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NaNoWriMo 2012

November 04, 2012  /  Sean Richmond

Well, I haven't actually stuck to the plan I had set forth in my last post, but that doesn't mean that I haven't been working! It actually means that I've been working on it, and other things, but that we've also been working pretty hard on finally getting around to cleaning/organizing/modifying/building parts of our new home (yes, there's a new house involved! That excuse worked for George R.R. Martin for a while!), so there's a lot going on these days. Also, we got to play Eclipse Phase for the first time yesterday, which was good times. But I digress. As of the time of this writing, my project, which at the moment I am calling City of Rust, is at 6,823 of 50,000. So I'm actually a little ahead of schedule, which is good. I thought about just posting that, and maybe a synopsis or something, but I feel alright enough about the intro that I'll go ahead and post it. As usual, I would like to begin with the disclaimer that it is the first draft of a NaNo book, which means it's almost a pre-first draft, if that's at all possible. It's a murder mystery using a near future sf setting, which I am still building as I write. Also, while I think I know who the killer is right now, that's about it. So this is all very much a work in progress.

Alright, I've put off actually posting this long enough, so I'll stop rambling and just throw it up there. If you would like to read, please, follow me past the break. If not, no worries! This is far from my best work, and to be honest the fewer people who see it the less embarrassed I will be. 

Flame danced wildly; it began in a sudden spark and flash, then calmed to a steady flame, steady like a belly dancer at the end of her shift, the frantic beat of her hips calmed to a more relaxed rhythm. I moved the lit match to the tip of the soggy cigarette that hung from my lips, then stopped. I shook the flame out as I remembered that it was a self-lighting brand, just drag hard on it and voila! Instant cancer. Which reminded me of the second reason I didn’t need the match: I had given up smoking.

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Excuses, Updates, Et Cetera

October 27, 2012  /  Sean Richmond

My plan has come to fruition, at last! After building up a minuscule following (and when I say minuscule, I mean minuscule), I successfully threw them off the trail by ceasing all updates whatsoever to the site. Why this may be a desirable outcome may be confusing to most, but trust me, it makes sense.

But rest assured, gentle (ie imaginary) reader, I have not been entirely idle during my absence. I have been reading, though not as quickly as I would like, and preparing reviews in my subconscious for the day that I would make my return. Those reviews, shortened and grouped in bulk for optimum dispensing will be up shortly, but after that the blog will take a slightly different direction.

I will take it from writing reviews of what I'm reading, to simply writing. As I do almost every year, I will be attempting NaNoWriMo. What's different this year, is the fact that I intend to post semi-daily updates as to my progress. Now, the forms these updates will take I am currently uncertain about, be it simply posting whatever I wrote that day, or a word count with my thoughts on how badly it's going, or maybe posting completed chapters every few days or so when they're done. It could be any of these, or all really, so we'll just have to see how it goes and play it by ear.

So, if you have somehow caught whiff of the new posts coming up in the coming days and are really only interested in book reviews, well, sorry? I'll be sure to post a few, as I've said, but in the main those brave enough to actually read will have to suffer through poor writing and even poorer plotting and character building. These posts will be for my own use, mostly, a way of putting my work out in the "public" so as to grant myself a sense of accountability.

Much like this post. Am I expecting anyone to read, or to care even? No, certainly not! But it will be here, for posterity, so that I may look back and laugh at my own foolishness and hubris.

So, there you have it. A patented rambling post only barely coherent that gives you just a taste of what is to come for the month of November!

Now, to just figure out what the hell I'm going to write.

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