{"id":576,"date":"2011-11-05T12:51:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-05T16:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=576"},"modified":"2011-11-05T12:51:34","modified_gmt":"2011-11-05T16:51:34","slug":"nanowrimo-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2011\/11\/05\/nanowrimo-update\/","title":{"rendered":"NaNoWriMo update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/2011\/11\/05\/nanowrimo-update\/copdcover\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-577\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"577\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2011\/11\/05\/nanowrimo-update\/copdcover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/COPDcover.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"739,980\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"COPDcover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/COPDcover-226x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/COPDcover.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-577 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 8px;\" title=\"COPDcover\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/COPDcover-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/COPDcover-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/COPDcover-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/COPDcover.jpg 739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a>You know, it&#8217;s not too late to sign up and start your novel this month.\u00a0 I mean, don&#8217;t let it get you down that 5 days have already passed.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanowrimo.org\/en\/participants\/leems\">I&#8217;ve only written a measly amount<\/a> on just one of those five days, so you could totally start now.<\/p>\n<p>I really hate to say this, but I am a little disappointed in NaNoWriMo&#8217;s new site if only because it no longer has a place to put a book cover.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve never been successful in thinking up or creating a book cover within the same month I am desperately trying to write a book, so I have never been able to take advantage.\u00a0 This year was going to be different, and maybe the reason why I&#8217;ve only written a paltry amount so far, but I had a book cover in mind&#8211;and here it is.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll show it to you instead of the NaNoWriMo site.\u00a0 You will be the select few who will ever know about my great cover idea.\u00a0 Take that NaNoWriMo!\u00a0 I love you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know, it&#8217;s not too late to sign up and start your novel this month.\u00a0 I mean, don&#8217;t let it get you down that 5 days have already passed.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve only written a measly amount on just one of those five days, so you could totally start now. I really hate to say this, but&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2011\/11\/05\/nanowrimo-update\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NaNoWriMo 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