NaNoWriMo was a great thing for me, because it showed me that I could finish a novel in 30 days. The timing has worked out for three of my novels that I was ready to begin writing on November 1st, but this year I’m afraid it’s a different story. I won’t be able to complete […]
The Deicide Saga, Book 1: Reflections at 100,000 Words
I have to admit I was a little disappointed at the end of NaNoWriMo when my novel failed to break 100,000 words, but I’ve already gone over that. Needless to say, I kept writing, and tonight I crested the 100,000 word mark of the first book in what I am currently calling The Deicide Saga. […]
NaNoWriMo 2012 in Review
Well, it’s over. NaNoWriMo 2012 has come to a close, and I am reluctant to say that I failed at reaching my DOUBLEWRIMO goal of 100,000 words (twice the requirement to ‘win’ NaNoWriMo). A snapshot of my stats is below. NaNoWriMo 2012 I discovered upon finishing that, while 80,000 words is a respectable number, […]
Halfway Through NaNoWriMo 2012
Just a brief update. My goal was to write 3,334 words a day, totaling over 100,000 words in the month of November. That’s DOUBLEWRIMO – two times the requirement to “finish” NaNoWriMo. I thought I’d post a screenshot of my stats, just to give a little bit of an update on how things are going […]
A Writer’s Manifesto
Listen. I woke up at 3:00 AM this morning for some inexplicable reason, and I’m 44,000 words into my NaNoWriMo novel – still on track for DOUBLEWRIMO, mind you. But I found out late last week that Daily Science Fiction is going to be releasing “The Most Important Man in the Universe” tomorrow, and that […]
On the Eve of NaNoWriMo
Well, we’re at that time of year again where I obsess over word counts and plots and wonder if my characters are full enough or if everything I’ve done is just one giant derivative cliche with vampires and werewolves and an old guy who sacrifices himself to save the hero and Orks and Magik that […]
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