Day 1 - 33,418 Day 16 - 0
Day 2 - 33,019 Day 17 - 14,423
Day 3 - 50,082 Day 18 - 45,052
Day 4 - 50,003 Day 19 - 31,981
Day 5 - 50,016 Day 20 - 35,260
Day 6 - 26,801 Day 21 - 0
Day 7 - 33.065 Day 22 - 31,460
Day 8 - 33,062 Day 23 - 34,513
Day 9 - 18,289 Day 24 - 23,453
Day 10 - 33,034 Day 25 - 71,075
Day 11 - 50,085 Day 26 - 34,603
Day 12 - 33,034 Day 27 - 48,088
Day 13 - 28,576 Day 28 - 41,098
Day 14 - 28,491 Day 29 - 39,080
Day 15 - 7,219 Day 30 - 41,720
I wish I would have written on the blog while I was in April but as you can see above I was over my head trying to get this done. I only took two days off in April and that was the 15th and 16th I believe. Work days I find very good for my "schedule" and I end up with a pretty even word count as where the days off I have trouble following my made up schedule.
On the last weekend of April Camp Nanowrimo there was a huge snow storm that knocked the power on and off for Saturday and Sunday. Not going to lie, I almost gave up the million just out of pure frustration of not being able to write with no power. I was using my old laptop which only had a half hour of life when not plugged in. My old laptop has the BEST keyboard for speed writing since it is completely flat and I don't have to lift my fingers quite as much. I've bought a couple keyboards this year (you will hear about later) so that I can use the Alienware the entire month.
I hit a couple of records in April that I didn't think I would be able to do. First, I was able to get to 150 wpm for 15 minutes! I can't believe that I was able to do this and though I don't want to continue at that speed (too hard on the poor wrists), I'm so happy that I was able to achieve this. Second, I was able to do three 50k days in a row and I've never even been able to do two before. As long as I didn't "think" about how many hours I had to write each day it was okay :) JUST KEEP WRITING, don't think. Third, I was able to break my daily record and achieve 71,075 words in a day. Though I was going for 75k, I'm still more than happy I was able to get that amount. Fourth, I got a Million Words in One Month!!
I'm so proud with this Million Month because I finally finished up my series and got a new ending. I started a book that ended up tying up all my other 11 (ish) books together and making it all make more sense. I swore to never do another Million Word Month but here I am planning to do possibly more in the future month. This is mostly due to Mental Stress at work that I want to write a lot in one month. Writing overall calms my mind and lets me work through things so I figured a high word count will be helpful more than harmful.
I have a couple of products that I'm trying for November that I want to review as I push them to their absolute limits.
New Keyboards
Rapoo - 2.4G Blade Series (E9070) - http://otvtech.ca/catalogue?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage_stock.tpl&product_id=19930&category_id=401
Blue Diamond (Ultra-Slim:35756) - http://otvtech.ca/catalogue?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage_stock.tpl&product_id=21803&category_id=401
I will be comparing these keyboards to my existing corded Apple Keyboard since I won't be using my Alienware for any speed typing.
Braces
Dritz - Crafter's Comfort Glove - http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B002Y2IWNY?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
Neo G Airflow Wrist Support - http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00DQR6184?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
The Dritz gloves are well known for how great they are so I'm very excited to finally be trying them! The Neo ones had good reviews other than getting the little cotton balls all over them. Due to past wrist injuries, my wrists are not huge fans of speed writing so I'm hoping these will help hold them in place.
Well that is all for now! :) I'm excited to be planning again for this great month with all my great writing friends.
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