Writing for around 22 days out of the 30 days of the month, I polished off my 50,000 words fairly easily. It was definitely easier than the 50,000 I did in 2006, at least in speed.

But, in a way, it was harder. I had less idea of where I was going. The Big Rusty Lie (makes a great Christmas present) was a simple but stupid Point A to Point B story ( Read more... )

The literary industry is a dank, horrible place, filled with mindless bureaucracy, tension, and the overwhelming feeling that everything that makes you good at writing only detracts from your ability to attract representation and publishing. Being good is less important than having a winning synopsis ( Read more... )

Why don't you head over here and do me a solid ( Read more... )

( Another fragment... )

A novel I started writing with a friend that never went anywhere. I was the only one who wrote anything and this was it, churned out in a matter of minutes in an email. Needs editing and, well, a story.

( Trimmed for your space, as you're not going to read it. )

synabetic will probably post this as well, but:

The Eye Of Argon, the worst sci-fi story ever written*.

Fucking hilarous.

*In as much as it's famous for being awful amongst readers of sci-fi. Perhaps this is how one defines "SyFy".

Given that I apparently can't figure out how to go about writing Chapter One, I'm shelving it for the time being. It needs more planning and subtlety than NaNoWriMo can handle.

So I'm switching back to The Thin Blue Grime, which is planned and partially underway. Hopefully I can work on something else on the side ( Read more... )

Though the desire of synabetic's friends were strong for zombies (though probably not in the way they thought), the public mandate is in!

I will be writing Chapter One over the next month, the story of an author who can't commit to a novel past its initial chapter, as told through his work. His own characters rebel against him and vie for the spotlight. ( Read more... )

Well, I've got one more day to figure out my novel (though I might not start until Monday, so there might be some time yet), but I'm still leaving it to you people to get out, do your duty and vote.

Not in the election. Don't be silly. VOTE FOR MY NOVEL!

Yes, you decide this year which of my many ideas I'll end up writing for NaNoWriMoHave your ( Read more... )

Anyone that perhaps has interesting friends could point those friends to a link to my poll, as I'd like more input from random people on what they'd like to read.

Not that it will be necessarily accurate in any way. But I'm a populist, I guess.