: artangst
Working title: Necroni
[No response.]

*bananaprincess
NaNoWriMo.org username: Jakala
Working title: [untitled]
What was your final word count?: "50602"
What has been your favorite quote from your novel thus far?: "I don't know if I have one favorite quotation, since it's so unedited, but this is from my favorite part of the novel, the main character's dream sequence involving Impressionist paintings: 'They walked over the bridge featured in Manet's White Water Lillies from 1899, Jimmy and Molly Jane laughing and spitting into the water below.'"
How would you sum up your NaNoWriMo experience?: "Hectic! This was probably my busiest semester at college and work got crazy a few times as well. However, I did enjoy writing this. I was writing the backstory for a poety book, and doing this was very helpful. I'll continue to work on it for fun."
Is your novel posted (in part or in its entirety) anywhere on the Internet? If so, where (links, please!)?: "Nope. This was just to help me with my poetical narrative. I have one of these poems on dA, though: [link] "

~Broken-Moons
NaNoWriMo.org username: [Not given.]
Working title: [Not given.]
What was your final word count?: "According to word, my current final wordcount is 50007; according to the NaNoWriMo validator it's 50267 or something. It won't be my actual really-final final wordcount, since the story isn't done yet. I've set myself the goal to be very close to the ending mid-December, if not finished."
What has been your favorite quote from your novel thus far?: "My favourite quote about Santiago, who is after all the protagonist, would be this: 'They had chosen to go by coach to avoid the cold air - the last thing Santiago needed now was a cold, Angelica had said, and Santiago had had to spend five full minutes trying to get the horror of that image out of his head.' That is, Santiago's nose was broken a few pages back. Try to imagine having a cold with a broken nose..."
How would you sum up your NaNoWriMo experience?: "An eye-opener. I love writing, I've always known that, but I get lazy sometimes, and NaNoWriMo has shown me how much you can accomplish by simply writing 2000 words a day. I should just keep doing that for the rest of my life."
Is your novel posted (in part or in its entirety) anywhere on the Internet? If so, where (links, please!)?: "I posted an excerpt on my NaNo profile [link] but nowhere else. I want to try and get this published, and publishers might might about it being online, or so I've heard..."

~Budda28
NaNoWriMo.org username: Budda
Working title: The FyreByrd Cycle'
What was your final word count?: "3,000 and something....rather pitiful"
What has been your favorite quote from your novel thus far?: "I'm not sure I had one - didn't get any dialogue going at all..."
How would you sum up your NaNoWriMo experience?: "When I was actually writing the damn thing, excellent...when I was stressing about not even being near my goal each day....hell on Earth..."
Is your novel posted (in part or in its entirety) anywhere on the Internet? If so, where (links, please!)?: "My prologue, will be posted in to my account - [link] "

~crazylady
NaNoWriMo.org username: crazylady
Working title: Invisible Woman
[No response.]

~foovay
NaNoWriMo.org username: webitchtress
Working title: Moving on; the distance between running away and walking
What was your final word count?: "50,584"
What has been your favorite quote from your novel thus far?: "Uh...I don't think I have one."
How would you sum up your NaNoWriMo experience?: "Obsessive - LOL - interesting, and an educational challenge for me. "
Is your novel posted (in part or in its entirety) anywhere on the Internet? If so, where (links, please!)?: " [link] It is here more or less in entirety, but you have to be a 'friend' to read it. Feel free if you have a LJ to write and ask to be friended."

=ghostlove
NaNoWriMo.org username: ghostlove
Working title: [not given]
[No response.]

~heir-apparent
NaNoWriMo.org username: heir-apparent
Working title: Reformation
What was your final word count?: "18,749"
What has been your favorite quote from your novel thus far?: "'Let's get out of this bloody forest. I have come to hate it with a burning passion…'"
How would you sum up your NaNoWriMo experience?: "Ugh..."
Is your novel posted (in part or in its entirety) anywhere on the Internet? If so, where (links, please!)?: " [link] (*winces* That's only about 1/5 if it...)"

~Ibctasimy
NaNoWriMo.org username: Cherie
Working title: Meet Me in Arabia
What was your final word count?: "52,292"
What has been your favorite quote from your novel thus far?: "'More than one of the flighty French flight attendants had given him a second look during the long flight.'"
How would you sum up your NaNoWriMo experience?: "Panic, hatred, love & triumph"
Is your novel posted (in part or in its entirety) anywhere on the Internet? If so, where (links, please!)?: " [link] (but please don't read it. It's terrible :-P)"

~intangebility
NaNoWriMo.org username: okmijn
Working title: [untitled]
[No response.]

=kcinm
NaNoWriMo.org username: kcinm
Working title: [untitled]
[No response.]

~mindmasher
NaNoWriMo.org username: mindmasher
Working title: The Concrete Knight
[No response.]

~newcourier
NaNoWriMo.org username: passivepilgrim
Working title: White Noise
[No response.]

=opacus-somnium
NaNoWriMo.org username: opacus
Working title: Carrion Birds
[No response.]

*robertsloan2
NaNoWriMo.org username: robertsloan2
Working title: Sable Cloak
What was your final word count?: "51,672 by my word processor, slightly off from the Validator but who cares? I won!"
What has been your favorite quote from your novel thus far?: "No lines that memorable emerged. The plot's fun but I need to really spiff up the dialogue in rewrite. Or I just haven't remembered them, which is entirely possible I'll find good ones on rewrite."
How would you sum up your NaNoWriMo experience?: "I did it! This was the toughest Nanowrimo I have ever completed and a huge personal triumph because I was too sick to do it and I did it anyway and finished. It means a lot. I don't care if the rough is sloppy. I can rewrite it. I did it this time, it wasn't another 2002."
Is your novel posted (in part or in its entirety) anywhere on the Internet? If so, where (links, please!)?: "Nope. You can read my first novel, Raven Dance on the Internet as that's finished and in print. Just click on More Information and Sample Pages. I think it stands up well in quality compared to first novels of some favorite authors. I don't post entire novels in their rough state or any fiction in its rough state except to small critique groups or individual beta readers. Raven Dance was edited 40 times and proofread and edited by friends and polished to final form. This year's Nanovel needs edits before I even give it to beta readers, so that I don't waste their time spotting problems I know darn well how to fix. lol But it's done! And that was a major achievement compared to any other month that sick. I feel like I smashed a mountain that stood in my way and the edits seem easier for being so obvious."

*SnowLhite
NaNoWriMo.org username: SnowLhite
Working title: The Draven
[No response.]

=TakodaVega
NaNoWriMo.org username: TakodaVega
Working title: All in a Name
What was your final word count?: "20, 653 (But it's not posted on NaNo seeing as how I finished it at about oh 11:45 PM last night)"
What has been your favorite quote from your novel thus far?: "'Why in the name of Hell did you say you loved me when all you do is run away from me Raiku?!' / 'I'm not running...' / 'Then what are you doing?' / 'I'm trying to find a way to word this so it doesn't sound like every other males version.' / 'Word...what?' / 'Takoda...are you willing to take this lowly Vampire lord as your only one?' / 'Raiku...you already are my only one, no one can take that away from you; while you may be a Vampire lord, you are the King of my heart.'"
How would you sum up your NaNoWriMo experience?: "It was realllllly hard! I got hit with a writer's block right after writing the first chapter @_@;;;;"
Is your novel posted (in part or in its entirety) anywhere on the Internet? If so, where (links, please!)?: "The exerpt is up on dA when Alex (whom Vega knows as Raiku) and Vega first meet ^-^ [link] "

*Winterfang
NaNoWriMo.org username: Sydni
Working title: Eight Paired
What was your final word count?: "18,343"
What has been your favorite quote from your novel thus far?: "[Quote]: He handed him the cat. 'Um...thanks.'"
How would you sum up your NaNoWriMo experience?: "I ditched. It shames to admit, but I did. I'm lazy. I just couldn't keep up the incessant pace. And I really didn't feel any inclination to, either. I still came out 18000 words the richer, though."
Is your novel posted (in part or in its entirety) anywhere on the Internet? If so, where (links, please!)?: "Not yet. Should be up on my devART site soon, though."

~xiooua
NaNoWriMo.org username: Xiooua
Working title: [untitled]
[No response.]

~Xioswar
NaNoWriMo.org username: CiaranDowling
Working title: Round Towers
What was your final word count?: "22k or there abouts."
What has been your favorite quote from your novel thus far?: "Em, i don't know, i'll has to read it over again, which i don't really wana do..."
How would you sum up your NaNoWriMo experience?: "It was a challenge, i don't recommend doing exams along with Nano... "
Is your novel posted (in part or in its entirety) anywhere on the Internet? If so, where (links, please!)?: "Just and extract and it's on my nano page."

=yatsu
NaNoWriMo.org username: yatsu
Working title: [untitled]
What was your final word count?: "my final word count was 50,053. nothing like squeaking past."
What has been your favorite quote from your novel thus far?: "fav quote. hrm. i don't know about quotes, but i know my favorite scene was when sarasvati was pushed out of the hang glider a couple of thousand feet up and then shiva had to jump out after her to prevent her imminent conversion to goddess pancake. he really didn't have any plan on how to save her when he jumped out, and frankly neither did i, so that was a really fun scene to write."
How would you sum up your NaNoWriMo experience?: "exhilirating! o my LORD i did not think it would be that much fun. and now i can't stop writing. help! i'm addicted!"
Is your novel posted (in part or in its entirety) anywhere on the Internet? If so, where (links, please!)?: "why, yes, my novel IS up, right here on dA. here ya go, and don't blame me if your head explodes from badness. [link] "


Previous Updates:
NaNoWriMo Day Twenty-Five Answers: The first sentence
NaNoWriMo Day Twenty Answers: What's it all about?
NaNoWriMo Day Fifteen Answers: Cast your lead character
NaNoWriMo Day Ten Answers: Where do you write?
NaNoWriMo Day Five Answers: Soundtracks
NaNoWriMo Day One Answers: Inaugural Q&A

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