....when I should be working on my novel. Well Nanowrimo has begun for 2011. I have managed about seven hundred words so far as we speak, but the majority of my writing efforts will be done in the evening. For those who have read my previous post, and I don't mean the random search engines, I chose the young adult/early teen book. I started one of the other ones, but got a bit boreed, so started this one. I have to say I am enjoying the feel of the story so far. There's a little bit of the present, and a little backstory so far, and my villianous bully character is shaping up nicely, mwah ha ha ha haaa! Well best get back to it.
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Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Friday, 14 October 2011
I'd rather be watching tele!
With November rapidly approaching it's time to think about cranking up the brain cells to attempt another assault on the English language. Yes November is Nanowrimo month, or Write a Novel in a Month month, or to misquote it, write 50,000 or more words of complete drivel, and bore family and friends stupid with your faux author like antics. I hasten to add this is purely self deprecation, and many of the thousands of participants are very accomplished writers, I speak only for myself.
Last year was my first attempt at this challenge. Man Eating Pies was born. I hit the target with about 157 words to spare (I think). There was an incentive to all those who completed the challenge; to get a proper printed proof copy of your novel. In my excitement, I am 43 and things like this get me excited, I rushed odd my manuscript as soon as could, not even considering the possibility that my small tome might be full of numerous spelling mistakes, dubious grammar, and even sentences that made no sense whatsoever. I had even forgotten to end one of my small, but possibly important plot devices. This would not really have mattered, however I did encourage a couple of people to read some of my creation. I was soon crestfallen as my well meaning readers reeled off error after error. Not too down hearted, I went through the whole thing with a gappy toothed comb. Not exactly a rewrite, more of a patching up. Consequently, the book, small cough, is in its second print edition. It has been sold in three countries in printed form, and two in digital form. One day the sales might reach double figures. I do discourage people from trying to buy my book, as they need the money more than I do, and honestly, apart from a few cheap gags, some tenuous reference to inter species sex, and a lot of violence, it's really not very good.
So, on to this years effort. At the time of writing there are just over seventeen days until this years challenge. I have several ideas for a story, one silly, one a kids book, one an adventure aimed at teens, one an adult book that will require serious thinking. As with last year I think I will be going for quantity not quality, so I'm guessing the silly one will out!
I will publish updates here, but probably not the story itself. Write you soon.
Last year was my first attempt at this challenge. Man Eating Pies was born. I hit the target with about 157 words to spare (I think). There was an incentive to all those who completed the challenge; to get a proper printed proof copy of your novel. In my excitement, I am 43 and things like this get me excited, I rushed odd my manuscript as soon as could, not even considering the possibility that my small tome might be full of numerous spelling mistakes, dubious grammar, and even sentences that made no sense whatsoever. I had even forgotten to end one of my small, but possibly important plot devices. This would not really have mattered, however I did encourage a couple of people to read some of my creation. I was soon crestfallen as my well meaning readers reeled off error after error. Not too down hearted, I went through the whole thing with a gappy toothed comb. Not exactly a rewrite, more of a patching up. Consequently, the book, small cough, is in its second print edition. It has been sold in three countries in printed form, and two in digital form. One day the sales might reach double figures. I do discourage people from trying to buy my book, as they need the money more than I do, and honestly, apart from a few cheap gags, some tenuous reference to inter species sex, and a lot of violence, it's really not very good.
So, on to this years effort. At the time of writing there are just over seventeen days until this years challenge. I have several ideas for a story, one silly, one a kids book, one an adventure aimed at teens, one an adult book that will require serious thinking. As with last year I think I will be going for quantity not quality, so I'm guessing the silly one will out!
I will publish updates here, but probably not the story itself. Write you soon.
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