Lady and gentlemen, boy and girls, and anyone else who stumbles upon this, I come baring wonderful news!
Drumroll, please (this effect can be achieved my tapping pencils to a tabletop, slapping your thighs in rapid succession, or, my favourite, typing really quickly on your keyboard).
My first draft is done!
Yay!
And, standing at 67k words, this also means NaNoWriMo is over for me! And the month's not even half through. Slightly half through. Anyway.
Keep in mind, it is a first draft (so no, you can't read it. But thanks for asking, you're making me blush!) so it's got a lot of work still left on it, but at least there are words on the pages now, including "Once upon a time..." "the end" and everything in between. Go me!
I think I might be posting this just so I can gloat, but it also makes a nice set up for the process to follow (including maybe entering the ABNA again, but maybe not, because I kind of want people to actually read my book. Though $15'000...).
So, that's it. If anyone is interested in being a bata reader, feel free to message me! (Keep in mind, it's about vampires and shit, so maybe you don't want to. They don't sparkle though, I swear.)
I also had an amazing cover made for me, so maybe I'll share that, too! When I figure out how to use this blog thing.
Until then, best wishes!
Saturday, 17 November 2012
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Nostalgia; or Why Halloween Should Be Over By Now
Yes, I've said it. Look, it's there in plain english in the title. Halloween should be over now. I was thinking this a few weeks ago, and I'm even more sure of it now. Get over with Halloween!
Okay, so I'm mostly upset at the moment because despite skipping classes to attend to all the little kiddies who should be coming to our door... no little kiddies are coming to our door. WHAT?! I finally have my own house (shared, mind you, but at least not my parents... or a dorm room) and there's no kids? I know it's raining, it has been for the past few days. So? Back in my day, we went out rain or shine. Free candy is not controlled by rain. Nay, not even our parents could stop us from braving the wind and weather to collect free goodies from relative strangers.
As I'm writing this, we're finally getting our first visitors. Older kids collecting younger kids' candy. Yeah, back in my day we waited until after curfew (is that a global thing? Curfew on Halloween?) to collect left over candy. As teens anyway.
And remember those houses that would leave the bowl outside if they weren't at home? And remember how you feared the wrath of your parents if you dared take more than the allotted amount? (Maybe one more if you were feeling daring.) Now those bowls lie empty after the first kid passes by (and no wonder if parents are refusing to go out in the rain).
Despite all of this, these are not truly the reasons I want Halloween to be over now. One reason may be I don't have a costume, nor a good drink, but more important than that, I'm just too darn excited for Christmas this year! And you can bet, come November first, I'll be playing Christmas music, drinking eggnog, and breaking some peanut brittle.
Oh. And doing NaNoWriMo, which I'll continue to advocate for. Until the day I die (or at least until sometime in December when the event is over).
Anyway, happy trick-or-treating to the few actually participating. Come by London, we have lots of candy here. Which isn't getting eaten. Except by us. And we're sick now. Anyway...
Best Wishes!
Okay, so I'm mostly upset at the moment because despite skipping classes to attend to all the little kiddies who should be coming to our door... no little kiddies are coming to our door. WHAT?! I finally have my own house (shared, mind you, but at least not my parents... or a dorm room) and there's no kids? I know it's raining, it has been for the past few days. So? Back in my day, we went out rain or shine. Free candy is not controlled by rain. Nay, not even our parents could stop us from braving the wind and weather to collect free goodies from relative strangers.
As I'm writing this, we're finally getting our first visitors. Older kids collecting younger kids' candy. Yeah, back in my day we waited until after curfew (is that a global thing? Curfew on Halloween?) to collect left over candy. As teens anyway.
And remember those houses that would leave the bowl outside if they weren't at home? And remember how you feared the wrath of your parents if you dared take more than the allotted amount? (Maybe one more if you were feeling daring.) Now those bowls lie empty after the first kid passes by (and no wonder if parents are refusing to go out in the rain).
Despite all of this, these are not truly the reasons I want Halloween to be over now. One reason may be I don't have a costume, nor a good drink, but more important than that, I'm just too darn excited for Christmas this year! And you can bet, come November first, I'll be playing Christmas music, drinking eggnog, and breaking some peanut brittle.
Oh. And doing NaNoWriMo, which I'll continue to advocate for. Until the day I die (or at least until sometime in December when the event is over).
Anyway, happy trick-or-treating to the few actually participating. Come by London, we have lots of candy here. Which isn't getting eaten. Except by us. And we're sick now. Anyway...
Best Wishes!
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Failed Intro and NaNoWriMo
Hello!
Hey.
Hi!
Dear Friends,
Dear Readers,
Ma'Alo!
No, I don't now how to start this. But I'm starting it, and that's the main thing. Does it really matter? No. Will anyone read it? Maybe, who knows. But I'm not writing this for the readers, I'm writing it for myself. Because I want to.
Which is the same reason I'm doing NaNoWriMo again this year. (Awesome segue, right?)
Seriously, dear friends/readers/ma'alo, if you've ever considered writing a novel, you need to look into National Novel Writing Month. Your goal is to write 50'000 words in one month (about 1667 words a day), which is about the length of a novel. No one has to read it, no one ever has to know you've written it (though it's always fun to have people to talk to, which is why I recommend checking out the forums on the official site. There are some seriously awesome people on that site!). You don't win anything per se, but you do get the satisfaction of having a complete manuscript under your belt (or at least the first draft of one), and that's something not a lot of people can claim to have!
It's also a pretty intense discipline learning event (especially as a university student who has a bunch of paper to write in November. Yeah, trust me, it takes discipline). It's so worth it, though. Every frustrating writers block, coffee fuelled day, hair tearing moment is completely worth having birthed a story you can hold and dance around the room with (yeah, my stories are my babies, so what?).
Never done anything whimsical? Maybe now's your chance! Consider yourself a whimsical person? Then I'm sure you know the reward of taking a chance. So do it! Write 50k words in November! Challenge yourself do write that story that's been floating in your mind for forever. And tell me about it! Because I'd love some support, too :)
Best wishes!
Hey.
Hi!
Dear Friends,
Dear Readers,
Ma'Alo!
No, I don't now how to start this. But I'm starting it, and that's the main thing. Does it really matter? No. Will anyone read it? Maybe, who knows. But I'm not writing this for the readers, I'm writing it for myself. Because I want to.
Which is the same reason I'm doing NaNoWriMo again this year. (Awesome segue, right?)
Seriously, dear friends/readers/ma'alo, if you've ever considered writing a novel, you need to look into National Novel Writing Month. Your goal is to write 50'000 words in one month (about 1667 words a day), which is about the length of a novel. No one has to read it, no one ever has to know you've written it (though it's always fun to have people to talk to, which is why I recommend checking out the forums on the official site. There are some seriously awesome people on that site!). You don't win anything per se, but you do get the satisfaction of having a complete manuscript under your belt (or at least the first draft of one), and that's something not a lot of people can claim to have!
It's also a pretty intense discipline learning event (especially as a university student who has a bunch of paper to write in November. Yeah, trust me, it takes discipline). It's so worth it, though. Every frustrating writers block, coffee fuelled day, hair tearing moment is completely worth having birthed a story you can hold and dance around the room with (yeah, my stories are my babies, so what?).
Never done anything whimsical? Maybe now's your chance! Consider yourself a whimsical person? Then I'm sure you know the reward of taking a chance. So do it! Write 50k words in November! Challenge yourself do write that story that's been floating in your mind for forever. And tell me about it! Because I'd love some support, too :)
Best wishes!
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