Saturday Scintillation
* I'm over 27,000 words into the NaNovel, and yeah, it's pretty okay. I know there are problems, but I know the process I'm going to use to fix them. I think I'll jump into this in December and spend time doing that while writing more stories for The Long Range.
* What do I love about NaNoWriMo? Lots of things, but mostly it's the energy I'm getting from having a plan and not quite enough time. Mrs. Ajasont is terribly kind in letting me take the extra time to write. I'm learning more about how I work, and what works for me in being able to write. I'm also generating ideas that I can't deal with now. Those'll have to be taken care of in the year to come.
* Maybe you're curious about those ideas, but you'll have to wait just like I am. That's why I'm writing them down in a little notebook that I keep at the desk at work and comes home with me every night.
* Which means that my plans for next year are filling up in terms of writing. There will be physical copies of STUFF next year, including a printed, bound version of The Long Range short stories, probably around September. Print on Demand, of course, but a physical version for sure.
* Today's the last football game at home for KU, and thank god. I'll be smoking a cigar this evening when I get home from taking care of a bunch of hungry people.
* It's been suggested that I share some pictures of Kansas here. I think I'll do that, but not until after I'm done with NaNoWriMo. I've got some that I think are pretty good, though.
* Damn, I missed picking Chicago for the pool on Thursday night. How the hell can I keep up with all the damn sports going on? Oh, yeah, there's a thing called a newspaper that I look at every day at work. Supposed I ought to open the sports section every once in a while.
* One last item about National Novel Writing Month: I'm blogging a little here about the experience and I'll share an excerpt of the current work next week, I think. You have to sign up to comment, but you can go there to read and come back here to comment if you'd like to.
* Philip Pullman's writing on Northern Lights (yeah, it's called The Golden Compass here in America but it's original title is better) is really interesting. I like the way he's telling the story and the character dialogue is very, very cool. Too bad that movie was so clunkily adapted. Heavy-handed Americans, again.
* Right, that's all for now. More to come as I go along. Thanks for stopping by and staying in touch. Oh, I forgot I had these on the computer:
That's a sculpture to the right of the colorful tree, that's meant to evoke the typical Kansas tornado. It was made from saplings cut down around Clinton Lake and built around a dying tree.
And this is a view from the front door of our house. Those clouds look like mountains, or at least they did when I took the picture.
Okay, that's really it for now. Hearts of Space is on and there's writing to do. Need to get 3000 words today since I took most of yesterday off. Don't forget to check out "The Insulated Man" at the website.
Cheers!
* What do I love about NaNoWriMo? Lots of things, but mostly it's the energy I'm getting from having a plan and not quite enough time. Mrs. Ajasont is terribly kind in letting me take the extra time to write. I'm learning more about how I work, and what works for me in being able to write. I'm also generating ideas that I can't deal with now. Those'll have to be taken care of in the year to come.
* Maybe you're curious about those ideas, but you'll have to wait just like I am. That's why I'm writing them down in a little notebook that I keep at the desk at work and comes home with me every night.
* Which means that my plans for next year are filling up in terms of writing. There will be physical copies of STUFF next year, including a printed, bound version of The Long Range short stories, probably around September. Print on Demand, of course, but a physical version for sure.
* Today's the last football game at home for KU, and thank god. I'll be smoking a cigar this evening when I get home from taking care of a bunch of hungry people.
* It's been suggested that I share some pictures of Kansas here. I think I'll do that, but not until after I'm done with NaNoWriMo. I've got some that I think are pretty good, though.
* Damn, I missed picking Chicago for the pool on Thursday night. How the hell can I keep up with all the damn sports going on? Oh, yeah, there's a thing called a newspaper that I look at every day at work. Supposed I ought to open the sports section every once in a while.
* One last item about National Novel Writing Month: I'm blogging a little here about the experience and I'll share an excerpt of the current work next week, I think. You have to sign up to comment, but you can go there to read and come back here to comment if you'd like to.
* Philip Pullman's writing on Northern Lights (yeah, it's called The Golden Compass here in America but it's original title is better) is really interesting. I like the way he's telling the story and the character dialogue is very, very cool. Too bad that movie was so clunkily adapted. Heavy-handed Americans, again.
* Right, that's all for now. More to come as I go along. Thanks for stopping by and staying in touch. Oh, I forgot I had these on the computer:
That's a sculpture to the right of the colorful tree, that's meant to evoke the typical Kansas tornado. It was made from saplings cut down around Clinton Lake and built around a dying tree.
And this is a view from the front door of our house. Those clouds look like mountains, or at least they did when I took the picture.
Okay, that's really it for now. Hearts of Space is on and there's writing to do. Need to get 3000 words today since I took most of yesterday off. Don't forget to check out "The Insulated Man" at the website.
Cheers!