Last night I finished The Lord of Nightmares.  When I finished The Return of Deacon Dread last year, I was sort of surprised to discover that it was only part one of a longer story, and I was similarly surprised (but less so) this year.  So apparently it’s a trilogy.  Today I figured I may as well use the rest of National Novel Writing Month to ( Read more... )

In a marathon session last night (and early this morning), I finished up The Lord of Nightmares, my 2007 NaNoWriMo novel. There’s still one more book to go in the adventures of Zoe, Adrian, and Frederick as they take on both the Lord of Nightmares and Deacon Dread in book three: The War of Dreams, which I will hopefully write and finish up soon so ( Read more... )

…Being evidence that my blog can indeed consist of more than just Twitter updates.

It’s November, which is always a month full of time sinks for me.  I mean, everyone’s busy during November what with the holidays and Thanksgiving (well, everyone in America who celebrates Thanksgiving at least).   But for about 100,000 people around the world, ( Read more... )

*NaNoWriMoProRe: National Novel Writing Month Progress Report

Day four of National Novel Writing Month, and I’m at 6,126 words in The Lord of Nightmares.  Usually I like to be much further ahead at this point, but at least I’m keeping pace… Well, after I add another 542 words today I will be.  I think that part of the problem that I’m having is ( Read more... )

We had our kickoff party in a cafe in downtown Dixon.  It was pretty successful; get a bunch of overcaffeinated writers, already pumped because it’s Halloween anyway, into one room and the mood can get a bit raucous.  I got home at about 3:00 in the morning, which is probably part of the reason I had such an awful asthma attack on the way to work ( Read more... )

At the first official Sacramento NaNoWriMo party this past weekend, we held a little art contest.  Participants were invited to draw their Inner Editors (you know what that is: the Inner Editor is that voice inside that tells you everything you’re writing is crap and needs to be redone now).  You can see the entrants at the Inner Editor Picture ( Read more... )

I’ve put up an Official Blog for The Lord of Nightmares, my 2007 NaNoWriMo project.  You can find it here:

The Lord of Nightmares

Enjoy.  Subscribe.  Peace out.

Support Me in the 2007 NaNoWriMo Write-A-Thon

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If you know me at all, you know that every year I participate in National Novel Writing Month.  This year, instead of just writing a novel, I’m going to increase the insanity by acting as one of the two Municipal Liaisons for the Sacramento area, which means helping to herd all the crazy participants in the area and helping to make the experience ( Read more... )

As of this morning, I am officially a Municipal Liaison for National Novel Writing Month.  Fortunately, I won’t be the only one, so I won’t have to shoulder this madness on my own.

Wish me luck.

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1. Working: Pounded away at my Oracle/Moodle integration scripts until I finally got it to handle withdrawn students properly. Damn thing was recalcitrant. Sometimes you beg, cajole, bribe, and plead, but your software still won't work. Not until you threaten it with a massive logic restructuring. Then they snap into shape.
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