<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"
	xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
>

<channel>
	<title>Sources Say &#187; Words</title>
	<atom:link href="http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?feed=rss2&#038;cat=2" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://sourcescollective.com/blog</link>
	<description>The Collective Life and Works of the Sources Collective.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:23:12 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
		<!-- podcast_generator="podPress/8.8" -->
		<copyright>&#xA9; </copyright>
		<managingEditor>sourcessay@sourcescollective.com ()</managingEditor>
		<webMaster>sourcessay@sourcescollective.com()</webMaster>
		<category></category>
		<ttl>1440</ttl>
		<itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>The Collective Life and Works of the Sources Collective.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author></itunes:author>
		<itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"/>
		<itunes:owner>
			<itunes:name></itunes:name>
			<itunes:email>sourcessay@sourcescollective.com</itunes:email>
		</itunes:owner>
		<itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:image href="http://sourcescollective.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/in-my-head-144.jpg" />
		<image>
			<url>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/in-my-head-144.jpg</url>
			<title>Sources Say</title>
			<link>http://sourcescollective.com/blog</link>
			<width>144</width>
			<height>144</height>
		</image>
		<item>
		<title>Wherefore Art Though, Blogger &#124; Rock Stars</title>
		<link>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=341</link>
		<comments>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=341#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Films]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maniac Art Pond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NaSoAlMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Script Frenzy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sounds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just looked at when my last post was.  23 October?!  Yikes!
So what have I been up to?  Well, it was November, so my long time readers know exactly what that means for me:  National Novel Writing Month.  It managed to successfully eat my life pretty much all month, and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?feed=rss2&amp;p=341</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>December &#124; Studio Time Once Again</title>
		<link>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=277</link>
		<comments>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=277#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sounds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=277</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me begin by noting that my final National Novel Writing Month word count was 51,807, marking my third successful NaNoWriMo.  The story is basically done.  There are a few scenes that need some filling in once I have gone back and reread it, analyzed what did and what did not work in [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?feed=rss2&amp;p=277</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Crossing the Finish Line &#124; Momentum</title>
		<link>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=276</link>
		<comments>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=276#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=276</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[50,086 out of 50,000 words.
I do have a bit more writing to do to wrap things up, but I just wanted to note that I just crossed the finish line.  Woot!
Tschuess.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?feed=rss2&amp;p=276</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Almost There &#124; One Week</title>
		<link>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=275</link>
		<comments>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=275#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 05:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=275</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[45,534 out of 50,000 words.
Yesterday was a bit of a disappointment word count wise.  Today more than made up for it.  I wrote something like 4,200 words.  Not bad.  I had been hoping to squeeze out another 500 words, but I am at a point in my story where I need [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?feed=rss2&amp;p=275</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Challenges &#124; Successes</title>
		<link>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=274</link>
		<comments>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=274#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=274</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[40,342 out of 50,000 words.
That is right.  I wrote nearly 5,000 words today.  Woo and hoo!  A fellow NaNo hooligan challenged me to a race to see which of us would hit 40K first.  It was close, but I was diligent.  I am now to the on track word count [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?feed=rss2&amp;p=274</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Making Word Count &#124; Makes Me Sleepy</title>
		<link>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=273</link>
		<comments>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=273#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=273</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[35,752 out of 50,000 words.
I nearly made the daily on track word count of 1,667 today.  Of course I am still ahead of the on track total for today, which is 33,333.  Still, I hate feeling my lead slip away like this.  And with Thanksgiving looming, I am expecting to lose a [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?feed=rss2&amp;p=273</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Injury &#124; Writing Off</title>
		<link>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=272</link>
		<comments>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=272#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=272</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[34,245 out of 50,000 words.
I did not make the 2,000 words that I had scheduled for today.  In fact, I only made about 900.  I am still ahead of schedule, but my plan slipped a little.
I blame it all on my arm.  I do not know what happened, but around 3 or [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?feed=rss2&amp;p=272</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Pulling Away &#124; Short But Sleep</title>
		<link>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=271</link>
		<comments>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=271#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=271</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[33,350 out of 50,000 words.
I am now two days ahead.  Woohoo!  Now I really need to get some sleep.
Tschuess.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?feed=rss2&amp;p=271</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Making Omeletes &#124; Some Eggs Were Harmed</title>
		<link>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=270</link>
		<comments>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=270#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 07:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=270</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[30,419 out of 50,000 words.
I am tired but I just wanted to note that I am now over a day ahead of on track.  I am hoping to get another day or two ahead tomorrow.
One of the supporting characters who was marked since day one was just killed and that is going to force [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?feed=rss2&amp;p=270</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Halfway Home &#124; On Track?!</title>
		<link>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=269</link>
		<comments>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=269#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=269</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[25,491 out of 50,000 words.
Today ends the first half of November.  On track is 25,000 words.  And look at that.  I am ahead for a change.  Woot!
My story takes place between 13 October and 31 October.  I just finished writing the chapter for 18 October.  At this rate I [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?feed=rss2&amp;p=269</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Turning Point &#124; Closing In</title>
		<link>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=268</link>
		<comments>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=268#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=268</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[23,134 out of 50,000 words.
I have been bashing out at least a few words every day.  The past few I have been unable to quite get back to on-track, though.  On track for today is 23,333.  I am so close this evening, but my brain is starting to shut down.  Bedtime [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?feed=rss2&amp;p=268</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Waving &#124; Not Drowning</title>
		<link>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=267</link>
		<comments>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=267#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 08:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=267</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[15,005 out of 50,000 words.
I just finished up attending a mammoth write-in (a bunch of us getting together and just writing&#8211;and talking).  Something like five hours.  And 2,500 words.  Not horrible.  Not great, but not horrible.  And I am back on track, since the goal for today, er, yesterday was [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?feed=rss2&amp;p=267</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Hitting My Stride &#124; Pulling Ahead</title>
		<link>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=266</link>
		<comments>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=266#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=266</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[12,106 out of 50,000 words.
On track for today is 11,667.  Hurray!  Finally I pulled ahead.  If I can continue this sort of pace, I should even be able to finish up early, as I have the past two years.  And this after worrying that I was going to fail to cross [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?feed=rss2&amp;p=266</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Tired &#124; Prose</title>
		<link>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=265</link>
		<comments>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=265#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 06:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[9,176 out of 50,000 words.
On track for today is a nice round 10,000 words.  Close but not quite.  And slightly off pace from yesterday.  Still, I am managing to keep from falling too far behind, which is somewhat heartening.
Time once again for sleep.  It has been a too-long day.
Tschuess.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?feed=rss2&amp;p=265</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Slow Start &#124; Progress</title>
		<link>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=264</link>
		<comments>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=264#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=264</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[7,485 out of 50,000 words.
It was a slow start, but I am finally getting into the groove.  On track for today is 8,333 words.  I am finally less than a day behind.  Woot!  Now if I can just manage a few more days like today.
Step One.  I need to get [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?feed=rss2&amp;p=264</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>NaNoWriMo &#124; Unintended Participation</title>
		<link>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=261</link>
		<comments>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=261#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 02:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=261</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[3,264 out of 50,000 words.
I really had not planned on participating in National Novel Writing Month this year.  I have a bunch of other things to do.  Work on the house.  Music to write.  Cheese to make.  Short scripts to write.  I have a bunch of things that I [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?feed=rss2&amp;p=261</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Promotion &#124; Extra Responsibility</title>
		<link>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=228</link>
		<comments>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=228#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 00:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Films]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Script Frenzy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=228</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi kids.
I do not know quite how to break this to you, but I suppose that just direct and to the point is the best.  No beating around the bush.  No digressions.  Have you ever noticed how digressions starts with &#8220;dig,&#8221; like you are trying to dig a hole for yourself.  [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?feed=rss2&amp;p=228</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>TGIO &#124; The Wait Pays Off</title>
		<link>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=175</link>
		<comments>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=175#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2006 15:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dairy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=175</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend, I attended the TGIO (Thank Goodness It&#8217;s Over) Party for my local National Novel Writing Month group.  It was a good time.  And it was amazing the number (and percent) of local people who crossed the 50,000 word line, thereby becoming NaNoWriMo Winners.
As we did last year, this year&#8217;s shindig [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?feed=rss2&amp;p=175</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Crossing the Line &#124; Detail Work</title>
		<link>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=173</link>
		<comments>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=173#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=173</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[50,653/50,000 words
Just a quick post to note that I crossed the 50K finish line today.  That means that I met the challenge that I answered on the NaNoWriMo forums.  Woot!
I am going to drop in briefly at tonight&#8217;s write-in.  Hopefully I will get a thousand words of something written, though I am [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?feed=rss2&amp;p=173</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner &#124; Preparing for a Sprint</title>
		<link>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=172</link>
		<comments>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=172#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?p=172</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[47,114/50,000 words
I am finally back and making progress.  50K is in sight, even if I will still have more that I feel I must write before I call this story sufficiently done.  Just knowing that I have reached my short term goal fills me with glee.
Of course, that is 3K to write on [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sourcescollective.com/blog/?feed=rss2&amp;p=172</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
