NaNo Update

Well, I am on FIRE! hehe... I did another 4,100 words in three hours tonight, not a bad haul at all and am sitting at a very respectable 32,000+. Just another 17,000+ to do and voila! Finis! hehe.... yeah.... But, the highlight of it all is, it's all coming smoothly and relatively easily unless I zone out while in mid thought. That has caused me to have to erase whatever letter I was holding for however many spaces while I was off in Never, Never Land. But, now it's onto other things for the time being, I need to give the fingers a chance to relax before I continued to torture them through the night. Cheers ;)

Random Update

Well, my fingers are numb but I managed another 3,522 words since 7:00 this evening... basically I just did tomorrow's quota - woot! hehe... But now that I can't work my pinky on my right hand it's time to stop for the night - have a good one everybody else who might be writing this evening - Cheers! ;)

8 days to closing

Well, I finally hit the half-way mark, 'bout damn time too. And yes, there is some grumbling after that sentence, I just haven't had the time or been completely unable to make the time to write this damn novel. WTF?! I have all the time in the world in October, but as soon as a deadline looms in the horizon - poof! All the free time is gone like the wind. Oh well, good new is that the groove is on and I do have 8 days and change to make the cut. In the last 3 days alone I've written over 3,000 words, so I can get this thing done realistically speaking.

3,000 and change a day is all that's needed to get to my goal. Not that hard really, I usually do about 2,000 on the bus ride to work and back again, so all I have to do in the evenings is the change of the numbers. And I'll have this weekend to write, all weekend. I'll just put my nose to the grind stone and actually do it. The coffee will be continuous, the snacks will be numerous and I will write until I can't move my fingers anymore. Then I'll rest and start all over again. It is possible! hehe - well, got more to write - I'm outta here.....

Early hours...

Well, I've finally managed to break 20,000... if only by a small margin. Writing for about 5 hours straight I managed to do just under 7,000 words, not too bad really considering I paused for dinner, a short visit from a friend and just general running about for snacks and refills of beverages. But now, my poor brain is fried and my fingers ache - lol! This was the first chance I've had in nearly a week to do any writing at all, so I needed to put in a good showing. Especially considering that as of the 15th I should have been at the half-way mark, and still haven't gotten there yet. But, on the upside, I know am back on track and know where I'm headed with the story again... Had a brief moment when I somehow strayed from my original idea and had to back track to do a little creative editing and additions to get me where I needed to be. But, I'm there now and we're rolling... if only the fingers would stop cramping up - lol!

Snippet - 2nd Edition

Managed another 1,900+ words today and because I'm in a reasonably good mood I'm sticking up a little more just for Rylie, cause I know you're watching my count - lol! ;) Course, unlike my good buddy, I have a full time job that is seriously interfering with my writing time and beginning to royally piss me off. Do you know I put in nine hours of O/T last week alone? That was nine (yes 9) hours of perfectly good writing time. *sighs* Oh well, I'm working through it and I have a plan... that I'm not sharing just fyi! LOL! So, here it is, the latest little chunk of something from tonight, hope ya like it...

First thing in the morning he was out and looking for what he needed to prove his point to Randi. He found just what he wanted not far from his temporary home, unfortunately there were too many for him to be able to run a snatch and grab or even have a pray in a battle with keeping one alive. So he waited, following them as they moved along in their unique manner, seeming to glide while as the same time moving in a threatening manner. The part that creeped him out was that they all seemed to walk at the same angle, giving the appearance that they were moving at a forty-five degree angle across the pavement. They weren't, it was just the way they held their bodies, their stronger right arm held further back, hand always curled at the ready to swipe the long six inch claws across their foe or their dinner, which ever it was.

They were easy enough to pick out of a crowd, appearing to be goths by their black clothing, the large and heavy boots with the chains draped all over their bodies. The only thing that proved them not to be true Goth was the blond hair with the single red stripe down the right side mid-way back on their heads. That and the deeply tanned skin, well the six inch claws on the right hand were a good give away as was the pale, pale blue eyes almost completely colorless from the transformation by their masters. Frowning as he moved along he nearly missed them splitting off into groups, four going one way, six another and the last two heading yet another. And so it was the twosome that he followed after, he'd killed one outright and the other he'd stun with the tazer until he could get the special shackles onto him to prevent him from killing anyone, mainly himself Chase thought with a snort.

Following after them he breathed in and out as he went through the fight in his mind, picturing it and playing it all out as to how it had to happen. Hollow point to the first brain, shock the second and stab the first with the blessed blade through his heart and then turn and cuff the second one. They'll both be down and out of commission, perform the rites on the first to free his tortured soul and let him die in peace. Pull out the blade, pour on the lighter fluid and torch him, body will go up in less then ten seconds not a trace left not even a burn mark. Pick up the second one and hustle him over to the warehouse he'd rented and stash him until he had Randi with him. Sounded simple enough, but to put it into action... Looked like it was show time Chase smiled coldly as he followed them into the alley and began to move quickly, now or never...

My muse...

Okay... seriously, who out there would honestly ever consider that Public Transit would be a kick in the ass for a muse? Well, apparently, it's my muse's ass kicker because that is practically the only time I get any writing done for NaNo. Yes, you translated that babble correctly, I am only writing for my NaNo novel while riding on the Calgary Public Transit.

Today's trip to and from work for a combined total of 40 minutes racked up 1,468 words. That is not half bad in my book *grins* or for my book.

Day Eight

Well... okay, it's the eighth day of the month, but technically it's actually only day four of writing for me. What am I talking about? NaNo of course :) Yup, I've gotten in four days of writing and am at 9,003 words as of 8:45 local time. That's pretty much all I gotta say in this post except that my job is seriously putting a cramp into my writing time. Yet another 10 hour day at the hell known as my job. But, I wrote 900 words on the bus ride home tonight, talk about being on a roll - lol! Oh, and in case you're wondering, it's a twenty (thats 2-0) minute ride. Cheers!

In the dead of night....

So, no one but me is awake at my house, thus it is very quiet. I've been sitting here, once again, making notes. My pile has been steadily growing and is now threatening to topple over. Oh, for those not working on the same wave length as me, I'm talking about the NaNoWriMo novel that I will be doing come November and the (at last count) 153 pieces of paper with scribbles on them that I have in a box. My project for today... later today that is, after I've slept and the brain is no longer so much mush, to organize and type them all up. This will be during laundry and chatting and other housework that I don't actually feel like doing. But, the organizing needs to be done so that I'm ready... that and I can't actually remember what all's in the darn box.

So, Saturday project, get organized and get everything down onto 1 (or 2... maybe 5) pieces of "paper" - ie: into a word document in really tiny type :) Mainly because I know the next week at work will be hectic and then the following week we have the month end smack dab in the middle. So, I kinda need to be pre-organized because I won't actually get to any real writing until at least that Saturday. But, if the buzz in my head is anything to go by, I may end up with a major finger cramp by the time I get enough down that the brain stops working again. Course... it could just be a buzz from all the caffeinated beverages I had earlier today to wake me up... lol!

Well, yeah... this has been another mindless and pointless rambling post by me. Thank you for reading it and not passing out on your keyboards - Good night from Calgary, AB. ;)

For those that are wondering...

Yes, I have succumbed to the Sirens call of the all powerful and mighty NaNoWriMo... I signed myself up and, if you're all really, really good, I'll even tell you who I signed up as. Don't bother looking for me as I am - I'm totally incognito folks...

Yup - and, the really sad thing, I have the whole novel figured out in my head already with about an eight inch pile of notes and scrap pieces of paper with little phrases, thoughts, things I need to add it. So, if all goes according to the Wendy plan - I should have it half done in the first week, procrastinate for the next two and go into the mad dash/final crunch for the last week. Yup... insanity I tell ya :)

Lost my marbles...

Well, I hate to say it, but I think the title of this post is true (everyone who knows me - hush!) I came home, looked in my email in-boxes, all of them, and went - bleh! Who cares? Well, obviously not me. I answer a few that need answering and then just sit there staring at the rest and shrug. So, instead, I go watch a few YouTube blurbs and putter around, tidying up my desktop and rearranging some of my permanent files and what not when WHAM! it hits me. And, for clarification, right between the eye balls :)
I had me an idea. For what you ask, well, I've been puttering with the idea of doing the NaNoWriMo in November and sort of hemmin' and hawwin' over it. But, I now had an idea. So, lickety split (gads I'm using crap the rents say!) I pulled up a new word doc and started to get down what was in my head. After reading through it about 2 hours later and, slightly rearranging the wild jumble into something that didn't look like it just came out of the local looney bin, I realized I had my concept. Well ain't that all just hunky-dory?! *shudders*
So, I've got my idea, I've got it all laid out in how it should go, I've got everyone (character wise) decided right down to their descriptions. WTF!!?? It's still freakin' September and I've already got it all figured out? May the Gods have mercy on me for this one... I have no idea if it will all still be viable by November, it better be after those 2 hours but... well... we'll just have to see. So yeah, from looney-ville Alberta - Ciao!

Yup, still kickin'...

It's been awhile, I know... so much to do, unfortunately. Have to say, I haven't been this hectic at work in a long time, takes a bit to find that groove again. But, as with anything, it'll get there eventually, just wish it didn't all have to hit like a lightening strike. Fast and painful - lol!

So yeah, works been insane and home life has been a royal pain in the you-know-what. Been helping I think pretty much every friend I have in town move from one end to the other over the last two weeks. Now, if they'd actually coordinated this better, we could have picked up at one place, dropped it off, moved over about eight blocks and picked up a load to take back in the general direction of the first place. But no... they both have to move, on different days and then, I'm such a sucker, I get sucked in on a third, fourth and fifth move. *rolls eyes* Where is the justice in this?!

Other than that, writing has been slow, not much going on really, been puttering away still on my script, it's not done yet, but will be soon enough. I'm having fun with it still and that's what really matters most. Thinking about the next writing contest that comes around in November NaNoWriMo. It's big, huge and most of my pals have been writing in it for years. I've been considering it, writing a novel is easier than a script after all, not so much of the having to have it all placed just so and sectioned and proportioned and... well, etc, etc, etc.

But that's still two months down the road, but I've got an idea circling the drain (so to speak) that might just work. Now to see if I have any idea if I can take it through to fruition I suppose. I don't know, as I said, still lots of time to putter with the idea and see if it might lead someplace interesting.

Well, until later folks, dinners at the door and I'm starving - Ciao!