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Tag: NaNoWriMo

213 lbs.: Back to Gutchecking

July 29, 2008 Ken Newquist Blog, Fitness

After long months of intermittent exercise brought on by family craziness, business trips, bouts of novel writing and a dozen other excuses, I’m finally getting back to a consistent exercise regime. I had been getting to the gym and pool[…]

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53,379 reasons to do NaNoWriMo

December 1, 2007 Ken Newquist Blog

It’s done. After a month of writing 1,667 words almost every day (with a few days hitting 3,000 to 4,000 to make up for traveling, family engagements, and the occasional bout of exhaustion), I completed my novel. It’s 53,379 words,[…]

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Radio Active 59: Novel Update, Seeds of Destruction, NanoMonkeys, Invincible Super Blog

November 13, 2007 Ken Newquist Nuketown Radio Active, Podcasts

On this edition of Nuketown Radio Active, I update folks on my quest to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days, check out a new LEGO Chess set, debate what to call a hybrid unicorn/pegasus. In Netheads I talk[…]

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Novel Writing Month Status Report

November 7, 2007 Ken Newquist Blog

Today’s Word Count: 499 (11/30) Yesterday’s Word Count: 4,753 (11/29) Running Total: 53,379 Goal: 50,000

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Radio Active #58: Chess for Kids, Geek Dads, D&D 4E

October 31, 2007 Ken Newquist Nuketown Radio Active, Podcasts, Role-Playing Games

On this episode of Radio Active, I discuss my daughter StarGirl’s sudden desire to learn chess and my approach to teaching her, contemplate the impending arrival of National Novel Writing Month, check out the Geek Dad Podcast and Simian Farmer blog[…]

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Radio Active #57: NaNoWriMo, Kit Bag, Crisis on Finite Macs, Unquiet Desperation, Halo 3

October 22, 2007 Ken Newquist Nuketown Radio Active, Podcasts

On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, I become an uncle again, contemplate a Crisis on Finite Macs, geek out about Halo 3, look ahead to National Novel Writing Month, listen to the Unquiet Desperation podcast. I also check out[…]

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Preparing for NaNoWriMo

October 21, 2007 Ken Newquist Blog, Tech Tips

November is coming. And that means so is National Novel Writing Month. In years past, I’ve watched and read as my friends fought their way through it, some succeeding, some failing, all glorious in the pursuit. I’ve sat, thought, considered[…]

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Nuketown is a speculative fiction website that’s been published continuously since 1996.

It’s publishing focus is articles, reviews and editorials about science fiction, fantasy, and horror with heroic overtones. It covers a variety of topics within the speculative fiction genre, including games, movies, soundtracks, books, and websites.

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