I’m running late for my first NaBloPoMo ‘08 post. I ended up staying later than expected at a dinner party. It was a lovely evening, though. Met great new folks and developed friendships. And, the kids had a ball! So, it’s all good. Yep, even if I was nursing a cold through it.
Anyway, I’ve been thinking about NaBloPoMo and NaNoWriMo a lot over the last 48 hours.
On NaBloPoMo, I’ve developed a rough guideline on how to help me along with my daily blog posts. And, one of the things I decided to do is to explore self portraiture once again. But this time, just once a week. I’ll post a new self-portrait every Saturday, which I may have taken at any time during the week (at least, for the month of November).
This photo is something I took when I got home from the dinner party. I decided to play with light and shade. Just used available lighting from a room, took a shot, used the built-in monochrome edit from my camera, then uploaded the file. Yep - no other editing/cropping done here.
On NaNoWriMo - Yes, I’m pleased to say that I managed to do some writing today while I was waiting at the sidelines during my kids’ swimming lessons. Heh. Not a lot of word count, though. But, writing is still writing, right?
In any case, happy 1st of November to you all. And, hope you’re having a great weekend.
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Marjorie 11.02.08 at 1:23 am
You’re doing both NaNoWriMo AND NaNoBloPoMo? Wow. More power to ya!
Cheers,
Marjorie
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SoloMother 11.02.08 at 2:14 am
I’m on the fence about NaNoWriMo, still. I don’t know that I have the time to write 50,000 words in a month. I’ll do NaBloPoMo, cause I’m posting almost every day already…
I wish I could write a book!
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Dexie 11.02.08 at 3:48 am
great self portrait Shai. again, you rock with doing both, wheww. I’ll be here everyday to check up on you so better post every day..;)
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Heather 11.02.08 at 4:48 pm
Lovely photo. Good on ya for doing both challenges. I’m not doing either this year, but might have to make myself do it next year. I’m looking forward to the photos.
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Shai Coggins 11.02.08 at 4:51 pm
Marjorie - Thanks. I’m a bit crazy this year.
I just thought I’ll give it a go & see how it works. I’m not expecting miracles. 
BTW, why don’t you sign up for our 52WoC #32, since you’re doing NaNoWriMo?
SoloMother - Yeah, it’s not easy to think about trying it out. But, I wish you the best for NaBloPoMo! Have you signed up to join our 52WoC #32?
Dexie - Thanks. You rock too, ya know?!
And wow - extra pressure. Woohoo. 
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Shai Coggins 11.02.08 at 4:51 pm
Heather - Aw, thanks. Yeah, I’ve never done either one before and doing this at the same time this year is a bit mad. But, ah well…
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