Camp NaNoWriMo is going quite well, as I’m writing every day and getting my words in. The new story is coming along its merry way, since I determined that this time, I would outline by hand, so as to have my notes always with me, and I would be able to spread them out on […]
Interviewing Oliver and Jack
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 […]