At almost 2:00 p.m.today, I completed my challenge. Woo-hoo!
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How the Cookie Crumbles 
November 25, 2012 at 4:27 pm
Tess, you are the first of all my friends who have done so! Congratulations! It is a huge accomplishment!
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November 26, 2012 at 10:58 am
Thank you! I still feel like I’m falling, Naomi. Breathing is not quite normal and my eyes are glazed over…but I don’t know what I really FEEL.
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November 25, 2012 at 4:31 pm
Impressive accomplishment 🙂
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November 26, 2012 at 10:56 am
Nice to hear from you Wonderlust. I’m feeling a bit oxygen deprived at the moment. Thanks.
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November 26, 2012 at 11:07 pm
i can imagine 🙂
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November 27, 2012 at 1:27 pm
Ahhhhhhhh.
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November 25, 2012 at 4:44 pm
Are you celebrating in style? Hope so!~
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November 26, 2012 at 10:55 am
Well, I sort of celebrated when I clinked glasses with Patricia and a couple other blogging friends, but I don’t feel as exhilarated as I imagined. Anyway, there’s lots to do yet but not till the New Year. Whew. I can almost breathe now. Nice to hear from you Robin. Hope all is well at home–healthwise.
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November 25, 2012 at 4:44 pm
That’s wonderful. Congratulations on this mammoth effort. Are you going to keep going on it or is it finished?
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November 26, 2012 at 10:51 am
Thank you Sarah. I am not finished. I have a couple more chapters to add, but I feel turned inside out and need to step back for a minute. Thank you for stopping by.
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November 26, 2012 at 4:42 pm
A deep breath is definitely needed. I did the midyear camp with 50,000 and carried it on after sleeping very well for quiet a few days.
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November 27, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Wow. Good for YOU! Indeed, there’s lots left to carry onnnnnnnnn. Not done yet.
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November 27, 2012 at 6:31 pm
So much left, but it feels great to wake up with that one stage not hanging around like a bad smell.
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November 27, 2012 at 7:10 pm
So, you didn’t say. Are we in this together??
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November 25, 2012 at 5:27 pm
Wow. Congratulations! What an accomplishment.
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November 26, 2012 at 10:50 am
Thank you, Len. Never in a million years had I imagined I would actually make it.
I thought I’m be jumping up and down when I sprinted past the finish line but I’m not. I did have a glass of wine to celebrate, though.
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November 25, 2012 at 5:55 pm
Well done not far behind my self… congrats,,,,great achievement;)
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November 26, 2012 at 10:48 am
Thank you, Cobbies69. It’s a bit of a relief and it’s not. Moreso, I feel like something’s missing. I hurdled the finish line but have a bit more to add.
I wait to hear you dash through the ribbon at the finish line so I can add my Rah-rah!
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November 26, 2012 at 2:04 pm
I am on 44000 so not much more to do. I also did it last year and it is so much fun, deadline writing is good for me.. again well done..;)
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November 27, 2012 at 1:31 pm
Congrats. Piece of cake especially since you work well under pressure and know the drill. We’re all clapping, you know.
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November 25, 2012 at 6:10 pm
I am extremely proud of you! Now can you give us a hint of what it’s about, or at least what genre it is? And is the novel complete or will you keep going? Full of questions, aren’t I?
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November 25, 2012 at 6:19 pm
Well done, Tess! A huge accomplishment.
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November 26, 2012 at 10:37 am
Yes, Laurie, this is HUGE. Thank you. I have a new spring in my step today. I wonder if I’ll find anything worth keeping when I read the mess in January.
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November 26, 2012 at 11:42 am
I’m sure you will. But revision is the name of the game. Just ask Gill…she’s been revising her current novel for months, if not years. Oops..that was meant as encouragement, but I see it could be taken otherwise. Onwards and upwards, I say!
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November 27, 2012 at 1:37 pm
You are so f-u-n-n-y, Laurie. Giving away secrets but I won’t tell. I like revising. It’s kind of like colouring to my granddaughter. If I go outside the line, I will scrunch it up, cry and throw all that work in the recycle.
Truth is, I like revising. It’s knowning when to stop that’s the secret I have heard.
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November 25, 2012 at 6:52 pm
You made it! Congratulations!
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November 26, 2012 at 10:36 am
I’m gobsmacked, Delft.
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November 25, 2012 at 7:18 pm
Hey well done on completing your challenge 🙂
I hope that your new week is a wonderful one
and that everything that you wish for is yours 🙂
Well you never know 😉 lol
Andro xxx
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November 26, 2012 at 10:35 am
Hey, this challenge makes me feel like anything is possible. I feel young again…or younger than I am. Ha ha.
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December 7, 2012 at 5:51 am
Age is just a number…
Have a really nice Friday 🙂
Androgoth
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December 19, 2012 at 10:18 pm
I’m still worn out, but yes, Andro, I prefer to think age is just a number. Thank you.
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November 25, 2012 at 8:36 pm
Way to go Tess! So glad you achieved your objective.
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November 26, 2012 at 10:26 am
Nice to see you Jay. I’m a wee bit breathless and surprised all to hell.
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November 25, 2012 at 10:39 pm
Woo-hoo is right. Congratulations. I’ m having a glass of wine to celebrate!
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November 26, 2012 at 10:25 am
Thanks, Patricia. I clinked glasses with you, did you hear? Crossing the finish line feels like a miracle.
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November 26, 2012 at 1:34 am
Well done and congratulations, you’re the first I’ve heard of too. Whoop whoop !
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November 26, 2012 at 10:24 am
Hi, Gilly. Already it’s crossed my mind about next November. I somehow can’t visualize doing this again but who knows.
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November 26, 2012 at 3:38 am
Congratulations Tess!!!
Spectacularly done!
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November 26, 2012 at 10:23 am
Thanks, Ghia. One of my larger miracles. I wonder what I’ll find when I read the whole thing in January.
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November 26, 2012 at 11:43 am
Hey, the words are there. Fine tuning is a whole new ballgame.
Well done Tess!!
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November 27, 2012 at 1:34 pm
Fine tuning is what I enjoy, Ghia. I hope I don’t tinker the thing to death though. Ha ha. Only time will tell.
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November 26, 2012 at 5:45 am
Amazing. I couldn’t have done it. Well done.
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November 26, 2012 at 10:22 am
Thank you, Jack. As I get older, I find I have more tenacity, which I find surprising.
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November 26, 2012 at 7:47 am
I had complete faith you could do this! Congratulations.
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November 26, 2012 at 10:21 am
You have more faith than I do, Valentine. Thanks for the positive vibes. I’m wiped but feel terrific. Now, it’s away in a drawer until January.
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November 26, 2012 at 1:20 pm
Huge accomplishment…..congratulations!!!
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November 27, 2012 at 1:34 pm
For me yes, a huge accomplishment, Cee. I thank you for stopping in.
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November 26, 2012 at 1:44 pm
The only reason you are not doing all the jumping up and down is because you know there are still chapters to write! You have done an awesome job! You were so worried you would not make it, but you are the first one I have heard from who is done!! Fabulous!
Just think, you will take a breather, and when you return to the screen to finish the last of it, it will fly by like you never stepped away. I am so excited for you, Tess ❤
xxx
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November 27, 2012 at 1:33 pm
Thank you, Red. Yes, it’s true, a couple of days later, my brain is scurrying and planning, but I don’t dare peak yet–in January, I will, or maybe a bit earlier.
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November 27, 2012 at 1:38 pm
Just be sure you are jotting down notes. By the time you are done, you will have feelers for the next three. ❤ I know a bit about this part! xxx
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November 26, 2012 at 1:51 pm
Congratulations! :)!
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November 27, 2012 at 1:31 pm
*Blushing* Thanks, Gigi.
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November 26, 2012 at 6:01 pm
Always nice to meet a goal, especially when we’ve gone public with it! Congratulations!
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November 27, 2012 at 1:29 pm
Going public is one way of making sure I didn’t goof off or pack it in, although, I did have my fingers crossed the whole time. Thanks, Rebecca.
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November 26, 2012 at 11:45 pm
Fantastic stuff! Well done and congratulations 😀
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November 27, 2012 at 1:27 pm
All I can say, is Woo-hoo, Dianne. Thanks.
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November 27, 2012 at 2:56 pm
Congratulations you! I still have about 8,000 words to go. I will do it though, I have to!
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November 27, 2012 at 7:13 pm
Of. Course. You. Will. That’s only 2,000 words a day. That was my goal every day to get ahead. Of COURSE you will do it. I’m here cheering you on. Can you hear me clapping. Go, Vanessa, GO!
Let’s hear it for Vanessa…come on all…she’s coming into the finish line…Clap. Cheers. Hurrah.
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December 12, 2012 at 12:01 pm
Tess, what an accomplishment and what a nice body of writing. Congratulations!
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December 19, 2012 at 10:13 pm
Susan, I thank you. You are most generous.
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December 22, 2012 at 1:27 am
Congratulations! WEll done – now you can stay in bed late! (??)
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December 22, 2012 at 8:07 pm
My cat won’t let me sleep in but thanks for the congrats. I can’t believe the finish line jumped out in front of me.
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