*edit* I've decided I was taking on too much. So, though I'd still like to write 150k and get all those projects done and off my plate (!), I'm going to focus on my main NaNovel, shooting for 50k on that. (Of course, I can't help but want to include the progress bar for my old lofty goal as well....) */edit*

So, since I'm going to be going the semi-insane route this year during NaNo, I thought I'd actually follow theoryoferin's good example and set myself some rewards for reaching milestones.

Hopefully this will also get me close to making my 365k goal for the year, on which I have fallen horribly behind.


Official NaNo Progress
Där hjärtats blommor växer

BIG NaNo Progress
Total including projects to finish

Rewards:

• Outline - buy and carve pumpkin
• 30k - November Project - A Thousand Days EP - GOAL REACHED 2009.11.09
• 60k - EZ Sprouter(s) from sproutpeople.com
• 90k - R.E.M. - Around the Sun
• 120k - Set of birthstone ear studs for all months (alas, these will have to be bought separately, which is far more expensive than if anyone were selling a set of 12...therefore I must make 150k in order to spend the money...or 120k, since I found something I want even more to spur me on to 150)
• 150k - stovetop cappuccino pot with built-in milk steamer

Projects I will be working on:

• Där hjärtats blommor växer (Where the Heart's Flowers Grow) - Main project, and yes, it will be written in Swedish
• The Masters - PB Brownies, a side project related to the main project
• Heir to the Phoenix - NaNo08 to finish up
• Shield For Winged Night - started June 2008. I hope to get a big chunk of this one done, but it probably won't get finished.
• WoodsShip filler scenes, trying to get the draft finished up and smoothed out
• De-objectifying - a series of prompts from the POV of inanimate objects
• Other RaTs stuff: HoD, Pear (Kalima & Elena), finish Vanilla

I've got a Dreamwidth account now, so if you're over there, feel free to friend/subscribe/whatever they call it there. I can't guarantee that I'll be on there all that often, since right now my friends are here on LJ, but it's there. One more way to find me, I guess. :p

http://sylvrilyn.dreamwidth.org/

Here's a list of my posts to runaway_tales in chronological story order. Just a warning: you do need to be a member of the comm to read them.

The list format is:

(post order) POV . Link . Flavor/prompt


Whipped Cream:

8-year-old Votus:
(29) Into Hiding . Molasses #16 - pen name/alias

15-year-old twins:
(26) Doctors . FOTD - nostrum
(21) The Light is Eternal . FOTD - ephemeral

13-year-old Otis (temple):
(17) The Temple at Night . Black Raspberry #16 - When the cat's away, the mice will play

(40) The Minutes Stretch (Mydion's POV) . Cookies 'n' Cream #9 - wait (DS)

15-year-old Otis (Thieves' Guild):
(27) The Best Things . Black Raspberry #25 - The best things in life are free


Main Storyline:

(2) Nor . The Abandoned Library . FOTD - tome
(6) Votus . The Plan . FOTD - hidebound
(23) Votus . Someone to Keep an Eye On . Black Raspberry #8 - Keep your friends close and your enemies closer
(22) Nor . Bloodlines . Black Raspberry #2 - As you make your bed, so must you lie in it
(20) Otis . Meeting with Mydion . Black Raspberry #1 - Absence makes the heart grow fonder
(31) Otis . Crossing the Knoll . FOTD - copse
(3) Votus . Counterfeit! . FOTD - pinchbeck
(24) Nor . Nothing but Mud . Black Raspberry #18 - The grass is always greener on the other side
(10) Votus . Enthusiasm . FOTD - inanition
(14) Votus . Just Like Your Father . Black Raspberry #9 - Like father, like son
(9) Votus . Another Failure . FOTD - ululate
(18) Otis . A Shared Meal . Black Raspberry #23 - Let sleeping dogs lie
(15) Otis . Dance . Black Raspberry #26 - they that dance must pay the fiddler
(12) Votus . The Veiled Cycles of the Moon . FOTD - esoteric
(19) Otis . Bargaining . Black Raspberry #22 - Let the buyer beware
(5) Nor . Precious Little . FOTD - openhanded
(25) Votus . Bad Idea . Black Raspberry #6 - Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
(1) Otis . The Best Place to Hide . FOTD - canine (Malt: Telephone from Sly)
(39) Otis . A Dog's Love . Nectarine #22 - He who looks for a friend without fault remains without a friend
(28) Merumed . Tainted Rain . Nectarine #25 - a man who is drenched does not fear rain (Malt: Dare from CG)
(34) Otis . Teachable Moment . Nectarine #28 - Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day...
(35) Otis . Cramped . Vanilla #15 - inhospitable lodgings
(11) Merumed . Lost in the Woods . Black Raspberry #10 - Out of the frying pan and into the fire (Malt: Paraskevidekatriaphobia)
(33) Merumed . Stumbling in the Dark . Vanilla #14 - around the campfire
(4) Otis . Smudges . FOTD - burnish
(7) Votus . The Dark and the Light . FOTD - equine


Outside Storyline/Unsorted:

(13) Ceremonies . FOTD - libation
(30) The Shadow Above . FOTD - gravid
(32) Bingo Pocky Cloud . Vanilla #12 - a storm (Malt: Bingo)
(36) Nor . Purging . Nectarine #20 - A house divided cannot stand, FOTD - furbelow
(38) Merumed . Underground . FOTD - noisome


Sprinkles:

(16) Lyanna . Sugar Doll . Black Raspberry #17 - you can't have your cake and eat it too

(41) Bop . Dinner . Cookies 'n' Cream #4 - smile (DS)

Caramel:

(8) Skating . FOTD - incisive
(37) In Memoriam . FOTD - delectation


Art/Chopped Nuts/Milkshake/etc:

(pic 1) Quetnin at Dusk . Molasses #29 - slow burn (Banana)


So far:
41 stories / 1 picture
Written/posted: 2009.01.31 - present

Yes, as if I don't have enough things to do, I have an over-active icon-making muse. So I thought, well, I might as well make a comm to share them, since I make more than I can possibly use by myself. It's at sylvatars, so if you like random weird icons, go join/watch. Posting will be sporadic and themes of icon sets will be helter-skelter, but that's better than letting them molder on my computer! :D

Here's a list of my posts to runaway_tales that aren't a part of any of my stories. The majority of this list will probably be Milkshakes. Just a warning: you do need to be a member of the comm to read them.

Milkshakes:

(1) Singing to the moon . Universe: ichthusfish - Shadow Stalker Chronicles . FOTD - Homologous (Malt: Mistletoe Milkshake)

The WriYe 2009 forums are open! If you're interested in setting year-long writing goals and want to participate in challenges on a site where other people will egg you on, stop on by.

This year, WriYe has an associated website that gives an overview and collects useful information all in one place. Those of you who participated in WriYe 2008 will also remember that we had lots of forum troubles throughout the year. Well, we've gotten more reliable forums this year, but the website will serve as an additional point of contact.

You can even follow WriYe on Twitter! We'll post news like verification reminders there.