NaNoWriMo starts tomorrow!!!!!!!!!! Betcha bottom dollar that tomorrow, there'll be writee... ing!!!!
Monday, October 31, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Random
Even though I'm usually a dedicated pantster and a member of #teampantsless, still, this planning thing can honestly be kinda fun...
Monday, October 24, 2011
Sigh
So I'm reworking the book and it reminds me why I do not like editing. Timelines are a bite, and figuring out where everything fits may lead me to yet another year of pantsing and putting finishing this novel off.
Maybe I should just pants this one as well... that's the problem with loving a novel. You can love it too much, making it tough to give it the tough love it needs.
Maybe I should just pants this one as well... that's the problem with loving a novel. You can love it too much, making it tough to give it the tough love it needs.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Spaz
*Whistles a bit*
Yup, the blog is as empty as my mind used to be.
Now I'm moving on to a full rewrite of my novel. Not just going to write the new section for NaNo '11. I'm going to rewrite the whole damn thing. And it's going to be awesome.
Yup, the blog is as empty as my mind used to be.
Now I'm moving on to a full rewrite of my novel. Not just going to write the new section for NaNo '11. I'm going to rewrite the whole damn thing. And it's going to be awesome.
Monday, October 17, 2011
And then there was light...
The clouds opened up, and within, I could see the shining nugget that was inspiration.
Yea, and though the source was not new, the inspiration was, and it is a beautiful thing.
Finally, after 4 years, this is an idea that may come to completion.
Or at least closer to it.
Let November come.
We will be ready.
Yea, and though the source was not new, the inspiration was, and it is a beautiful thing.
Finally, after 4 years, this is an idea that may come to completion.
Or at least closer to it.
Let November come.
We will be ready.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Word of Explanation
When I write things like Apprehension, don't worry.
Like the words of the song say, Never Mind Me
I'm probably looking at the sky, trying to find a reason why...
Me writing these things are nothing sinister.
Writing is my release, my way of letting go of the fears that might hold me back.
It lays down the foundation for greatness... greatness stepping on stones of things that once were walls.
Like the words of the song say, Never Mind Me
I'm probably looking at the sky, trying to find a reason why...
Me writing these things are nothing sinister.
Writing is my release, my way of letting go of the fears that might hold me back.
It lays down the foundation for greatness... greatness stepping on stones of things that once were walls.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Procrastination
Guess I could call it practice for NaNo.
Yup. Solitaire. Internet TV. Firefly Reruns. You name it, I've done it these past weeks. You'd think it would be easy to stop.
But it's not.
It's a drug.
Procrastination.
Writer's Drug of Choice.
Complete with harsh side effects like angry editors and self-loathing.
Get yours today!
Yup. Solitaire. Internet TV. Firefly Reruns. You name it, I've done it these past weeks. You'd think it would be easy to stop.
But it's not.
It's a drug.
Procrastination.
Writer's Drug of Choice.
Complete with harsh side effects like angry editors and self-loathing.
Get yours today!
Friday, October 7, 2011
Apprehension
Used to be I felt excitement.
The tingly kind, where you can't wait, like Christmas morning.
But this year, I feel something different, something new.
Apprehension.
Looks like an innocuous word, right?
It's not. It's like fear. A word that conveys so much in so little and I don't like it.
It's what I'm feeling this year.
Sure, nerves are nothing new. I've felt that for a few years now.
But
This year, I'm unsure.
Unsure if I'll be able to do it.
Unsure if I'll come up with an idea.
The list could go on, but what it boils down to is
Apprehension.
D-Day is 23 days away.
Maybe it is because there are bigger things to worry about, bigger fish to fry.
Hopefully that is the case, and come November 1, the words flow like they always do.
Let's hope that is the case.
~theanab
The tingly kind, where you can't wait, like Christmas morning.
But this year, I feel something different, something new.
Apprehension.
Looks like an innocuous word, right?
It's not. It's like fear. A word that conveys so much in so little and I don't like it.
It's what I'm feeling this year.
Sure, nerves are nothing new. I've felt that for a few years now.
But
This year, I'm unsure.
Unsure if I'll be able to do it.
Unsure if I'll come up with an idea.
The list could go on, but what it boils down to is
Apprehension.
D-Day is 23 days away.
Maybe it is because there are bigger things to worry about, bigger fish to fry.
Hopefully that is the case, and come November 1, the words flow like they always do.
Let's hope that is the case.
~theanab
Monday, October 3, 2011
Little Girls and Big Books
I got to know a tiny little girl a little bit better this weekend. Her name is Josie and she's the most stubborn 1 1/2 year old I've ever had the privilege to meet. She has big brown eyes and wavy brown hair and a rusty diaper from riding in the Radio Flyer. She loves her Uncle Ben best and refuses to nap. She wears her parents out and wants to do it all and all her own way. She won me over by bringing me "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" to read to her rather than the asinine children's books they print these days. I kissed the top of her head and wished her good wishes because I was that little girl once with the defiant tilt of a chin and big books in hand that made me angry because I couldn't read them yet. I can most certainly read them now; they make up the conglomerate of my life. So, Josie, stick to the big books and keep your enormous will. You'll need them. Oh, how you are going to need them.
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