I’m still doing it! Just not posting as much about it.
This time around, I’m writing sci-fi/cosmic horror, roughly based on a half remembered book I last read more then 15 years ago. Good times, no? Once this is all said and done, I’m going to have to go back and take a look to see how far I diverged.
It started with an idea from an annotation on the Darths and Droids webcomic of all things:
A mysterious figure drops an overdue book in the library’s after-hours returns slot. Long overdue. 90 years overdue. It’s a book about the occult, and contains incantations and recipes for drastically extending life. The borrower’s last known address is that old “haunted” house on the hill outside town. Someone need to go investigate to recover the overdue fees…
Take a few hours outlining by hand (which I never used to do, but am starting to see the value of) and a month of crazy nights…
Magical number 7.
My goal is to write 2,500 words again this year, but with two kids (1 and 3) running around, time is somewhat lacking…
Sixth time’s a charm?
So far, I’ve done and won NaNoWri every year since 2011. Can’t stop now.
Let’s see if we can keep over the 1,667 word per day minimum again.
Last year I had a two week old; this year, I have a one year old. I’m honestly not sure yet which is more distracting!
This year, I’ve been going for 2500 words per day (I know). It’s an intense pace, but I’ve done it so far. And, if all goes well, I’ll be done before Thanksgiving. Of course, I won’t actually stop then…
