NaBloPoMoToNaNoWriMo

I just signed up here to join the pledge of writing a post every day in November.

A few years back I also wrote a novel for NaNoWriMo and so I'm signing back up for that again.

WHY Alan, you shout at your monitor. For the love of peace, unity, and justice, WHYYYY!!!???

Well, because I can. Because I have two jobs in my career but no children and no wives and no pets. And because I can talk about anything, nonstop, if given the chance.

So this is another chance.

And because I wouldn't mind inspiring you all to do it too. Ned's got a novel in him, and I hope by his recent scarcity this means he's working on it. Shades is a songstress in prose form. And Scott's got the next Great American Novel swimming in media magnetic on his hard drive.

Let's get to crackin' folks!

Given My New, Current Situation

(Originally Oct 27 2005)

...I foresaw myself with the time to do some structured writing. Well, I found the resources and impetus to do that. I will be adding them to the Links section. Here quickly, they are the following;
I Should Be Writing
Michael A. Stackpole's "The Secrets"
National Novel Writing Month
Online Writing Workshop for Science Fiction and Fantasy

That last link is because that genre is what I'm most comfortable with. I will, at some future date, attempt to use the blog for writing grist in the literature genre without the edifices of dragons or elves, but it won't be in November.

Can I write a novel in a month? Well, check out the site and ask yourself the same question. I do know that I need to start and that I've written three novels already. One was a mystery, and two were science fiction. All of them were just what they sound like--the energy of a young creative mind put to paper. Publishable? Great works of fiction? Errrr...no. So I've been wanting for a while to see what I can produce these days. I'll be letting you know--linking you to be entries and whatnots.

Stay tuned!