Scribble Bee

Holy NaNo, Batman!

2009-10-11T23:03:00.002-04:00

So, it's that time of the year again: NaNoWriMo

I've decided to go a completely different route from years past. That is, not modern in the slightest. I'm going to do Historical Fiction.

This November will be remembered as: The Untitled Pirate Project Book 1

The theory being that I will one day write another book, more of a companion than a sequel, and then write the book that brings the two together. Hopefully.

TUPPB1 is centered around a young Irish woman named Anne O'Donoghue. She becomes a pirate. That's about as much plot as I've got figured out, besides the name of her future love interest. I started plotting this project before Nano '07, so I'm doing some serious revisions here. I just hope I've got enough of a plot/research done before November 1st.

My real goal for Nano is not so much the 50K designated in the rules, but just to finish the book. If I achieve that, it will have been successful.

WIPS List

2009-08-22T13:50:00.005-04:00

I need to make a list of what I'm working on...I can't even remember! I am also vowing not to start any new projects until some of these get done.*

The Plague Project
Lleynn
Rose/Scorpius 100
SXU
Runaway
Orrie

*I'm not including school work for obvious reasons.

Time Flies

2009-08-13T23:29:00.003-04:00

So I haven't been able to update for a while, seeing as I was without Internet access for 5 Weeks. I was also unable to write much in that time span. But I my horizons have widened to include plays, so hopefully this year I will be able to focus on a new playwriting project I deem: The Plague Project. This allows me to combine both my medieval history geekdom with my theatre nerdiness.

I think I am also going to try my hand at some short stories and/or flash fiction. I just can't seem to get anything finished. Maybe some serial stuff. I don't know yet, seeing as for the rest of the calender year I should be focusing on college applications (which may or may not boost my wordcount...except that there is no way I'm going to make my goal of 150K). Wish me luck!

So, WriYe is probably not going to be won for me this year, but I will try my darndest next year. We'll probably keep the same goal.

I have also been toying around with creating some workshops. Granted, I have no knowledge in any area, so perhaps I'll start planning them out now and actually write them later when I know what I'm talking about.

Moon in June

2009-06-12T14:43:00.003-04:00

Wowza. I am so bad at this keeping stuff up nonsense.

June 7th, there was another full moon, and I actually succeeded! a bit over 3K for a 3K goal. Yay me!

I'm leaving for all of July soon, and I'm sure I'm not going to catch up till August (or later...). Ah well. I'm hoping to reorganize myself at the very least.

Starting a new YA Romance/Coming of Age/Deepish story today. I'll update when I really know what's going on with it.

EDIT: I did a "Random Word Count Challenge" for 390. I managed to hit that exactly. I'll probably do another one before the day is out.

Catch Up

2009-05-11T19:27:00.003-04:00

My, my, my. How the time flies. I suppose I'd better give a little update on my writing progress for this year.

Screnzy: I won with 106 pages! Huzzah! I haven't actually finished the script yet, but I'm so proud of myself. Because this is another thing to check off of my BFS list!

Wri Ye: It was Full Moon Madness last Saturday, and I failed dismally at my goal of 5K. I got about 1,200 which was enough to get me back on track to reach 150K by December 31st.

Right now I'm at 56,251 words which is 5 days ahead. It feels good.

Projects for May:

-SXU

-Lleynn

-Rose/Scorpius

-School Work

Holy Moon!

2009-04-10T00:30:00.002-04:00

It's a full moon tonight, so you know what that means: FULL MOON MADNESS

I signed up for 5K this go around. That's right. 4K more than my usual, but I'm on spring break and though why not?

I got that plus 64 words. I feel so accomplished right now. I am also on page 82 for SXU not even counting the PDF boost. 18 more pages! I am so close to winning I know I'm going to make it there by Easter, and then I won't have to worry at all about it for the rest of the month.

The only set back it that I am only at point 12 out of 19 (I have been writing chronologically, but not well. I'm going to need to edit this thing with a hacksaw). There is no way I'm going to get past point 13 when I hit the 100 page mark. Now I know there is no rule saying I can't keep going, I just feel like I will run out of two things: steam and time. But whatever, I will have finally won, which will cross off one of the things on my BFS List.

Speaking of which: I got my ACT scores back today (finally! everyone else got them like a week ago). I am proud to say that, without studying mind you, I got a fabulous score. I am also signed up to take it again in June, so hopefully I can get an even better one. SAT's in May, and who knows how that will go (the Saturday before APs! Why am I so dumb?). Also winging that one, except that I do the SAT question of the day everyday, which may or may not count as preparation.

WriDay #2

2009-04-06T11:43:00.004-04:00

Yesterday was the second WriDay over at WriYe. I signed up for 5K, not only because it was the smalest amount I could sign up for but also because I was wickedly behind on SXU, my Screnzy project.

I managed to get caught up on SXU sometime in the middle of the afternoon, but I was still about 2K behind for WriDay. I then had tickets to go see a musical so I couldn't just keep working and didn't get home until eleven.

So I wrote like I had no idea how to spell or type or anything and managed to hit 5,157 one minute before midnight.

I'm planning on doing some homework and then writing as much as I can today and the rest of the week (I have vacation this week). I'm hoping to finish Screnzy this week so I can concentrate on my work. I should be able to, considering I wrote 20 pages yesterday alone (giving me a total of 25).

Screnzy in 3, 2, 1!

2009-03-31T17:17:00.003-04:00

So Script Frenzy starts tomorrow. I'm pretty sure I have my story as planned as it's going to get without actually writing it, so that's all good (that planning is going to be counted in my March word count total, which, again, failed miserably). I just wish that I had gotten my act together and created a soundtrack for it. That would have been awesome. Ah well, what's spring break for then, eh?

Projects I worked on in March

-School work

-Lleynn

-SXU planning

...that's just sad. Word count yet to be determined. Probably something like 5K. Ugh. And to top that all off I got into a theater camp that will keep me busy all of July! Nada writing time for me then. When am I ever going to catch up?

Projects to work on in April

-SXU!

-School work

Not gonna be too ambitious here. I might start on some Lleynn or Rose/Scorpius stuff if I get inspired and/or have more time. But probably not.

Full Moon

2009-03-10T22:20:00.002-04:00

I got 1 011 words this Full Moon Madness. I haven't added this to my previous totals, but I'm guessing I have something in the range of 21K and perhaps 2K for this month. I wrote a something hundred work essay for the ACT this morning that I really wish I could add to the world count total, but unfortunately that's probably in the mail heading off to some godforsaken grading facility in who knows where.

In other writing news, I wrote 3 pages of an essay for school that need to be typed so they can be added to the totals and I did some planning for Screnzy in the SXU-verse. I may or may not count those, depending on how dismal my totals turn out to be. I still need to finish the aforementioned projects and then write a really important paper for physics. I have no idea how I am planning on catching up with my goals at this point. If I'm lucky I'll get in to a theater camp that takes up five weeks of my summer, which could seriously take away from writing time.

Gah! School, why do you hate me so

(and blogging about it probably doesn't help that much either)

February Wrap Up

2009-03-04T13:28:00.006-05:00

Saying it didn't go well would be an understatement. There is no way I reached my goal of...I don't even remember what it was. 11,500. Yea, no way I got that.

Total Word Count: 18,229

February Word Count: 4,864

March Word Count Goal: 20K

I'm being overly ambitious for March, but if I do reach that goal then I will be all caught up. I also have a nice paper in there, plus some unfinished stuff from the previous verification period that should have at least 1.5K in it. Plus I need to start planning for Screnzy in April! Ahh so soon.

Full Moon Madness is March 10th, and once again I have signed up for 1K.

Projects To Work On:

-Rose/Scorpius: Italia 4/5

-Lleynn: Erin and Edward entrances

-SXU: Screnzy plan

-Seven: finish virtues personal

-School Work

Full Moon

2009-02-09T22:11:00.003-05:00

Full Moon Rising would be a great name for a book, unfortunately, someone else thought of it first. Ah well. On to me!

Today (night?) was Full Moon Madness over at WriYe. I managed to come down with something this morning, but it wasn't bad enough to miss school for. I am still feeling pretty crappy, but I did manage to pound out 1K words (on Seven, which I figured would be the easiest thing in case of delirium). So far I'm a little over 2K for the month and 15K for the year. Not too shabby I'd say. I'm behind, technically, but still going strong.

BFS Update

2009-02-08T17:52:00.003-05:00

On the Medieval front: I am taking a class that is basically an independent study in whatever I chose. So I chose to do medieval stuff. So far, I have studied jousting/chivalry and will be pretending to host a Tournament in my next class.

The next item on the agenda is the trebuchet, with a high possibility of attempting to build one (or at least a model). Followed by a unit on the Black Death.

February Goals

2009-02-08T15:06:00.003-05:00

The final word count for January was 13,365.

The goal for February is 11,500.

Full Moon Madness is on Monday (the 9th) this year. I only signed up for 1K because, well, it's a Monday, I have a calc project due on Tuesday, and February is just off to a slow start.

I have only managed to write 417 words, all of which were written today. I haven't had any papers to write yet either (although I did get a physics paper that will be counted as soon as I write it, but it's not due till April). I'll probably also count my application to theater camp, again, once it's written.

FYI What I have worked on is in the Lleynn-verse.

Projects I am working on in February:

-Rose/Scorpius: 5 part ADSA sequel

-Lleynn: Erin & Edward entrances

-Seven: Finish Virtues personal

-School work + applications

Reading List 2.0

2009-01-25T12:32:00.004-05:00

I know the list seems eerily similar, but I actually plan on doing some of this reading!

Books I am Reading:

1 A Ghost in the Big Brass Bed by Bruce Coville
2 Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
3 The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper ( plus series)
4 The Idiot's Guide to Elves and Fairies
5 Eragon by Christopher Paolini
6 A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
7 The Amber Spy Glass by Phillip Pullman
8 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (minus R&J, Henry V, Macbeth, Much Ado)
9 New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
10 Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis

January Wrap Up

2009-01-25T12:12:00.004-05:00

I set this month's goal to be 12,750, which I somehow reached exactly! And I still have 6 days left to write. I'm hoping to break 13K, but I have a singing competition next weekend that will take up most of my time this week.

Projects I worked on:

-Rose/Scorpius

-Lleynn

-School Work

-Fanfiction oneshot

-Seven: a creative (non?)fiction project based on the 7 Deadly Sins & 7 Heavenly Virtues. Also a personalization project.

WriYe: Full Moon Madness

2009-01-10T22:36:00.003-05:00

Thusday January 8th I wrote about 1.3K words for a school report (it was a history creative writing assignment, so it really does count [and no, I did not include the bibliography]).

Today was WriDay. My goal was to write 1K, and I wrote 1,055, so I did it! I could have done more, but my exams start next week, and I'd like to pretend that I was going to study today, which may or may not have worked out at all.

I have 2, 782 words left to write and 21 days to write them (with a nice cushy 4 day weekend without any work). That's roughly 133 words a day. Alternatively, I'm 14 days ahead, and don't have to write anything till the 25th. Probaby not the case, but it feels good anyway!

WriYe: WriDay

2009-01-03T22:44:00.003-05:00

On January 1st I was pretty excited about the start of WriYe, so I wrote about 2,020 words (I think). According to my calculations, I only need to write 411 words a day (which, so my brain doesn't hurt so much, I will round to 500), which means I am set for about 4+ days.

I didn't write anything January 2nd.

Today was the first WriDay over at WriYe, and I signed up for 5K. I got 5,009 words! The first writing challenge (even only a mini one) that I have won in a long time. Pride flows through my veins. Huzzah! 14+ days!

Full Moon Madness is January 10th: my goal will be 1K because I have finals the week after.

Projects I am working on in January:

-Rose/Scorpius

-Lleynn

-Other assorted ideas that pop into my brain and will probably not be shared with the public unless they are really good, but will still be counted because I like big word counts.

-School work

2009: A Year of Projects

2008-12-26T13:52:00.004-05:00

Well, I thought I might as well set some goals for myself this year, if I plan to accomplish WriYe, NaNo, and Screnzy.

1) YA-SXU

-Asexual goes to college, see prompt list

-Possibly NaNo or Screnzy

2) Fantasy-Lleynn

-Inspired by Secret Society Encyclopedia

-Runaway_Tales

3) Fanfiction-Rose/Scorpius Project

-Finish prompt list from ficlets100

To read work on 2 and 3 go to my livejournal

WriYe 2009

2008-12-24T23:04:00.002-05:00

Writing has not gotten the best of me. Since my last two endeavors (one being ScriptFrenzy) failed miserably, I'm going to give myself an easy one, just to get the ol' morale back up.

WriYe 2009 is a year long writing challenge where you set your own goals and don't have to work on just one piece. The rules are pretty lenient on what qualifies.

I've set my goal for 150 K, which may or may not include Screnzy and NaNo, depending on how much I am able to write throughout the rest of the year (it probably will though, judging by '08's efforts). Monthly goals are looking to be around 10 K, with a specific focus, which I plan to post at the start of each month. I'll probably include any random prompts in there too, seeing as they usually end up being pretty short.

Oh, and: Merry Christmas!

BFS 2009

2008-12-23T11:54:00.002-05:00

Big:
1 Go through an entire program to learn Irish
-Like last year...sigh...
2 Do some Medieval Studying
- + Irish History (Book)
-Read Western Civilization Textbook's first 11 chapters

Fun:
1 Actually win NaNo or Screnzy again

Scary:
1 Get into College
-Get good scores on either the ACT or SAT

Big, Fun, Scary: Revisited

2008-12-22T15:36:00.000-05:00

Last Year, I posted my BFS list.

1 and 2 were failures:
1) I bought a 'Teach Yourself' program and went to Ireland, which means I know about three phrases (Goodbye, Slow, and Welcome). But I never actually went through the program, so it's a bust.
2) I started used an old guitar book my Dad had, but I couldn't tune it right and it hurt my fingers. Lame, I know.

3 is another story:
I have my license. Huzzah!

Beedle the Bard

2008-12-14T12:50:00.000-05:00

As you may or may not have noticed, thanks to the countdown to the left, I was looking forward to Beedle very much.
I had read the summaries that Scholastic had posted after they had bought the original copy, so the stories themselves were not surprises (although it was nice to read them in Jo's actual words).
I was not disappointed, the stories, plus an added Dumbledore's commentary and little pictures, made for a very enjoyable read. If not for the fact that it was so short and I read it in about an hour (including breaks) it would have been FABULOUS.
For those who were wondering: I believe that it was much better than Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Hands down.
(This would've been much better if I still had my copy, but I lent it out already).

NaNaWriMo: Epic Fail

2008-12-14T12:16:00.000-05:00

Well, I had been going pretty strong for the first week, all on schedule and everything...but then the weekend came (not expected, but you'll see).
I was in the school play, who's closing weekend was the second weekend in November. During the times that I was not at school, I had to do my homework. And for some reason this completely through off my momentum, which I never got back.
My total wordcount was: 16,702.
Ah well, there's always ScriptFrenzy/Next Year.
Congrats to Rhys and Originality, my writing buddies who did win this year.

Fight

2008-10-24T13:17:00.000-04:00

"I can't marry you" (this prompt was from the NaNo Forums)

Jordan smiled at him sadly, the boy who was kneeling at her feet with a look of the purest form of hope in his eyes. She didn't want to break his heart, but really, she'd rather keep hers in tact.

"Luke, oh Luke!" She nearly shouted. "Why do you do this to me? Why do you make me do this to you?"

Luke's look faltered. He almost seemed to melt.

"What have I ever done to give you hope? You know I don't want this for me. I don't want this for you. You and I could never work." Jordan paused and took a deep breath. "I'm so sorry Luke, but I can't marry you."

There was a silence.

Then Luke stood up.

"Well then," he replied, "I guess I was wrong. I thought you could change, but I was wrong."

This was the final straw.

"You what!?" She shouted. "You thought what!?"

"I said I thought you could change, but I was wrong," Luke said smugly.

"Change!? You thought you could change me? Who do you think you are, Luke? Who said I wanted to change!?"

(5 minutes, 180 words)

The Reading List, version 1.0

2008-10-09T16:30:00.000-04:00

Books I am Reading:

1 A Ghost in the Big Brass Bed by Bruce Coville
2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
3 The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
4 The Idiot's Guide to Elves and Fairies
5 Eragon by Christopher Paolini
6 A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
7 The Amber Spy Glass by Phillip Pullman
8 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
9 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
10 Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis

It's Not Peanut Butter

2008-10-09T13:44:00.000-04:00

(this prompt was from the NaNo boards)

Jordan paced the room, her mind flitting from thought to thought like a caffeine crazed butterfly. Emily sat at the kitchen table watching her, with a bored look across her face. Jordan suddenly stopped.
"Do you have anything helpful to say?"
"Nope," Emily sighed, twirling her hair around her finger. "Nothing."
"Then why are you still here?" Jordan snapped.
"Calm down, calm down." Emily took a deep breath. "You're still being extremely vague here. What was the exact issue we are discussing?"
"Dylan."
"Dylan?"
"Dylan."
Jordan walked over to the pantry and started leafing through it, hoping to find some chocolate.
"And what did he do this time?"
"He pushed me!"
Emily stood up and joined Jordan in her search for food.
"You're aggressive; push him back," she stated simply. Finding a good looking jar, she held it up: "what about this peanut butter?"
Jordan surveyed it. "Emily, that is not peanut butter."

NaNo Forums!

2008-09-27T13:22:00.000-04:00

The NaNo forums opened early! This is beyond exciting. They'll be super busy and full of inspirational posts and I'll probably end up either starting my novel early (ooo a rebel) or getting a new plot entirely.

There's no way I'll be getting any work done now (and I've got a lot to get done...)

If I Had Only Known

2008-09-26T19:49:00.000-04:00

The Truth (3 Characters)

"Oh my God," Emily whispered, shaking her head. "Oh my God."
"What? It is what it is, God or not."
"I just don't believe it."
Jordan laughed. She didn't believe that, for sure.
"Well," Emily amended, "I can believe it, I guess, but how did I not know?"
Connor smiled grimly, giving Jordan a look that clearly said, 'I get this all the time.'
"Because I wasn't trying to broadcast it all over the globe?" she shook her head, "Oh, gosh, I don't know. But now you do, isn't that enough?"
Emily laughed dryly. "Is knowing ever enough?"
"Yes," Connor replied simply.
"I didn't mean that!" Emily hastily replied. Her face drooped. "I guess I'll need to be watching my vocabulary from now on, huh?"
"Don't worry, I'll give you some time before I crack down hard."
"Thanks Jordan."
"I've got no problem with you Emily, as long as you have no problem with us."
"Why would I have a problem with you guys? You don't 'do' anything!"
Connor grinned. "You'd be surprised how many people do."

Early to Bed, Early to Rise

2008-09-25T16:40:00.000-04:00

Sleep (change the ending)

"Early to bed," Jordan sighed to herself, eyes half closed, "early to rise." Her head hit the pillow with a resounding thump. She didn't even finish her sentence.
However, if she had been given the chance, she probably would've said: only to look at the clock, groan, and go back to sleep for another ten to fifteen minutes. So it was probably a good thing she didn't finish.

To Each Her Own

2008-09-24T14:47:00.000-04:00

Whatever (1st Person)

I didn't really understand it in the first place. Well, theoretically I did. Like if it was a novel, it would make sense, or a bad teen show, more like. But I didn't get it. Not here, in reality.
But I didn't bring it up. It would've been filed in the category of 'not my business' so I left it there. But it turns out, I was right.
She can do whatever she wants, when she wants, but man, I'm always right. And I knew it wouldn't end well. Nothing ever does.

I Don't Deserve This

2008-09-23T20:05:00.000-04:00

These prompts will be used for my character development. That's the theory anyway.

Always (dialogue only)

"This is really ridiculous. I mean, this always happens. Always."
"So what do you think causes this to happen, hmm?"
"Well there's only one common factor, isn't there."
"And what would that be?"
"Me."

NaNoWriMo 08

2008-09-20T22:18:00.000-04:00

I know we're all still in the planning stages, but, hey, we are getting close. Less than two months! Heck, more like one month!

The NaNoWriMo forums are supposed to close down sometime today, but they haven't yet, so I'm not in withdrawal. I am feeling a bit under the weather, so homework does not sound ideal, which is why I'm here.

I think this year's novel will be the stereotypical 'autobiographical' novel that apparently ever author needs to get out of their system. I use the term apparently because last year I thought it was a stupid idea, but this year, obviously, I am of a different mind.

Since autobiographies have already been planned out, in the sense of I'm living my life, I won't be needing to spend too much time planning. But I should break out the prompts again. So hopefully this blog will be up and running again.

Adios!

Progress

2008-02-01T15:48:00.000-05:00

I have my driver's license. That is all.

The Year of Doing Big, Fun, Scary Things

2007-12-29T01:09:00.000-05:00

Alright, I'll keep this short so I can get them done.

1 Go through an entire program to learn Irish Gaelic
2 Learn how to play Big Machine by the Goo Goo Dolls on the Guitar
-Fix acoustic guitar
-Learn how to play it
3 Get my Drivers License
-9.5 more driving hours
-Pass Road Test

Twas the Night Before_____

2007-12-27T00:29:00.000-05:00

"Twas the Night Before_____" (begin with that line, but you don't have to use "Christmas")

Twas the Night Before the wedding. She didn't know what to think. Maybe, perhaps, it wouldn't be so bad. He was nice, that she was sure of. But did she love him? More importantly, did her sister? And now that he knew of that little incident, did he still love her?

Luce shook her head in disgust. This was all too confusing. What if she just ran away? No, no, she couldn't do that. She had come to far. But she didn't have enough time to think of an adequate plan. How could she live with this? How could she stand not knowing?

She stood up, a defiant look on her face. She had to know. She had to know now.

"How Would You Bring about World Peace?"

2007-12-17T17:47:00.000-05:00

How perfect is it that I just re-watched Miss Teen South Carolina?

"How Would You Bring about World Peace?" (the response of a beauty contestant)

"And next up is contestant number nine," said the overly perky announcer, "come on up, contestant number nine!"
Tripping over her long gown, contestant number nine made her way to the microphone.
"Here is your question: how would you bring about World Peace?"
A look of intense confusion crossed the beauty contestant's face. She had, obviously, never even considered answering such a question. It would require thought. Except that she only had thirty seconds to give an answer.
"Well," she began, flashing a smile to the camera, "I would teach all the little children how to read. Cause reading would, well, it, to the children, they would feel more peaceful. And reading is-" the timer cut her off.
"Thank you contestant number nine!" The beauty walked back to her place in line, stilling grinning. "And now, contestant number ten! Come on down, number ten!"

Tick Tock

2007-12-09T12:53:00.000-05:00

The Countdown

Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.
The clock sounded like a bell tolling.
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.
It was driving him mad.
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.

Only three more minutes, he told himself, only three more. But time seemed to be standing still. It seemed like those three minutes would never come to pass.

Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.
His hand started tapping on the table, just as the snow began to fall outside the window.
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.

Only two more minutes, he told himself, only two more. But time seemed to be standing still. It seemed like those two minutes would never come to pass.

Tick. Tock. Tick Tock.

Only one more minute, he told himself, only one more. But time seemed to be standing still. It seemed like that one minute would never come to pass.

Tick. Tock.
The bell rang.
He was free.

Baloney

2007-12-06T19:26:00.000-05:00

Okay, so I lied. Not everyday by any stretch of the imagination. I'll do them whenever I fell like it.

Baloney! (dialogue only)

"But I hate sandwiches!"
"That's just too bad, isn't it?"
"But... but..."
"Don't you but me, young lady."
"Yes ma'am."
"Good, now eat it."
". . ."
"I said eat it."
"What kind of sandwich is it?"
"Baloney!"
"But I hate baloney!'

Clove

2007-11-30T23:42:00.000-05:00

I'm starting to do everyday (when I can) writing exercises. The prompts are from To Boldly NaNo.

So, without further ado:
Clove (under 150 words)

"Don't be so ridiculous!" cried the archdeacon. "It has been centuries since we believed that vampires were repelled by garlic."
"But...but..." stammered the scrawny boy, holding out his clove, "I heard it from me mum. I knows I did."
"Your mother hasn't been trained in the art of vampire hunting, has she?"
"No," he replied sadly.
"Then we won't be taking her advice today," the archdeacon turned his back on the boy, there was a brief shuffling as he rummaged around the bookshelf, when he turned to face the boy again, he was holding an old and ratty book, "we'll be taking mine."
"What's that?" the boy asked in wonder.
"That is the truth, boy. The truth," the archdeacon's eyes unfocused, "is nothing."

My NaNoWriMo Experience

2007-11-29T18:18:00.000-05:00

Well, what's done is done.

I did it. And I won.

It was my first NaNoWriMo and also my first novel that made it past the fifth page. And I am so glad that I did do it. It is such a rush to realize that you have less then a thousand words left to go and you just can't stop! And when I hit 50K last night...wow. Just wow.

I started a few days late because I was in tech for a show, and proceeded to remain behind until the day before Thanksgiving. And then I managed to fall behind until the Sunday after. But I managed to stay on track and even get a day ahead, and then something overtook me. I could not stop writing, and I finished two days early.

But now I must propose the real question: can I use any of it? The answer is not as good as one would hope: not much. I am not looking forward to the rewrite, because I decided to change my narration, but I got the story out. I did it.

And now I am more inspired than ever. Which is what this blog is for, isn't it?