I have agreed to write a novel in November. Eeek… one of the advices was to tell everyone so you will feel ashamed to back out when you get tired of writing it. I have nooooooo clue what I am going to write about, not a single iota of an idea. It’s from this place National Novel Writing Month and I thought I had heard about it from a new blog I found that I really like. She left a message on my giveaway and I love her writings and her paintings. Check her out Warrior Women
( I thought I had got the link from her blog and now I can’t see it there so now I am not sure where I was when I found the writing link. I just saved this draft and went to look for it but can’t find out where. Puzzled now. Oh well. )
So I am telling everyone who reads this but maybe I should tell all the people I know here too cause if I did really want to back out I could write a post about it explaining the need sometimes to not be able to finish things and post it on the sometimes vague out there-ness of bloglandia. Bloggers do you find that sometimes? You put a post up, and you know people are reading them, and when people comment its wonderful and gratifying but I remember once seeing Paul reading one of my posts on his computer and got a bit of a shock that it was real; real people were reading my posts on real computers. Anyone else ever feel that?
Actually the whole novel thing is starting to daunt me even now. I have to do 50′000 words. Good, if I start with my eyes open then I have a chance of grinding through the days when it seems useless, futile, incredibly senseless, oh #$$@ this plot is going nowhere sort of days.
There is a mouse in my kitchen, a tiny grey ever so soft beautiful wee mouse in my kitchen. I have seen him twice. I can hear him now chewing on something. I hope I can find a live trap here in Temoris and put him outside somewhere. My cutlery drawer and dish drainer are full of mouse droppings.
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October 3rd, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Yay! Woohoo! The link is nanowrimo.org and welcome aboard.
Look at the forum to find help on how to find and idea. You can use the month of October to figure out what you’re writing and to practice your writing practice.
I just caught this post by accident because i was looking for your previous post to reference, because it inspired my new Flying Girl painting.
October 4th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Congratulations! I’ve signed up for NaNoWriMo too this year, but then I’ve already written two bad novels so what’s adding a third at this point!
Actually, I’m commenting about the 50K barrier you note above. Just remember that you really only need to write 1,700 words. You just do it every day. In a month, you sail on by that 50K!
October 4th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
This morning as I sat quietly in front of the computer, out of the corner of my eye I spied a dark moving dust bunny. Upon closer observation, a mouse had just passed under my feet and was moving on. He was in no hurry, just ambling along.
Perhaps your mice adventures could be the topic of your novel, or not.
amanda
October 5th, 2008 at 9:28 am
mm, good idea, will have to think about it.. the world of mice. Rats of Nimh revisited!