I “won” Nano! I’ve got good ol’ Rob in the CD player right now, and here’s the lyrics that were playing as my Winner icon came up: knock it nice and smooth step back and watch it flow yeah never gonna stop me never gonna stop never gonna stop me never gonna stop scream if you want it …
47,700 words now. In the home stretch, word-count-wise. Story-wise, too, I think. du-Razh was a pale circle, swelling even as he watched. Igraine was snoozing in her chair. Part of him wondered if she wanted to be wakened for this pass; the rest didn’t care. Let her sleep. The display shifted a little, automatic corrections to their …
So I haven’t been posting here much lately. Nano has kind of taken over. Here’s a sample, if you’re interested: In the slice of time between heartbeats, civilizations were born, flourished, grew corrupt, collapsed into warring nation-states. Continents crawled across oceans, met, rose heavenward in himalayan mountain-building. He could see the slug, could see the eye-searing …
28,000 words so far in my NaNo novel. I’m hoping to get about 5,000 this afternoon, too, if all goes well.
I’ve already documented my odd ability to request songs. Today I used my superpower to help a co-worker score tickets to a concert. Some background: I have a co-worker–let’s call him Greg–who is the biggest fan of the band Queens of the Stone Age. He’s going to the upcoming Nine Inch Nails show, not to …
Doug has convinced me to try Nano* again this year. I’m starting three and a half days late, but that’s ok, because I’m not sure I’m shooting for 50k this year. The story I’ll be working on—“Salyx“—has a novella feel to it, so I will be happy if I hit 20k words. Still. If I …