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 that I’ll wind up writing longhand, only because I don’t have any electrical go-anywhere gadgets to use and because I’m trying to work out at lunch, which is the only time during the day when I can do any scribbling. Wonder if I should switch to the bike for November. It’s too hard to write on a treadmill, I would think! Maybe I need to dictate into something — there’s an idea!

Part of me would like to work on expanding all my “Guardian Angel” stuff ito a novel. Maybe next year.

There aint nothin’ that I wouldn’t do …

I just had a fun start to my morning.

One of my friends from the Combat! board (the newer one) has also joined NaNoWriMo. She asked me about the story she was working out in preparation and we had a good skull session, kicking around concepts and ideas and I think I gave her some good ones, including changing her mind about one of the characters.

Lots of days, I wonder if I make any kind of positive impact on the lives of those around me. Most days, I figure if I do, it’s gotta be long-term, because I sure can’t see it. And usually, it’s a matter of prayer, so I have no idea how I’m affecting things, since it’s all up to Him. It’s nice to see (and be told, since my friend is a believer and a generous person herself) that you have helped.

Now if I could only get my own act together … I left the house in such a hurry this morning that I didn’t bring my lunch, my stick drive (and I was going to post ‘Fifolet’ on the board) and my money. Ah, well, there’s always tomorrow!

I’m sick of sittin’ round here trying to write this book …

Ok, I’m not yet. But by the end of November, I could actually have something in common with one of the Boss’ songs.

I just went and signed up for NaNoWriMo. That, for the uninitiated, is the National Novel Writing Month, to wit, the month of November. I have committed to write a 50,000 word piece. DocB looked at “Last Full Measure” for me, and said I need to build it up and add more detail, and that rather than it being one long story, it ought to be a chaptered fic, or a novel, if you like.

So, starting November 1, I’m not going anywhere without a notepad so I can write even when I’m not by a computer, plus a stick drive so I can transcribe anytime I DO run into a computer.

I wish I had an idea for something saleable, but until I get to LA next summer (Lord willing), I don’t have the background for the mystery novel that’s been tickling around my backbrain. So for now, the good thing will be developing some writing discipline and ‘muscles’. Which will be helpful if I ever do get a good idea I can sell.