Almost Heaven
29 Oct
*pokes blog with stick*
Well, I’m back from West Virginia. Turns out that being netless (well, mostly, I checked my email a few times) for a week and a half is actually very nice. Assuming you have a lot of gaming and liver pickling to take care of with your family, that is.
I definitely feel ready for Nanowrimo, though. As in, I’m chomping at the bit. Or just grinding my jaw a lot, which is my version.
Since last year’s Nano– which I did in the most unofficial capacity possible with Jen and Hayley, and yielded the pathetically titled “Wolfton Paranormal”– I’ve written a bunch of stuff. This includes my first short stories in about eight years, which is pretty shocking to me even now. I always thought I couldn’t do short, but it turned out to be really fun. I even submitted four and found homes for three. I wrote another book, which is sitting in second draft form right now. I edited the living hell out of my first novel, and I almost like it now. All kinds of crazy things have gone on for me in terms of writing, so I wonder if Nano shouldn’t be my indicator of a New Writing Year. Where I stop, look back, and make sure I’m moving forward instead of sitting on my ass complaining about how I suck and this is haaaaard.
(Er, not that I do that. No writers do that, come on! We’re all arrogant f–ks!)
So the last Nano book took place in my home town, which I so cleverly renamed, and then reproduced in loving detail in the descriptive bits. This year’s will be rather further south, but still in my home state, which makes the oh-so-recent trip to WV doubly useful; not only was it relaxing and distracting (and beautiful, my god, this time of year!), but it also helped get me into the spirit.
Here are some pictures I took Sunday at Cooper’s Rock State Forest to explain my current state of excitement:
Tell me there’s no evil lurking in that pretty place. You can’t do it!
Okay, I must stop prattling about it now. My tactic for the next few days to keep from freaking out and starting to work on this thing will be to play the hell out of my Wii. If that can’t keep me brain-numbed, all hope is surely lost.
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Now playing: Hector Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique, Op.14: 3. Scène Aux Champs (Adagio)
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Netless sounds like Heaven – I think to hammer out 50,000 words during November, I’m going to have to take an an actual hammer to my modem.
You reminded me that I still have to figure out where my story takes place. In my head it’s a city, but no clue which.
Good to have you back, Katey! All the best for Nano.
Beautiful, heck yeah. Um, my novel needs a setting? Crap…back to work. Good luck!
That last pic looks like something out of “Pumpkinhead”.
Best of luck with NaNo!
Cate, I so feel you. The temptation is so much WORSE when you have a deadline too, isn’t it? Argh.
Natalie, oooh. Maybe you could invent a city… Naa, too Gotham. Still, there’s time! A whole two days!
Mike, I might need it. I usually do. Thank you
Aaron, you and Natalie! Hope the plotting goes well for you, now that you’re on Team Insanity for sure.
Barry, same to you! And yeah, you’re right, it totally does. I KNEW it was evil.
Tetrisphere was always my brain-numbing drug of choice.
Good luck, and happy new year!
Harvest Moon for me. Oh man, so awesome.
Happy New Year <3