Look look!!!
50,144 words!!
Yay me!!!
Now, the 50k words are, sadly, mostly drivel. My last post was one of the better snippets (and I still had to work on it for quite a while to make it readable). That’s okay, that’s the *point* of NaNo, to get volume sans editing and overthinking.
So… what now?
I am having a book cover done by a graphic designer (just for fun!), so when she gives me … Continue Reading
You in a darkened room, alone, tied up.
Hands together, ankles together.
You are kneeling.
You are waiting.
And waiting.
The door opens.
Light from the room beyond blinds you; seems you have been there quite a while.
You squint, shield your eyes, see a silhouette, that’s all.
The door closes, dark again.
Three long strides and you are shoved backwards from your kneel.
Your tied hands are pulled up over your head, you shuffle … Continue Reading
Things I have done today:
NaNo is forcing me to post completely random things here because:
a) I have no mental energy to actually *write* anything,
b) posting *anything* here makes me feel like I’ve at least done *something*, and
c) I am procrastinating and therefore fucking about, and in said fuckery I am finding being sent random ‘stuff’ that tickles me.
Like this:
Jack has a new bucket. It is a nice bucket. It is red. Jack likes his red bucket in a special way. Jack takes his pants off.
Yeah, that lowered your expectations, didn’t it?!
… Continue Reading“Giving yourself permission to write horribly is a really liberating process.”
– Chris Baty (founder of NaNoWriMo)
With that in mind, I am taking part in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in November, along with *every other blogger in the world who thinks they have a novel in them* (that’s ALL of us, you realise that, right?).
The objective of NaNo (see, how I am shortening it, like I am one of the cool kids?!) … Continue Reading
