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Post by aquarose on Jul 26, 2013 19:49:42 GMT -5
I'm so excited, I've passed my goal for 50k for July Camp Nano!
I was floundering a bit, because my ending seemed to have fizzled out to obscurity. But suddenly I put my mc's life at risk and it all came together. I still have to write a bit more for her to escape, but her sacrifice will be the ending that I had hoped for. As 50k isn't enough for a YA Fantasy, I will need another 25-40k anyway. I still have many scenes to fill in with research details to make it come alive, but I'm very happy with my novel.
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Post by boomboom on Jul 26, 2013 22:49:41 GMT -5
Congratulations, aquarose! Outstanding job, truly. It has been a pleasure to have you along on this journey, also.
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Post by tom de plume on Jul 27, 2013 0:47:45 GMT -5
Congrats, aquarose! That is outstanding!
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Post by mllersil on Jul 27, 2013 1:10:17 GMT -5
 That's great! Congratulations aquarose! |
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Post by Bird on Jul 27, 2013 2:52:34 GMT -5
Yay, good job, Aqua!!  |
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Post by aquarose on Jul 27, 2013 11:27:10 GMT -5
Thank you all for giving me a 'cabin' to enjoy discussions and progress. It really helps to keep me motivated when I have someone to talk writing with. I hope I see some more bragging as you each acomplish your goals. Any writing is progress.  |
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Post by Bird on Jul 28, 2013 11:06:44 GMT -5
Woohoo, I validated this morning! No more word counts from here on out. Yay!! July Goal: 25,000 Validated: 33,513 To everyone who took on Camp Nano -  |
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Post by wetdirt on Jul 28, 2013 11:15:42 GMT -5
Hooray for Bird, great job. Hope to be on thith thread later tonight.
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Post by aquarose on Jul 28, 2013 17:30:20 GMT -5
 Way to go Bird.
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Post by wetdirt on Jul 28, 2013 22:05:47 GMT -5
51846-validated score. And I fixed my computer problem, the keyboard plug was loose, so I don't have to lisp.
Hooray me, hooray us.
wD
ps. hope I can sleep, that was a LOT of starbucks today.
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Post by r.elena.t on Jul 28, 2013 23:19:39 GMT -5
Woo Hoo, aqua, wetdirt, bird! You are all an inspiration.
I passed my goal of 25000 & validated at 26100 (and banged out another job ap), but I intend to go on for the next 3 days & see how much further I can get.
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Post by aquarose on Jul 29, 2013 1:15:03 GMT -5
Wonderful! Congratulations Wetdirt and Elena. Happy dance around the campfire. There's enough to make it a fun party!
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Post by mllersil on Jul 29, 2013 3:39:01 GMT -5
Congratulations to all of you! You're great! I finally got everything together and validated at 17948, goal were meager 15000 for summer. (The last parts are still missing, though. I'll wrap it up in August.) I learned earlier this year from jackie what s'mores are and they really seem delicious. I wonder why we don't know something like that over here? A pity. We do Stockbrot (= twist bread or campfire bread) instead, so I'm contributing some of that. Special malt-and-beer sourdough, very tasty. Please help yourself - time to party! |
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Post by wetdirt on Jul 29, 2013 4:04:57 GMT -5
Millersil, that sounds wonderful. Do you just substitute beer for the liquid? Here we have a beer bread recipe but it's a baking powder bread or self-rising flour bread, made in the oven, usually heavy and dense. Your stockbrot sounds like a great variation so long as someone is willing to share some beer with the dough. There is a South African version that grills the bread on the wire mesh grill and turned over, which only works if the dough is on the dry side, otherwise it falls through the grill.
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Post by aquarose on Jul 29, 2013 11:07:42 GMT -5
:clap:Congratulations Mllersil! You reached your Goal.
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Post by mllersil on Jul 29, 2013 14:49:11 GMT -5
Thank you! Wetdirt - right, I use black beer or malt beer for liquid. I also know receipts for baking powder breads, but it doesn't compare to fresh sourdough in my opinion which is more fluffy (?) in the end.  This malt beer bread is originally also made in the oven and you can put roasted onions or other extras in the dough. And then Griebenschmalz on it ... which is one of the following depending on different dictionaries: lard, pork dripping, crackling fat. Tastes better than it sounds. ^^ |
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Post by r.elena.t on Jul 29, 2013 16:11:33 GMT -5
Ooooo millrsil, malt & beer sourdough sounds lovely.
we made a kind of camping bread by rolling the dough into a snake and spiraling it up a green stick to hold over the fire. Is that what yours is like? The other way we made camping bread was to arrange lumps in a frying pan with a lid. cook over fire until one side is brown and flip.
When I was touring the Sahara, Taureg guides set bread dough in the sand and built the fire on top. When done, brushed off sand and ash.
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Post by mllersil on Jul 30, 2013 0:05:07 GMT -5
 @ Elena - like this. (Picture is not from me, I'm not that good at photos. I took it from burgludwigstein.de) |
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Post by r.elena.t on Jul 30, 2013 9:03:09 GMT -5
Yup, Mllersll, that's the same technique we use - though I don't think our bread dough was ever as exciting as yours.
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Post by Bird on Jul 30, 2013 22:14:28 GMT -5
Wow, Sil, that looks delicious. And doesn't everything taste better cooked over a fire anyway?
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That's great! Congratulations aquarose!
Way to go Bird. 
This malt beer bread is originally also made in the oven and you can put roasted onions or other extras in the dough. And then Griebenschmalz on it ... which is one of the following depending on different dictionaries: lard, pork dripping, crackling fat. Tastes better than it sounds. ^^
Now, where did I leave off at?
My latest edition of Straight From Thecliff Chamber