I want to offer kudos to DocB and TG from our Combat! group, who successfully completed Nano. Way to go, y’all! I never got past 33,000 — I was wrong yesterday when I thought I was on my way past 35,000; I lost on the recount … I might have managed to get a little … Continue reading »
Filed under NaNoWriMo …
Hold on, I’m comin’
Well, I’m still pressing on toward Nano and trying to get to 50,000. Not holding out much hope, but I’m almost to 35,000 and working, so there’s a chance. Probably not a very realistic one, but a chance regardless. Onward and upward! To infinity and beyond! Sydney or the bush! (LOL!)
All the day and all of the night …
Which is about how much I’m going to have to write if I have ANY chance of making my 50,000 words. I could theoretically do it, but I doubt it. I even have another idea for a story. I can, if under pressure, crank out 5,000 words in an hour. I did it last week, … Continue reading »
You load sixteen tons …
Well, LFM is on hiatus. I think, if I am at all able to complete Nano, it will be with short stories. I’ve about six ideas, including one WIP and one strong concept I’ve storyboarded. That ought to be enough to hit 50k, if I can get cracking on it. Ergo, back to the keyboard … Continue reading »
… It took me years to write, will you take a look?
Well, I’m back to not writing Last Full Measure. I mean, I haven’t given up on it or anything, it’s just not coming well. Just because. It’s very frustrating. BUT! I did manage to knock off the first draft of a 3,500-4,000 word short story. Caje graduates from college and then he and Theo enlist. … Continue reading »
Back in the saddle again …
Well, broke through the writers block last night. About 3,000 more words (and I’m still WAY behind). Now I’m in never-never land. This is where I break from how I plotted out LFM originally. I had to “kill some darlings” last night. I really liked the way it was before, but since I’m sending Denis … Continue reading »
Dear sir or madam, will you read my book?
Nano has become something of a trudge at the moment, or maybe a forced march. I’m working away, but I can’t exactly say what I’m coming up with is inspired. I suppose the important thing is to keep at it and worry about editing it later, but even the keeping at it part has been … Continue reading »
I got a new attitude …
(Takes deep breath and rubs hands together). Well, I’ve found a new (actually, quite old) idea that I’m resurrecting for Nano. Gotta go edit my Novel Info page. After I finished my (should never have been written) first two stories, I had an idea which I researched but never wrote, involving the Resistance and some … Continue reading »
Give thanks with a grateful heart …
I reread my post from yesterday and realize that I may have given the wrong impression about something. One thing that has become increasingly valuable to me as time goes by is people who are willing to be honest, even if the truth is painful. I wrote two fairly long stories back at the beginning … Continue reading »
Let’s get lit’rary, lit’rary …
(above sung to the tune of “Let’s Get Physical” by Olivia Newton-John. The author is highly apologetic that she even remembers the song exists, let alone knowing the tune.) Well, tomorrow starts NaNoWriMo. I’m bench-pressing pencils, trying out legal pad routines, stretching my mind … anything to get ready for the upcoming month. I figure … Continue reading »
