nanowrimo

This is a procrastination tool writing exercise I use a lot in November, and I thought I’d post it here just for fun. So, here we go — letters to two of my many, many characters.

Dear William:

Are you sure you don’t want to get DS from the, you know, infected blood you just got all [...]

So my brilliant and cool and way-more-organized-than-me co-ML, Christy, is doing something different for NaNo this year. She’s writing an improv novel. She’s writing it entirely online, in front of an audience, and she’s taking suggestions from the audience as she writes. It’s completely insane, and very cool, and she’s quite good at it. And [...]

Wow. My first day of unemployment in five years. I slept in until it was light outside! And now I’m sitting in front of my computer in my pjs like it was Saturday. I’m sure I’ll stop enjoying the free time in a few days, because it comes with a severe lack of money. If [...]

Today was the kick-off meeting for our local NaNoWriMo group. I had agreed to meet my fellow ML there a bit early to put together the goodie bags and push tables together and such.

Holy crap, NaNoWriMo is a month away. I guess I’m officially announcing my intention to cheat this year. Yes, I am continuing The Afflicted instead of moving on to the shiny new gay romantic steampunk road novel. This makes me sad, because the new novel would be incredibly fun to write (All world- and character-building, [...]

Since it will not get out of my head and is resisting moving back so as to leave room for what I’m supposed to be working on, here’s the premise for my 2007 NaNo novel:
The queen has a problem. Her teenage children keep falling in love with unsuitable mates. Her daughter is carrying on with [...]

Today, on the way to work, I was accosted with many story ideas. Not, unfortunately, for the novel I’m working on. Nor for the novel I’ll be writing in November. No, these ideas were for my first NaNo novel, back in November of 2003.