Happy pumpkin season and witching hour.
Remember to follow the Ignus Fatuus glow.
And ask Stingy Jack for a lantern.
Once upon a time, I won a novel contest. Many and many a year ago…
And now that’s finally heading towards fruition. My editor contacted me. White Wolf has given the go on continuity and such. Time to dig out the current draft of the manuscript…shove it back into my head…
November, which is NanoWrimo month, will see me on my own novel scramble. I’ll be polishing about 100,000 words (give or take). Conan dialogue writing by day and novel by night.
“All work and no play…makes Jack a dull boy.”
Thankfully I won’t have time to type that all over a page or on the walls or ceiling. That never leads to anything good anyway. Though I can make pretty nifty faces threw axe-holes in doors. But I digress.
So.
Novel.
What’s it about?
Well, while writing twitter-sized micro stories (140 characters a story) I did manage to distill it down to six little sentences:
I met Jane D. at work. She tells me who hurt her. Her hand tightens around mine. She smiles. This is love. This is rigor mortis.
Also…going over my notes…I did manage to find this handy, sophisticated, visual-plot flowchart that outlines the many nuances of the novel.
That’s all for now. Check back for more. I’ll surface from the pile of writing from time to time over the month, to update you all on the gory particulars of an unraveling mind and a deadline. Good luck on all of you participating in NanoWrimo. Keep me updated. I’ll keep you updated. And we’ll all get out of this alive.
Deal?
Remember, carpal tunnel is the enemy. Stretch! Limber up.
And self-doubts are little imps best brutalized with pipe wrenches, chainsaws, and falling anvils that you create in your head. It’s not enough to just say they’re dealt with. You really gotta anthropomorphize them and imagine brutally slaying them.
It works.
Do it.
I want to start hearing you all comparing self-doubt kills of the week in bloody detail. I want the kill counts to wrack up with the word counts. Splatter those pages with gory ink!
Hurrah!
Semper fi!
Kobra Kai!
Do or die!
Go!
Joshua Alan Doetsch 
Hey, I forgot you were the dude who won that. I tried for it, and actually managed to get into the full chapter write-up round. Werewolf thing, oddly enough, even though I’ve never run a Werewolf game. Just the one that spoke to me.
Be interesting to finally see the winning entry. What line did you do it for, or can’t you say yet?
Yes, it’s interesting which line can speak to you when it actually comes time to write.
As for me, I think mine would be best classified as base World of Darkness. Mostly from the point of view of a normal (well…abnormal) human who’s falling through the cracks into the WoD. Lots of supernatural things from the setting creep in and out of the plot, but it’s beyond his depth to fully classify. Vampires probably make the most notable appearance as well as the “Other” sorts of supernatural nasties (inspired by the Antagonists WoD book).
More info to come.
And good luck on NaNoWrimo!
joecrow said:
Hey, I forgot you were the dude who won that. I tried for it, and actually managed to get into the full chapter write-up round. Werewolf thing, oddly enough, even though I’ve never run a Werewolf game. Just the one that spoke to me.
Be interesting to finally see the winning entry. What line did you do it for, or can’t you say yet?
Novel
Yay!
Any idea when abouts it will be published?
Re: Novel
Not as of yet…but it looks like things are moving and I’ll be sure to keep everyone updated as thing progress.
darkamber said:
Novel
Yay!
Any idea when abouts it will be published?
nevermore_66 said:
Yes, it’s interesting which line can speak to you when it actually comes time to write.
As for me, I think mine would be best classified as base World of Darkness. Mostly from the point of view of a normal (well…abnormal) human who’s falling through the cracks into the WoD. Lots of supernatural things from the setting creep in and out of the plot, but it’s beyond his depth to fully classify. Vampires probably make the most notable appearance as well as the “Other” sorts of supernatural nasties (inspired by the Antagonists WoD book).
More info to come.
And good luck on NaNoWrimo!
nevermore_66 said:
Re: Novel
Not as of yet…but it looks like things are moving and I’ll be sure to keep everyone updated as thing progress.