Recently, on CampNaNoWriMo was a note from one of the camp counselors (Sona Charaiporta) that recommended that if we were having trouble to interview our characters. Which I thought was a great idea; the last time I interviewed Oliver and Jack, I used a fountain pen and left the papers beneath an open window, and […]
Crossing the Terminator Into Night
Around Day 8 of NaNoWriMo in November of 2014, I had the worst sense of exhaustion, and my whole body, including every writerly molecule that I possessed, wanted to to just stop writing. It wasn’t as though I’d run out of words, because there will always be more. But it was as if my old, […]
Take Me To Church
When I was young, I wanted to be a ballet dancer. And when I say ballet dancer, I mean like the young man in the video I have included in this post. The song, Take Me to Church, is by a band called Hoizier. I’ve included a link to the original video on youtube, though, […]
Jack Takes The Lead
Today is Day 1 of Camp NaNoWriMo, which is the April version of NaNoWriMo. The idea of it is that you stay in virtual “cabins” and with your cabinmates, write up a storm! We’ve already got several cookouts planned, and there’s a stash of red wine beneath someone’s bunk for drinking after the counselors have […]
NaNoWriMo – Day Thirty
I did it! And here is my reward! Ta da! The hardest part of doing NaNoWriMo was about 75% of the way in, when I felt as though I was running out of words. But I was assured by Wendy that there are always more words and so I soldiered on. The second hardest […]
NaNoWriMo – Day Twenty-Eight and Twenty-Nine
Today I worked on Oliver and Jack, writing Jack’s point of view with great relish. He likes to use bad words when he thinks, and knows that his beloved Nolly would not like to hear them. But, seeing as how Jack was raised by someone who felt that stealing was a good occupational choice, he […]