That's METAPHORS, Jess. That story file's in bad need of a spellcheck. If I poured that much of myself into writing something that no one ever saw, I'd ... well, I'm at the other extreme, as per usual, spitting out snippets of news that fade into history. Which is more satisfying? Who knows;-)

Have you considered finishing it during NaNoWriMo some year?

And, the 2005 Nonowrimo 3rd place award goes to..
Jesse! Nobody can tell what is going on in the story. Bill, I don't know if we'd be able to figure it out if he used proper spelling or punctuation either.. but since he's making up this award show, who cares?

Second place goes to... Steven King!
Not officially involved in the contest, he still started and finished his latest work "Reverie" during the alloted time period and has garnered honerary mention. When interviewed about his achievement, he commented that he hadn't realized it was November already.

And the grand prize for National Novel Writering Month goes to...
perl -e 'for($i=0; $i<25000; $i++) { print "hello world"; }' !!!