I accomplished my mission. I wrote a novel in 30 days that is made up of at least 50,000 words. Well, I wouldn’t say the thing is finished. I’ve got plenty to edit and plenty more to add. I like the idea of just dedicating a month to one thing. Now I’ll have to see how well I keep up [ Read More ]
Archive for November, 2009
So earlier today I was reading the G-20 statement after they had their Pittsburgh meeting in September. I couldn’t help chuckle at how they act like this financial ‘crisis’ was a big surprise. I mean, these people are pretty much beyond the smartest kids in class. Their entire life is economics and studying its history. So, they obviously know that [ Read More ]
The month is moving along and I’m typing along. I didn’t type much today, but what today’s scene brought out was pretty nuts. I’ll give you my unedited excerpt. After November, I’ll be editing all of this (I hope). It may not make sense, but that’s okay. I’ll just say that people are being offered an injection that will transform [ Read More ]
So, here’s an excerpt from today’s writings: We do not listen to the ramblings of the unmarked ones on Earth. They are not enlightened. They are stupid and do not deserve to be fed. They sometimes seek food from us, but it is understood that to get anything of ours, you need to become one of us. The mark is [ Read More ]
This was one of the nuttiest writing days of NaNo WriMo for me. It’s hard to tell if this is progress or not, but I just spent one hour doing Write or Die and wrote 2,100 words in that hour. I know the goal is to just write and write without much thinking, so that’s exactly what I did during [ Read More ]
Alright! I’m right on track to actually having 50,000 words by the end of the month. I just finished bringing the count up to 14,215 words. It’s getting a little easier to just write without feeling the need to constantly correct myself. I have to keep reminding myself that I can always edit later. For now, the important thing is [ Read More ]
If you’re reading this on facebook, this is an automatically imported note from my blog located here: http://fabsadventures.com Another problem with the facebook import is that it tends to get rid of some of my apostrophes. I don’t know why. Maybe it has something to do with the way Microsoft Word encodes apostrophes? Who really knows?? Well, it’s after midnight, [ Read More ]
I’m catching up to where I need to be. Today I stayed home from work sick. It’s about that time that the parents get sick from whatever the kids had. I actually had gotten ready for work this morning and started to drive to work when I decided that I shouldn’t give my coworkers the chance of catching the bug [ Read More ]
So, I’m exhausted and need some sleep. I only came out with just over 200 words today. I’d stay up, but nothing will really come out. I just made the writing more difficult in an effort to make it more interesting to read. It’s a small hurdle that I think some sleep will cure. Looks like I’m doubling up tomorrow!
So, I managed to squeeze out another 1,942 words today. That, mostly during the Phillies game tonight. This “novel” is starting to look like letters back and forth, or a newsletter with replies from readers, or even a blog with reader replies. I’ve included a small story in one of the replies, but more stories are going to come to [ Read More ]