So I’m right on schedule: it’s been about six months since I blogged here. What’s that? Other people blog every day, sometimes more than once a day? Well shit.
I think I suffer from boxitis. What is this blog for? I ask myself repeatedly. No one answers, so it becomes about nothing except the crickets chirping. [...]
This is my fifth and final report on my progress toward my goal of completing a 50,000 word novel by November 30 as part of National Novel Writing Month. Read more of my thoughts on NaNoWriMo.
I fell over the finish line at about 10:30 p.m. on November 30 with 50,060 words. So I made [...]
This is my fourth report on my progress toward my goal of completing a 50,000 word novel by November 30 as part of National Novel Writing Month. Read more of my thoughts on NaNoWriMo.
It’s not looking so great. My word count is stalled at just over 30,000 words. Yesterday was supposed to be [...]
They’re always lurking there, just out of sight. Turn your head fast enough and you just might catch them in the act. They’re ready to pounce whenever your attention wavers for a moment.
What are they? They’re ideas that are better than what I’m currently working on. They’re ideas that will ultimately [...]
Today I’m feeling a little bit like Neil Gaiman in his National Novel Writing Month pep talk:
“You don’t know why you started your novel, you no longer remember why you imagined that anyone would want to read it, and you’re pretty sure that even if you finish it it won’t have been worth the time [...]
