'Phoenix' Update - Passed the 5k Hurdle (and NaNo Friends!)

While I feel like I've pumped out a fair bit for the 'Phoenix' project since I last had a chance to sit down and write properly, really I've only put on about 2,000 words - the goal of submitting it for the Seizure novella-writing comp now seems unattainable (unless I chuck a few sickies in the next few days - at a new job? I don't think so). 

Never mind - it's been good practice leading up to the NaNo for which, by the way, I went to the Kick-Off party on Saturday and met some new cool dudes (in real life) who are also doing the NaNo and who I had met some of already while floating around in the #adelnano chat room - I'd never met anyone from the Internet in real life before, it was definitely an experience! I had a time but unfortunately ate too many lollies and sweet things and came home with a headache that killed any chance of me being able to write any more for the 'Phoenix' project until the last four or five hours of tonight. (Does that even make sense?) But I'm really glad I went to the Kick-Off party and I'm super keen to go to the Write-In next Saturday afternoon because my fellow Adelaide NaNo'ers seem like an interesting bunch of people and it's not very often I surround myself with other literary-minded people (note to self: surround yourself with other literary-minded people more often).

Again: if you're not doing the NaNoWriMo this year, why not? http://www.nanowrimo.org/ and The NaNo Adelaide Facebook group are the places to be (and it wouldn't hurt you to check out my profile, would it?)

Anyway, before I abuse any more parentheses, here's the progress report on the 'Phoenix' project:

6368 / 50000
(12.74%)