Month: November 2018

When I started the NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) challenge this year I had two thoughts.

he first was that I was angry at not having succeeded with it for the past four years.

The second was, that since I had been writing more than enough words per day to hit the required fifty thousand, in a month, I should succeed this time, without any undue stress.

Both lovely ideas, but ultimately irrelevant.

So, here’s what’s up. And this will be really fucking quick because I am writing like a madman.

I just wanted to get you up to speed.

For some almost mystical reason, (ie- one I can’t figure out) I have not been able to keep a consistent word count for more then a day or two at any time this month.

Add to that the fact that there is a fucking holiday in the middle of all this, and children show up. I can’t ignore the kiddies. And there were a few days (five) in the the middle of this whole thing where my word count progress flatlined.

Yesterday I cranked like a crazyman to get out over ten thousand words in one day.

(No, it’s not a new record for me, but that doesn’t make it a breeze either) And, if I had been consistent it shouldn’t have been necessary.

And now in order to actually get the thing finished I need to do a total of just under fourteen thousand words in a little over thirty-six hours.

That’s all I’ve got to say, since I have to get back to the novel.

Stay tuned!

 

As of this moment, and even though I got a late start on NaNoWriMo I have now hit the ten thousand word mark.

I have also, I believe, arrived at a schedule for writing that helps me to get it done, and done well, everyday.

For the first five days I had been falling behind a bit more each day. But two days ago since the discovery of my new method, I have done enough to catch up two days in a row. And if I keep this speed (or increase it) I should be able to have my requisite fifty thousand words completed, some time before the end of November.

If that happens there will be much rejoicing in the dick household.

Then what?

Well, if that happens, then I shall start on my second novel in December. And you will be able to buy my current one on Kindle, and Kobo, and iBooks. And so on, sometime around the middle of December, just in time for Christmas!

I will let you know when all that happens.

I am also putting a great emphasis on making sure this one is available as a real ink-on-paper book

Well… back to work.

 

Ok, so here’s the deal.

I Started writing myNaNoWriMo novel. You didn’t know that!? Well, of course you didn’t. I never bothered telling you.

I mean, I told everyone in person, and I even mentioned it on facebook, but I didn’t put it here. On my blog … the very blog that I created just to talk about my writing!

So, here’s where it gets even more fun. I have three different novels sitting in my head right now. (Well there are actually more than that, but I was only ever considering three of them for NaNo)

One is a lovely tale of genocide and revenge. That one is fantasy with SF elements.

Another was A spooky tale about a haunted house. Very cool story and I’m hoping it turns out well.

The third was a strange SF story set in space and involving lots of weird space stuff going on. (Oh, and a threat to Earth, of course.)

Now here’s where that fun part happens. I spent this whole past week ruminating on the haunted house story. I allowed my mind to roam around in it, and tried to get into the feel of it, so that I could get a nice spooky start as soon as November rolled around.

So I’m waiting, fingers itching to start typing, and I bring up NaNoWriMo’s website to make sure I had everything entered and ready to go. Now this is MINUTES to midnight on October 31st, when I see …

The working title, and description of the SPACE STORY!!!

Well, at some point I had decided that that was the one I intended to write, and I entered all that info into their website, but I never bothered remembering that I had done so.

Just so you know. The first year I tried doing NaNo I tried writing the Genocide/revenge story. I didn’t get very far. Wasn’t ready to come out yet. That was 2013

The following year I decided to go for the Haunted house story. Never happened. But it got entered, just not written. That  was 2014

2015 I took another crack at that same novel. Again, nope.

Then I entered nothing into Nano for two years. 2016 and ’17 were a complete wash.

Well, now the planets have aligned. I have been writing for some time. I would be writing everyday even if there was no Nano. So I should be able to pull this off, right?

We shall see.

As of exactly when I am writing this post, myspace novel has 1660 words in it, so far. I got a little late start because of the whole completely-different-than-I-thought-it-would-be thing, but am slamming out the words at a brisk enough pace that I should be able to hit the mark this time.

YAY!

I could use some thoughts, and prayers. Though I will gladly accept iced tea, and Ritalin. See you on the other side!

PS-Yes, I am not only writing the novel but I am also taking the time to update this blog. (Did I mention the Ritalin?)