All Right Lads and Lasses! Let the Celebration Begin!

[matchstickman]

I told you guys that I was going to quit smoking my pipe long enough to win the 2011 National Novel Writers Month. I had 30 days to produce 50,000 words. I joined on November 3rd, and at 3:25 AM this morning, my word count hit 50,027 words. Hopefully my widget is still showing up in my signature to confirm this. I pulled this off in a short 11 days. My eyes are burning, my fingers are cramped, and my head hurts a little, but I cannot exlain the high that I have right now at accomplishing this. Thanks to everyone who supported me and gave me encouragement. It really helped me see this through to the end. The novel is only about half done, but I am going to put it down for a few weeks before I work on it again. And as promised, I have not smoked one pipe in those 11 days. I will close this out by being a bit vulgar, but I think it fits the mood: NOW WHERE IS MY F****** PIPE?! :mrgreen: :: 8)

 

[morlader]

Congratulations PN you have certainly worked hard now relax and enjoy that f*****g pipe. :: :clap:

 

[matchstickman]

Thank you. Thank you. This has been the equivalent of running a marathon. I am exhasuted but I plan to take the next few days to heal up.

 

[hobie1dog]

:clap: :clap: :clap:
now we have another reason to smoke a bowl of baccy

 

[markw4mms]

Congratulations PN, well done! :clap:

 

[chopz]

what? i was mesmerized by hobie's avatar again. oh right - novel - that's awesome!

 

[cyndi]

Way to go!

 

[cortezattic]

This is absolutely GREAT news! What a sense of satisfaction you must feel right now! Enjoy every puff of that pipe, you deserve it! :clap:

 

[bambam]

Way to go that is an awesome accomplishment. NY Times bestseller list is next!!!! Go enjoy that pipe you've set aside and ENJOY you deserve it!!!!!!!!!!! :clap:

 

[bootlegbonvivant]

Congrats man! And you did it with time to spare!

 

[irish2fish]

Congrats! now enjoy that pipe!

 

[philip]

Way to go! :clap:
As a man who can barely write a birthday card, even with considerable help from the folks at Hallmark, I have watched your progress with a certain amount of admiration. You are an inspiration.

 

[macnutz]

Good on you mon. I can appreciate how you feel right now. Enjoy while you may. The next part is a beech, mon.

 

[chops]

WOW! Congrats PN! I have thought of giving that 'contest' a go but never thought I could pull it off in a month. The fact that you did it in 11 days is mesmerizing.

 

[admin]

Congrats man.

 

[matchstickman]

You are an inspiration.

Nah. I'm just a guy who was insane enough to sit behind a keyboard and pound out 50,000 words in 11 days. I was browsing through the nanowrimo forums after I finished and looked for other people who had hit their goal, and I found a woman in the Netherlands who hit 50,000 words in only 21 hours. She is an inspiration. Thanks everyone for the kind words.