Preparing for Our 10kWritathon Saturday

As you are getting ready to spend 12 hours with us writing, you need to prepare for hungry peoples. Including yourself. Being interrupted by loved ones while you're on a wordie roll is stressful and can make you snap at them.  Here are a few more recipes to help solve this issue. Otherwise I love the ones we have under 'Writer's Food' tab. Everything can be made ahead of time so you can use the 10 minute breaks to toss it in the microwave or slow cooker or just grab it out of the frig and eat. Among all of these; you can make your favorite cake, cupcakes, brownies etc. Have you favorite chips, dip, trail mix handy as well.

Ranch Dill Oyster Cracker

Jet Swirl Pizza

Apple Dip

Lil' Smokies

Party Pinwheels

Artichoke & Spinach Dip

With all these mouth-watering ideas there are other things you need to have ready. Your work-space should be cleaned and organized so you don't get distracted and clean it.  If using your laptop, make sure it's fully charged and you have the cord handy if you need it quick. Have a sitter lined up or your significant other to keep the kids busy. If you must have the lil' ones around prepare for their time. Have a movie day, where all they do is watch their favorite movies. For tiny ones, highchairs are great. Put it next to you and have things handy for them to play with and eat. Below are ideas for highchair fun.

You'll need the following also....

• Your notes
• Note cards
• Scratch paper
• Pens/pencils
• Twitter!!!
• This note on your door, Facebook and Twitter pages
  

Highchair Fun!

1. Ziplock bag with pudding in it. Enough for them to finger paint without the mess. 
2. Homemade playdough 
3. Finger snacks, crackers, chips, fruit etc. 

Nap time will be your friend but remember to have things ready for when they wake up.

As you progress through the day, remember to eat, stretch, use the bathroom, drink water besides you caffeine, and have fun with your wordies.

Tweet comments with #10kWritathon so I can track the number of wordies we do.  

I will be starting at 8amUTC and run until they all time zones have made it to their 8pm. You may jump in any time and write as many hours as your schedule sees fit. Being with us the entire time is NOT required. This is a push to get the word counts you want. Though you must at least make 1000 mew wordies. 

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*Recipes found on allrecipes.com