Fwhee NaNo prep >w>
Which, in my case, means some assorted notes, a lot of grumbling at things that didn't click about the world/background until recently, and finishing the book from last year. (Oh, I beat 50K - I just didn't finish that story arc.)
Because at this point, I don't have any other ideas presenting themselves besides Book 2. >w> In which I have a decent idea what's going on, it'd just help to make ABSOLUTELY sure of where everyone ends up in the aftermath of Book 1.
Whiiich means this year will be another fun month of boiling my head in demons (some of whom are the good guys), angels (some of whom are the bad guys), crazy half-dead gods, fae, immortals, and post-apocalyptic world-rebooted chaos. I'm not sure if the second one will follow One Poor Robotics Engineer In The Wrong Time And Version Of Earth as much as the first one did, even though I know the poor sap's going to be coming a BIT more into his own than you know ...
Being a great disoriented PoV character for an audience with about as much clue what's going on as he does.
(I still plan on sticking to him fitting the "NaNo dare" sort of scenario - despite being dropped into a basically fantasy setting, he is NOT going to suddenly pick up any fighting skill he doesn't have logical background for - esp. when it's been established that he's incompetent with weapons, he is STILL as magically inclined as a lead brick, and he is NOT the one that should be anywhere near facing down the monsters and villains, even if he's perfectly happy to cuss them out in dark alleyways. Being a very bright engineer is PLENTY for him to make himself useful. There's other characters who can handle the Epic Badassery. An engineer with modern knowledge in a setting that's been blasted back to feudal era can cause plenty of Epic without being the one with the shiny sword. :3 )
And having Docs 2 Go on the iTouch means I can TYPE AN ACTUAL DOCUMENT FILE while I'm away from the apartment, without having to lug a laptop around, instead of scribbling in a notebook and then retyping it every night when I get chances to write at work. :3 :3 :3
Because at this point, I don't have any other ideas presenting themselves besides Book 2. >w> In which I have a decent idea what's going on, it'd just help to make ABSOLUTELY sure of where everyone ends up in the aftermath of Book 1.
Whiiich means this year will be another fun month of boiling my head in demons (some of whom are the good guys), angels (some of whom are the bad guys), crazy half-dead gods, fae, immortals, and post-apocalyptic world-rebooted chaos. I'm not sure if the second one will follow One Poor Robotics Engineer In The Wrong Time And Version Of Earth as much as the first one did, even though I know the poor sap's going to be coming a BIT more into his own than you know ...
Being a great disoriented PoV character for an audience with about as much clue what's going on as he does.
(I still plan on sticking to him fitting the "NaNo dare" sort of scenario - despite being dropped into a basically fantasy setting, he is NOT going to suddenly pick up any fighting skill he doesn't have logical background for - esp. when it's been established that he's incompetent with weapons, he is STILL as magically inclined as a lead brick, and he is NOT the one that should be anywhere near facing down the monsters and villains, even if he's perfectly happy to cuss them out in dark alleyways. Being a very bright engineer is PLENTY for him to make himself useful. There's other characters who can handle the Epic Badassery. An engineer with modern knowledge in a setting that's been blasted back to feudal era can cause plenty of Epic without being the one with the shiny sword. :3 )
And having Docs 2 Go on the iTouch means I can TYPE AN ACTUAL DOCUMENT FILE while I'm away from the apartment, without having to lug a laptop around, instead of scribbling in a notebook and then retyping it every night when I get chances to write at work. :3 :3 :3