I know, I know, I said I wasn’t doing NaNoWriMo this year. But you know what? I caved. Sort of. See, NaNo is pretty fun, and I do really enjoy doing it. Sure, I wasn’t happy with the noir superhero novel I wrote last year, but in the process of writing it, I learned a […]
NaNoWriMo
NaNoWriMo 2011
It’s coming up to that time of year when the blogosphere threatens to implode under the weight of NaNoWriMo posts. Are you doing it? Are you giving it a miss? Do you think it’s the worst thing to happen to fiction since Stephanie Meyer? I did my first NaNoWriMo in 2008 and wrote the first […]
NaNoWriMo 2010
It’s November 30th, the last day of NaNoWriMo, and I’m pleased to say that I broke the 50,000 word mark on Sunday evening. Boy, am I glad! After being really excited by my story back in those halcyon days at the start of the month, I rapidly grew bored with it. Doing my daily words […]
The Inevitable NaNoWriMo Post
Monday 1st November is almost upon us, which in the writing world, means just one thing. No, we writer folk don’t celebrate All Saint’s Day (well, some of us might). No, I mean it’s almost NaNoWriMo, aka National Novel Writing Month. The name is something of a misnomer since the concept has since gone international […]
Day Two
So I’ve written over 5,000 words for my NaNoWriMo attempt. Over 10% written and it’s only Day Two. Don’t worry, there’s no way I’ll keep up this pace. Anyway. I’m not at all happy with what I’ve written so far, but instead of expecting myself to write something perfect straight out of the gate, I’m […]
At last! An idea!
I now have my NaNoWriMo idea. It’s not the one I was previously brainstorming, particularly since I think that idea better lends itself to a short story. No, the Big Idea is one I’ve had rolling around in the back of my mind for a while now, but which I finally think I can do […]
