10.30.09

Ye gods — that time of the year again.

Posted in nanowrimo tagged at 1:46 pm by kyrias

Yup.

National Novel Writing Month.

To be honest, I’m feeling sketchy about doing it again. Part of me feels that doing it once was quite enough, thank you very much. After all, now I know that I can churn out 50k+ words in a month if I have to. Now, the hard part — the editing so that it actually forms something resembling art — that I’m pretty sure I’ve semi-failed at. After all, I’ve left Estyria curled up in a fetal position for what now, a little over 10 months at least?

Thene says that some people have committed to editing their previous novels so that they’re reader-ready if not publish-ready for NaNoWriMo, but somehow editing some hundred K of words over the course of a month just doesn’t carry the same sort of cachet for me.

Oh well. This month I think I’m going to make an effort to go to the write-ins, just to meet new people if nothing else. It’s a pity I can’t make the official write-ins because the first falls on a Sunday and the second falls on a Thursday and I’m otherwise pre-booked for those days but I think I’ll find a satellite write-in to poke about in. Preferably somewhere with food.

So, anyone want to make a date of it? The calendar of write-ins is here for those who are interested.

11.28.08

NaNo — Losing steam with 12k to go

Posted in nanowrimo tagged at 11:42 pm by kyrias

Somehow, I’m losing steam.

There’s 12k to go and I’m sort of just sitting here, thinking about leveling my character in WoW or even just running around the house screaming rather than what my character in my NaNo could be doing.

It’s that sort of anti-adrenaline thing where I know I’m behind and I’m almost sure to be doomed and yet I’m oddly just not that worried.

Part of it may be that my mother is honestly just burning me out. The woman is like the Energizer bunny on crack. We’ve been up and on the move without respite since 9:20 AM today and she’s still going.

Me, I’m sitting here watching while she runs around and washes things in the name of having to finish NaNo. I just managed to persuade her that I really needed to be writing and not washing more pots a few minutes ago.

I’m almost hoping that OfficeTeam won’t find me a job for this coming Monday because I really need a break.