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Nano Day 6

Since we have channels that broadcast in the EST on our cable, I have already watched Bones and House and it’s not even 9pm. (I only like shows that are one word nouns. And have SCIENCE in them. Science is cool.)

So my feuvision dvd is on, and so is my nanocam. Maybe you can see the fire burning in the background. Très réaliste! I want to break 5k tonight. Which would put me exactly 5k + 2 words behind schedule. I’ve got to work out a better system for my day.

I think that if I had marshmallows and butter, I would easily break 5k. I have the rice krispies already. I have the technology.

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NaNo: Day 5

I’m behind. I’ve been behind since day 2. I don’t want to talk about how far behind I am. Let’s see where the day takes us.

I’ve turned the Nanocam on, but before too long I am going to need to go and put the pork chops in the oven. Mmmmm… pork chops.

We just returned from Costco where I bought something I’ve wanted for years. A DVD of a fire in a fireplace. No, I am not kidding. I don’t have a fireplace, but I love them. And really, what is a writing environment without a crackling fire, this time of year? No, it does not give off heat, but the heat vent is right below my feet, if I really need it. It may sound weird, but the fact that the television is occupied with something makes it less of a temptation to turn it on and watch it.

As a bonus my Feuvision came bundled with Eauvsion and a Hivervision. Each one comes with the same selection of Jazz, Ambient, Classical, and Holiday Traditional music on it. The fireplace comes with fireplace sounds. The winter dvd comes with winter sounds, whatever they may be. But the fish tank comes with ocean sounds. Which is a bit disappointing because I think I’d rather have fish tank noises. However, the scenes change, and it’s not always a tank, but sometimes fish in a more natural environment. We have the fish on right now. The ocean sounds were not enough to mask the music coming from Wil’s headphones (he’s going to go deaf I swear) so I am actually listening to the sound of thunderstorms on my headphones.

It’s a variable potpourri of nature sounds, I’ll tell you what.

I’m saving the fire for after dark.

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NaNo Cam ON: Word Count = 0

I thought I would turn my webcam on while I wrote this afternoon. As you may, or may not, know, the daily average, to reach 50,000 by November 30th is 1667 words.

Wil got up early and did 1741 words. I’m very proud of him. His story is all about how cute I am and how much he loves me. No, it’s not. Although, I am sure it would be trés facile to write 50 thousand words on my cuteness. (Jodi is very very very very very very cute. I love her very very very very much. Because she is cute like the following: a butterfly, a kitten, a puppy, a swan, a dolphin, a baby, a baby bunny, a baby deer, a baby duck, a baby baby, oh did I mention baby already?)

I’m feeling apprehensive about my story because I do not have one yet. I have a feeling that the first 8,000 words might be my main character talking to herself. I might feel more positive had my 2007 NaNoWriMo shirt arrived. It shipped weeks ago. I don’t understand why it has to take SO LONG for items to ship from the States to Canada. We are like thisclose to each other.

Ah, well. I’m stalling. I’ve done dishes, I’ve read every blog known to webkind, I’ve read all my emails, including the junk mail. I turned on the webcam. I guess I’d better just get start.

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I decided to do a Reply All for those who may not know.

Aries asks: What’s nanowrimo? Can I join (I mean, if it’s cool and all that)?

And the answer is: Hell Yeah! To both questions.

NaNoWriMo is a National Novel Writing Month. It’s a contest for people who have always wanted to write a novel someday. The basic gist? Write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. It’s all about quantity, not quality. Not caring about quality gives you the freedom to write anything. Sure, a lot of it is crap. Most of it is. But unless you feel free to write crap, you won’t discover the good stuff. The little gems amongst the crap. Crap jewels.

People say to me, this doesn’t sound fun. But they are wrong, it’s HELLA fun. (ok, if you don’t like to write, it would not be fun.) There are writing groups in every city in America, pretty much. And many cities in Canada and around the world. There are kick off parties and wrap up parties. People meet throughout the month to write together. It can be as social, or as solitary an experience as you want.

You can’t start until November 1st, 12:01 am. And you have to finish by November 30th, 11:59 pm PST. You upload your novel to word counter and it validates your word count. No one reads your words. You could type “marshmallow” 50 thousand times and no one would be the wiser. But what’s the point of cheating? You are only cheating yourself. There are no prizes. It costs no money to sign up and it gives you the excuse to not do housework for a month. Because you are working on your novel. You are a novelist, dammit.

This is my 5th year. I won in 2003 and 2004, but did not complete my 50k in 2005 or 2006. I blame Wil. Ok, really, last year I should blame World of Warcraft which I started playing in November. Which Wil introduced me to, so it’s still his fault. I just ordered our 2007 NaNoWriMo t-shirts. I think I have enough NaNo shirts to wear one every day of the week, with an extra 8th one left over for laundry.

To read more about it, and to sign up, visit their website. But be warned, it is extremely slow right now. This happens every year when they launch the new site on October 1st, and people start to flood the forums. My nano name is, naturally, Jodiferous, and feel free to add me as a writing buddy.

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NaNo-YAAAaaAAaaY-Mo!

Hooray hooray!! October is here.

October is my favorite month, as you all well know. Today is Registration Day for NaNoWriMo! Of course, if you’ve done it before, you are already registered. But the forums go live. . I’m going to have to change my location to Vancouver. NaNoWriMo is my one and only plan for meeting people and making friends. If this doesn’t work, I don’t know what I’ll do

The website goes live tonight. I’ve already sent in my annual donation. I cannot WAIT to order our t-shirts. HOORAY HOORAY!!!

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NaNoWriMo – Day 1

Hey, I hear there is such a thing as NaBloPoMo, National Blog Posting Month. That sounds like such a good idea right now. A blog post every day in November? No problem.

I have to admit, I am having doubts about my story idea. First and foremost, it’s a mystery. Good mysteries have well developed plot points and twists and turns and surprises. I have none of those things planned out. All I have is a male main character. [doubt number two] and his personal assistant, Miss Oomura. Who is based on my boyfriend’s imaginary Asian, lesbian personal assistant. [oh, like your boyfriend doesn’t have an imaginary Asian, lesbian personal assistant too.] But I’m not sure, as much as like Arthur, I’m feeling him all main charactery. I think I have delusions of Dashiel Hammett. And that is just not a style of writing that comes quickly. It’s not my default style, if you know what I mean.

Oh well, I’m not giving up. I’ll give it a week, and if it’s not working out, a gang of ninja monkeys will come in and kill everyone off.

Current word count, 1275. I’m going to take a wee break to do some outlining, as that might make me feel a bit more secure.

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