I have a confession to make.  Last week wasn’t quite as rosy as I made it out to be. I honestly wasn’t out to fool anyone, but as it turned out, I forgot about the problem until after my post was complete.  You’re probably thinking that the problem wasn’t anything much.  Maybe I forgot to call my mom, or I missed a day of writing for Nanowrimo. As it turns out, while it’s not anything dire, it is something that should be at the front of my mind right now.  You see, my laptop went back into the shop last week.  Yup, once again, that most critical of tools is on the fritz for the second time in three months. Pretty good timing, don’t you […]

Well, it has been an interesting week, to put it mildly.  I was able to kick off Nanowrimo in the manner I was hoping for.  I had over 2,500 words my first day which was exactly where I hoped to be.  Still, despite hitting the word-count, I wasn’t thrilled with what I put down. Yes, I know that the quality of Nanowrimo output can sometimes be a bit suspect but I had pretty high hopes for this book.  By day two I had straightened out the story and things were moving along better.  Now on day eight I’m just shy of 18,000 words; maybe not quite as far along as Aaron or Terry, but I’m well on track to hitting […]

Well… Nano is officially on and despite my earlier bravado, I am somewhat concerned.  I just started a new job on October 1st with a brand-new company.  Oddly, that has meant that my focus isn’t quite on Nano which means that I’m not quite as prepared as I would like to be. Still, even though I have some butterflies flitting around in my stomach, I am excited at the opportunity to write another book.  I was out for my mid-day stroll with a friend of mine and we were talking about my last Nano experience.  As we were talking I realized just how much it meant to me.  I know this one will be even better. As I’m writing this […]

By this time, one week from today, some folks will already be at 10,000 words on their Nanowrimo book. Pretty crazy, wouldn’t you say?  I know I certainly would. Still, last year there were a couple people who claimed to be done their 50,000 words by day 2.  I suppose it’s possible, but I shudder to think what the quality of those 50,000 words were. Maybe it went something like this:  “all work and no play makes mike a dull boy… all work and no play makes mike a dull boy… all” well you get the idea. If it were me, I’d rather not bother at all. No, I think I will take the high road and actually try to write something […]