| Tuesday, November 11, 2008 |
| I think I have to let this monkey go |
Most of our time is spent trying to find housing. This is an exhausting task.
At this point, the NANO is just another thing to fuss about not getting done.
Last year it was fun. This year it is a chore.
Goodbye, monkey. |
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| Tuesday, November 4, 2008 |
| Abort. Restart. Retry. |
The cozy wasn't working for me. I went on line and ran a few story idea generators and one of the ideas struck the proper chord. (The www has become an electronic muse.)
I'm now working on a contemporary novel about group of friends. The introductory character, Allison McCloud, is a literary editor working for Turtle Press. The opening scene in at a SF convention called SciCon.
The working title is Elements.
2000 words a day, starting tomorrow, will do the trick. |
| posted by Lee @ 10:19 PM |
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| Saturday, November 1, 2008 |
| NANO 2008 |
Today is day one. From the few words I've written so far it looks like this one will be a cozy.
Our internet connection is a dial-up and service is spotty at best. I totally missed the chance of a kick off this year. I know I'll miss my writing buddies up in the South Jersey region. |
| posted by Lee @ 3:31 PM |
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| Monday, December 10, 2007 |
| TGIO Party |
Here we are, holding our bubbly and "Current" in which Bluestone has an article about NANO published.
It's now officially over for the year.
But we have already planned on getting together before November 08. |
| posted by Lee @ 4:15 PM |
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| Thursday, November 29, 2007 |
| I made it |
I made it! The whole story is now told.
Originally it was to be a mystery taking place mostly in NYC with an early scene being the reading of Hamster (Hamish) Holliday's will. It was entitled "March Madness."
It turned out to be a romance, taking place entirely on Aruba, and featuring Hamster (Hamish) Holliday who is very much alive and is the uncle of our protagonist. It is now entitled "Grist."
With this seat of pants writing, one never knows from day to day what will happen next.
But it's done.
I do plan to do some editing, though not for publication.**
It was a great ride.
**(This is an open invitation for my internal editor, who had been vacationing with other internal editors in California to return from the coffee house and provide assistance. Or not. Whatever.) |
| posted by Lee @ 1:07 PM |
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| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 |
| I have to say |
This is turning out to be quite a ride.
I've never written without editing before, and once you get going it's almost like watching a movie and writing down the words.
Writing SOP is the literary equivalent of a fun house. You never know what is going to be around the next corner. |
| posted by Lee @ 12:00 AM |
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| Thursday, November 22, 2007 |
| Things keep changing |
Now we're at 33000 words. Writing just 2100 a day will get me to the end on time.
In the meanwhile:
- Julia has totally fallen for Alvaro who is equally enamored (make way for the sex scene!)
- This is especially interesting as Julia can't cook (claims to have burned a salad) and Alvaro is a professional chef.
- Cousin Teddy turns out to be gay, which all the characters knew but have only just now thought to mention to the author. *heavy sigh*
- Someone broke into the house and attacked Hamster and it's beginning to look like Hamster paid him to do it.
I'm still doing things by the seat of my pants. Not knowing what comes next makes writing almost like reading. |
| posted by Lee @ 12:17 PM |
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| Saturday, November 17, 2007 |
| Still Behind |
My story sucks. I have only 20,000 words. I should have 25,000 by now. My characters are cardboard and my plot, such as it is, is at a standstill. In other words, folks, we're halfway through the month. |
| posted by Lee @ 10:28 AM |
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| Saturday, November 10, 2007 |
| Back on track |
| If I keep up 2000 words per day I can make it. |
| posted by Lee @ 5:39 PM |
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