by Neil | Nov 27, 2009 | Life, NaNoWriMo, Personal, Seemed like a good idea at the time, Writing
Sometimes lessons can be painful. I’m not sure exactly what I was thinking when I decided to engage in NaNoWriMo under the ballsy criteria I set myself in late October. I suspect that the growing dissatisfaction with how things had gone this year, and my realisation...by Neil | Nov 23, 2009 | NaNoWriMo, Urban Fantasy, Writing
Suffice to say things are not going well. Word count is around the 25k mark (some way behind) and as for podcasts…well the first chapter is up and the second should go up soon. But I’m not exactly setting the world on fire. However, I am learning stuff....by Neil | Nov 16, 2009 | NaNoWriMo, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Seemed like a good idea at the time, Urban Fantasy, Writing
Time for an update. It’s now been a little over two weeks since my rash and foolish promise that I would podcast my NaNoWriMo exercise as I went. I confess that I was unsure it was wise at the time and let my general dissatisfaction with progress in general this...by Neil | Nov 6, 2009 | NaNoWriMo, Urban Fantasy, Writing
I am typing this on a train so apologies if the odd typo slips in. Things have been quiet as the abject terror of what I’d foolishly said I would do settled in. Also, I actually did Stuff this week. In between I’ve been planning, tearing up plans and then...by Neil | Nov 3, 2009 | NaNoWriMo, Urban Fantasy, Writing
I haven’t had the most auspicious start: three days in and I still haven’t written a word. On the positive side I have a premise, an outline (chapter level), character descriptions (principles), a backstory and a title (Eleurethia). I will break words...