Knowing Where His Place Is, a story of Rin/Girey for the Dungeon&Cave #Promptcall

Egarengar had known things when he married Inatalana.

He had known that it was a political match first, a financial match second, and a match of compatible personalities third.

He had known that her title was so much higher than his as to be on a different ladder altogether, and that they were distance enough related that, if they had been goats, they would not have even had the same colors in their coats. He had known that she was a daughter of the Emperor, and that they would be expected to have many, many children.

He had known that he was stepping into a subordinate role, but one where he would be respected and honored, treated as a peer and not as an employee.
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Alternate Word Count Ideas for NaNoWriMo

I recently came across these two posts on alternate ways of doing wordcount for NaNoWriMo:

http://dailydishrecipes.com/the-reward-system-one-word-on-day-30/

and

http://hoss-some.tumblr.com/post/64586353845/recently-i-came-across-a-post-by-myvariousnanos

I found them interesting, although possibly not-for-me (I like building in skip days, myself).

My own 60K is actually divided over 24 writing days and 6 off days (including a vacation in the middle). I'm curious to see how the actual writing goes.

Maybe I should look at my tracking data & see if months follow a flow patter.

If you NaNo, how do you divide up the 50,000? If you write, how do you work out your writing quota over time?

NaNoWriMo Tips, a guest post from thebonesofferalletters

The below is a guest post on NaNoWriMo, written by thebonesofferalletters. Check out their Patreon, too, (here).

So, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is almost upon us. From the first of November to the end of the month writers all over the world make a mad dash to reach 50,000 words and, ideally, complete a novel.

NaNoWriMo can be a wonderful experience, you can find a flourishing writing community in the month of November and potentially use the momentum you gain during the month o propel you through the rest of the year.

I personally have found that it gets a little tricky keeping things together during the month though. Between having to balance school or work, holidays, and life in general, NaNo gets a lot trickier sometimes.

Luckily for anyone who's facing a full schedule, there is plenty of advice out there on how to have a successful NaNoing experience and I'm here to add to that pile.

So these are my tips to stay sane during November.
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Quick-and-Dirty, a story of Clockwork Apoc for Thimbleful Thursday

"I can do a quick-and-dirty fix." Carlotta pushed the magnifying eyepiece back on her head, pinning her red-and-white curls back with the strap. It gave her, Johsnen thought, a strangely rakish and mechanical look, the telescoping eyepiece sticking out of her head like a periscope. "To actually repair it would take three weeks to a month and parts we don't have here. So that adds another two weeks to a month, depending on when a caravan or 'ship can get through to Ashburg. That kind of fix, though, that would hold up to just about anything except maybe a wild boar attack."

"And the quick-and-dirty?" Johsnen ran an apologetic hand over the 'car. He really hadn't meant to get it into so much trouble. But there'd been Them, and then there'd been that hole in the road he hadn't seen until he was in it, and all things considered, he was lucky he'd gotten himself and the steamcar back to Bridgeport. But she'd never look the same again, and she'd been a lot of miles in the poor thing.

"The quick-and-dirty I can do with what I have here. It'll run, it'll be safe against normal impacts - it'll take a humanoid hit, but stay away from big tusked or horned things - and it won't break down. But it's going to be a little more fragile, and it'll probably take a few more repairs along the way."

"Can you..."

"Yeah. But if you come back around in winter, it's going to be more like three months. For one thing, everyone does the same thing. For the other..."

Johsnen sighed. "Yeah. For the other, nobody wants to travel the Blank Plains in wintertime."

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This was meant to be about Carlotta (with a nod to @inventrix), but it really turned out to be more about Johsnen (Jawz-nen). Ah, well.

283 words, to two weeks' past Thimbleful Thursday, here: https://thimblefulthursday.wordpress.com/2014/10/16/thimbleful-thursday-prompt-2/