Friday, October 31, 2014
NaNoWriMo Prep: KITTEH PICTURES
Just a reminder that one year tonight I meet this mewling little hungry kitteh on the steps of my apartment as I sat Halloween night working on my NaNoWriMo preparations, and who moved in with me a month later and gave birth to a litter:
Happy anniversary, Ocean the Wiggle Cat.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
NaNoWriMo: In Case Anyone Asks About Why My Aliens Are Blue-Skinned Humanoids
They're a species able to shapeshift in their natural forms, and so when they mass-bred human forms they merely adjusted their skin pigmentation to look blue.
If anybody asks about the unhealthy levels of hemoglobin or silver in their bloodstreams, I'll just whistle a jaunty tune and keep writing...
(muttering under breath) damn geeks, we never stop nitpicking do we....
If anybody asks about the unhealthy levels of hemoglobin or silver in their bloodstreams, I'll just whistle a jaunty tune and keep writing...
(muttering under breath) damn geeks, we never stop nitpicking do we....
Saturday, October 25, 2014
One Week Before NaNoWriMo 2014
GET PUMPED UP, WRITERS.
You want motivation heading into next week? Here you go:
I met Tim Dorsey at his presentation at the Bartow Public Library last week. I mentioned to him the thing about NaNoWriMo, that it's writing a novel up to 50,000 words within 30 days.
Dorsey mentioned that his Serge A Storms book Orange Crush - his third - was 80,000 words and he finished it in 40 days. That's roughly 2000 words a day, close to the amount needed to do NaNo (1667) in 30 days. Heck, writing 2000 words is easy to do during a Write-In event, those events tend to last 2 hours. That's 2 hours in a day. And there's more than 2 hours in a day a writer can find the time to write.
Doing NaNo is an easy thing to do, as long as you prepare yourself to write. Planning out the days you're going to be able to find the time. Planning out the rough narrative / outline of your work. Knowing your characters before you write them. These are all the easy steps you can be doing right now before logging in to www.nanowrimo.org to get set... ready... WRITE!
I met Tim Dorsey at his presentation at the Bartow Public Library last week. I mentioned to him the thing about NaNoWriMo, that it's writing a novel up to 50,000 words within 30 days.
Dorsey mentioned that his Serge A Storms book Orange Crush - his third - was 80,000 words and he finished it in 40 days. That's roughly 2000 words a day, close to the amount needed to do NaNo (1667) in 30 days. Heck, writing 2000 words is easy to do during a Write-In event, those events tend to last 2 hours. That's 2 hours in a day. And there's more than 2 hours in a day a writer can find the time to write.
Doing NaNo is an easy thing to do, as long as you prepare yourself to write. Planning out the days you're going to be able to find the time. Planning out the rough narrative / outline of your work. Knowing your characters before you write them. These are all the easy steps you can be doing right now before logging in to www.nanowrimo.org to get set... ready... WRITE!
Friday, October 17, 2014
Tim Dorsey at Bartow Public Library: The Early Warning
We're hosting Tim Dorsey - of the Serge A Storm series - this Saturday at Bartow Public Library (Bartow, FL).
We expect Mr. Dorsey will talk about his travels across the state, and how he determines the proper method of killing off rude characters in each unique touristy locale.
I'm serious. If Tim Dorsey includes a character based on you in any of his Serge novels, you will die in a painful and creative manner...
So be very polite when he shows up, and no sudden movements, and STOP TURN OFF THAT AUTOFLASH ON YOUR SMARTPHONE NOOOOOoooo... Oh no... OH NO. RUN...
We expect Mr. Dorsey will talk about his travels across the state, and how he determines the proper method of killing off rude characters in each unique touristy locale.
I'm serious. If Tim Dorsey includes a character based on you in any of his Serge novels, you will die in a painful and creative manner...
So be very polite when he shows up, and no sudden movements, and STOP TURN OFF THAT AUTOFLASH ON YOUR SMARTPHONE NOOOOOoooo... Oh no... OH NO. RUN...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
NaNoWriMo 2014: Clearing Out the Leftovers
Tell me to get at least two of the six stories finished that I'd planned to make part of my superhero narrative from 2013 NaNo before Halloween. Two. That's all. I got one, if I can get two I can post them in a combo mini-anthology of sorts on Smashwords or something.
TELL ME. I need an editor with an egg timer and a 2x4 standing behind me right about now.
TELL ME. I need an editor with an egg timer and a 2x4 standing behind me right about now.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
NaNoWriMo 2014: Another Reckoning Another Chance
It's time to NANO.
This year I'm plotting out an alien invasion with a twist (the aliens are here to SPOILERS).
Meantime, I am finishing up some of the chapters from LAST YEAR's NaNo attempt to see about getting the rough draft edited out and published before I get working this November on this new one.
This time I'll have the 2013 work finished BEFORE I go jumping for an artist / cover designer.
Meantime, I am finishing up some of the chapters from LAST YEAR's NaNo attempt to see about getting the rough draft edited out and published before I get working this November on this new one.
This time I'll have the 2013 work finished BEFORE I go jumping for an artist / cover designer.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
October Cat Warning
It's the month of All Hallows.
It is the time of black kittehs to stalk the sides of windows and signage for trick or treating.
It is the time of Mal the Crazy Kitteh.
You cannot stop him.
You cannot contain him.
And he will shred your toilet paper.
This month is his.
Beware the Crazy Kitteh.
It is the time of black kittehs to stalk the sides of windows and signage for trick or treating.
And he will shred your toilet paper.
This month is his.
Beware the Crazy Kitteh.
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