Abbi van den Berg is fundraising for Barnardo's

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Barnardo's

Charity Registration No. 216250, Scotland SC037605

As one of the UK's leading children's charities, Barnardo’s believes in children regardless of their circumstances, gender, race, disability or behaviour. We believe in the abused, the vulnerable, the forgotten and the neglected. We will support them, stand up for them and bring out the best in each and every child. We do this because we believe in children.

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Abbi van den Berg

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16/10/2014

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Raised so far: £364.00

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My story

Right kids... I have decided to do NaNoWriMo this year. For those who don't know, "National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30." More here.

This is the writer's equivalent of running a marathon... an ultramarathon... with no shoes on. So I figured if I was going to do this to myself, someone should get something out of it and so I've picked Barnardos who do awesome things for kids that are disadvantaged to stop them from falling into a cycle of crime, violence and abuse.

So this is how it works. I'm going to publish this goddamn novel as I write it...unedited. It's going to be bloody hilarious and obviously pretty fast-paced. If you want to read it though... y'all gonna have to show me the monaaaaay! I will be publishing on a secondary blog to my normal one. http://abnowrimo.wordpress.com/. You will need a username and password to access this blog. The dealio is when you donate, you get an email with the log-in details and then you can read, comment, take the piss... etc. I'm going to be publishing almost everyday and I won't be blogging... so those of you who claim you read my blog everyday... well if you don't do this, you ain't gonna have nothing to read.

If you want to know if this is going to be worth your while, well this is some of my other work. http://wherethewildthingsare14.wordpress.com/flash-fiction/.

Please give very generously... cos when I get writer's block 10,000 words in, it's not letting you guys down that will keep me going. You can also join my facebook group here to get notifications of when I've posted.

	Good Luck Abbi !! Add at least one French word if you can ! Donation by celine le goas 20/11/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Hey Abbi - Sorry it took me so long! Procrastination is key. :0) Looking forward to reading your story. Donation by Jenn.Hersey (Jenepel) 19/11/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Julian van den Berg 19/11/09	£42.00
	Donation by Susan Heller 18/11/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Hey Abbi, your intro on your blog was brilliant. I can't wait to read the rest Donation by Catherine De Dominicis 18/11/09	£7.00
	Donation by Peter van den Berg 18/11/09	£10.00
	Well done Abigail, I hope it hasn't taken too much out of you. Nb.I would particularly like to see the phrase, 'puppy-dog’s tail'. Just saying. Merci. Donation by Bob Freeman 17/11/09	£11.21 + £3.16 Gift Aid
	Just a little something towards your target, looking fwd to reading your story Xx Donation by Jodi Redhouse 17/11/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Well done and keep up the good work :) Yay for Barnados! x Donation by Natstar 16/11/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	GO ABSTAR GO!!!! Good luck girlie ...great cause too xxx Donation by Kelly Turner 16/11/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Sorry for the lateness!!!!!!!! Cannot wait to get reading xxxxx Donation by Natasha Self 16/11/09	£5.48
	Looking forward to reading this! Donation by Melanie (@orbiting_star) 14/11/09	£5.00
	The teaser on your blog rocks! Donation by Claire Rousseau 13/11/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Donation by Katie Self 13/11/09	£2.50
	Donation by Niamh Kehoe 12/11/09	£5.00
	Donation by Emily van Hest 11/11/09	£12.00
	Very impressed with your discipline on this project Abbi! Looking forward to reading it! Donation by Steven Morgan 11/11/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck Abbi - Please include onomatopoeia Thanks x Donation by Laura O'Meara 10/11/09	£2.50 + £0.71 Gift Aid
	Good luck Abbi you're well on the way to 50000 words! How about "Antidisestablishmentarianism" for a word? Donation by Emma Young 09/11/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Great effort Abbi! Good luck with the remaining 20 and a super bit days...x Donation by Sam Bowcher 09/11/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	See if you can get Xanthophyll in. ;) Donation by Neil Beynon 09/11/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Peter van den Berg 09/11/09	£5.00
	I will be mightily delighted and impressed if you get my favourite ever word, "magniloquent" into your story. Good luck x Donation by Rebecca Caution 06/11/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	A fiver for surreptitiously and anarchy and ten because I can't be there to give you a barfday present! Donation by La 06/11/09	£15.00
	Good luck! Donation by Ben Ingber 05/11/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Hehehe - word sponsorship, you say? No challenge too big? OK, I'm going for 'empiricism', then ;-) Donation by Dominic Self 03/11/09	£2.50
	Good luck dude, I'm sure your work will be awesome. Donation by Lizzie 03/11/09	£5.00
	thank you!!!!!! Donation by Clem :) 02/11/09	£4.00 + £1.13 Gift Aid
	OK, feeling poor in Rands but it's worth it for the read... oh and also for the kids... Donation by La 02/11/09	£10.00
	The charity hook is great - have fun writing! =) Donation by Jason Meininger 01/11/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

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