NaBlogWriMo: The Recappening
So, November has ended, and with it my grand blogging experiment. I certainly did better this year than last. I had to post a few late entries this morning, as I've been sick the last couple of days. I didn't quite make 30 posts in 30 days, mostly because I couldn't keep up on the weekends. I was doing most of my writing on my iPad during my commute, and obviously didn't have that time set aside on non-work days.
Will I keep up this pace? Definitely not. I'm really running dry on topics. I'm missing being able to read and watch my shows on my commute. I also feel like the deliberately scattershot nature of topics covered would pretty well prevent me from drawing any kind of audience. On the other hand, I was really starting to enjoy the writing.
Going forward, I think I'm going to move "serious" topics back over to my other blog. I want to try to commit to one gaming blog a week, and one piece of fiction a week. I'll post links here, on Twitter, and on Facebook when I do. Given that most of my fiction is likely to be gaming-related, or at least in the same genres, that will hopefully be concentrated enough to warrant an audience that isn't just made up of my friends. I will continue to post here, but it will mostly be personal stuff, and my thoughts on various things like politics and religion. I might try to stick to the goal of one "real" post here every week, too. (Though, that's starting to tread dangerously close to a post every day again.)
I did enjoy this a lot more than last year, too. It didn't feel quite so much like a chore. I think I put up some much more interesting stuff, too. Especially the fiction. There are still three or four stories in the pipeline that I didn't get finished, to start off the "one a week" pattern next week.
P. NaBlogWriMo, The Returnening, in which I explain this crazy experiment.
1. In which I have an day to test men's sanity.
2. In which I discuss a certain article on Marie Claire's site about "fatties."
3. In which I hate political campaigns.
4. In which I review Gamma World.
5. In which I talk about the Carousel of Progress at Walt Disney World.
6. In which I have an epiphany about Gamma Rifts!
7. A short story, introducing Jack (yes, you will see more of him).
8. In which I review the movie, Knightriders.
9. In which I honor an important date.
10. In which I discuss a world without guns.
11. In which I discuss the nature of the infinite.
12. In which I discuss cover songs.
13. Part one of making fantasy fantastic.
14. Part two of the same article.
15. And part three, to finish it up.
16. In which I link to my mammoth travelogue, and pimp those of a couple of my friends.
17. Let's talk about sex.
18. In which I get mopey about this project.
19. Another ficlet, this time about my FantasyCraft character.
20. In which I expand on my Gamma Rifts idea.
21. Have you read these books?
22. In which I discuss online piracy.
23. Getting unplugged.
24. In which I review the Deathly Hallows.
25. In which I talk about bullies.
26. Giving thanks on Thanksgiving.
27. Which superpower would you take?
28. In which I discuss how much I like rules.
29. In which I begin the journal of a new D&D character, Zintiel.
30. Zintiel's adventures continue.
Hold the phone!!!
In linking to all my entries under the cut there, I just discovered that, counting the three tardy posts from this morning, I hit 30 posts!! I did it!!1!!eleventy-one!!
As a related note, I would also like to mention that I tallied it up, and I came just shy of 35,000 words across all of those posts (including a few of the longer comments, too). So, I wouldn't have made NaNoWriMo, but I think that's still pretty impressive.
*whew*
Will I keep up this pace? Definitely not. I'm really running dry on topics. I'm missing being able to read and watch my shows on my commute. I also feel like the deliberately scattershot nature of topics covered would pretty well prevent me from drawing any kind of audience. On the other hand, I was really starting to enjoy the writing.
Going forward, I think I'm going to move "serious" topics back over to my other blog. I want to try to commit to one gaming blog a week, and one piece of fiction a week. I'll post links here, on Twitter, and on Facebook when I do. Given that most of my fiction is likely to be gaming-related, or at least in the same genres, that will hopefully be concentrated enough to warrant an audience that isn't just made up of my friends. I will continue to post here, but it will mostly be personal stuff, and my thoughts on various things like politics and religion. I might try to stick to the goal of one "real" post here every week, too. (Though, that's starting to tread dangerously close to a post every day again.)
I did enjoy this a lot more than last year, too. It didn't feel quite so much like a chore. I think I put up some much more interesting stuff, too. Especially the fiction. There are still three or four stories in the pipeline that I didn't get finished, to start off the "one a week" pattern next week.
P. NaBlogWriMo, The Returnening, in which I explain this crazy experiment.
1. In which I have an day to test men's sanity.
2. In which I discuss a certain article on Marie Claire's site about "fatties."
3. In which I hate political campaigns.
4. In which I review Gamma World.
5. In which I talk about the Carousel of Progress at Walt Disney World.
6. In which I have an epiphany about Gamma Rifts!
7. A short story, introducing Jack (yes, you will see more of him).
8. In which I review the movie, Knightriders.
9. In which I honor an important date.
10. In which I discuss a world without guns.
11. In which I discuss the nature of the infinite.
12. In which I discuss cover songs.
13. Part one of making fantasy fantastic.
14. Part two of the same article.
15. And part three, to finish it up.
16. In which I link to my mammoth travelogue, and pimp those of a couple of my friends.
17. Let's talk about sex.
18. In which I get mopey about this project.
19. Another ficlet, this time about my FantasyCraft character.
20. In which I expand on my Gamma Rifts idea.
21. Have you read these books?
22. In which I discuss online piracy.
23. Getting unplugged.
24. In which I review the Deathly Hallows.
25. In which I talk about bullies.
26. Giving thanks on Thanksgiving.
27. Which superpower would you take?
28. In which I discuss how much I like rules.
29. In which I begin the journal of a new D&D character, Zintiel.
30. Zintiel's adventures continue.
Hold the phone!!!
In linking to all my entries under the cut there, I just discovered that, counting the three tardy posts from this morning, I hit 30 posts!! I did it!!1!!eleventy-one!!
As a related note, I would also like to mention that I tallied it up, and I came just shy of 35,000 words across all of those posts (including a few of the longer comments, too). So, I wouldn't have made NaNoWriMo, but I think that's still pretty impressive.
*whew*