So here's what I did: In terms of attaining my goal of spending at least one hour a day researching or editing there was only one day where I did neither and there was one day where I only spent half an hour researching. On the other hand, there were other days where I spent more than an hour (sometimes two hours) doing either research and/or editing. So, all in all, I definitely spent more than 30 hours working on my 2 projects and, personally, I consider that to be pretty good.
I also attained my goal of finishing the one book I was using for research and moving on to a new book. The new book is borrowed from the library so I am continuing my pledge to do at least a little research every day until I have to return it. At that point I will return it to the library and forget about it until the holidays are over.
Speaking of which, one of the things I will never understand about National Novel Writing Month is why it takes place in a month that also includes a major holiday. In the past I have been known to spend all week baking for Thanksgiving. This year, I had to get up at 6am in order to get my editing/research done and all of my baking (somehow I got put in charge of all the pies for my family. Still not sure how that happened). So trying to write a novel and get all that baking done would never happen. I would probably have to pull an all-nighter and that will never happen because sleep is actually a #1 priority for me!
How did you guys do? Are you as glad as I am that it's all over?
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