The Obligatory Squee
14 Nov
I hit 50k today and, amazingly enough, my Nanowrimo novel, Camp Town is finished. That extra 10k exploration I took ended up being way more than filler, as expected. Even if it doesn’t end up staying completely, chunks of it certainly will, and god knows it made the epilogue, which happens 10 years after the meat of the story, that much more grounded for me.
I was only at 41k as of midnight last night. I sat down right about then and started to organize the last bit, really figure out what I needed to draw it all together, and then finally wrote about 1k before I realized it was 4am. Today I started working at noon and ended at about 6pm. I pretty much want to curl up in a ball and finish this bottle of Black Bush at this point, but…
Also, yay! In celebration I updated my Nano page with the finished table of contents. I actually used chapter names, which I don’t usually do. Now with more (also obligatory, though I thought I got out of it on my playlist entry, no dice) Manic Street Preachers reference! But I left the old excerpt since it’s pretty representative of the particular brand of weirdness I’m selling this time around.
And now I’m ready to shove this thing into the proverbial drawer, pay attention to the odd short story that catches my fancy, and prepare for the madness of the holidays– sure to consume me from about midway through November until after the New Year. I have at least one trip to WV planned, plus some cool friend and family visits (including one for yet another Oasis show on 20 Dec– sorry man, I have an addiction and I have since I was 15, there’s really no point in fighting it now, is there?) and general holiday weirdness. I love Christmas, in spite of my heathen ways, because it gives me an excuse to buy everyone books and pretty things, so it’s hard to be sorry about it all.
Except that I’m already tired of the Christmas music. Thank you, Meghan Brunner, for your renn fest versions of awesome, sure to bring a smile to any weary musician’s face.
So I now bow out of plaguing you with my Nano updates, and officially return to the Reviews of Awesome Stuff in the coming weeks!
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Now playing: Air – Cherry Blossom Girl
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Kick ass!
YAY! I am soooooooo jealous, and I love those chapter titles. I’ve named all of mine too.
Have a nice long, lazy weekend.
You’ve written how much…?!?! I’m in awe.
Natalie, yes! Or at least, I’m pretending it’s kick-ass, which is as close as I’m likely to get.
Cate, thank you! I think it’s about Football and James Bond this weekend. I almost posted the video of the Manics song, but it’s so lame (for such an awesome song) if you’re not already a fan. Anyhow, I’ll do the link here: Life Becoming a Landslide. Hee!
I can’t wait to see what your titles are, you always have the best.
Mike, I don’t even know if it deserves to be called “writing” at this point. But the pukefest is over, and I even think it might be savable!
… in two months or so, that is.
Very nice. Let it simmer, get some rest. Squee!
Yay! I can’t wait to read it. You know me and dark fae-type things.
I’m glad that the .mp3 made it to you – my email’s been weird, so I wasn’t sure it would. And I’m doubly glad it made you giggle.