Morning ramblings

Just a word this morning to advise that in all liklihood, once NaNoWriMo starts on Friday, I won't be posting on a regular basis. That's because I'm going to be slaving away at my novel. It's mostly a matter of time. I don't really have all that much time to write each day. I'm going to use the 90 minutes or so I have in the mornings when the house is quiet and empty to work on my novel. I'm not sure whether or not it's going to wind up being part of a series, or a "stand-alone". I have a really good picture of the timeline, etc., but I don't know if I can tell it all in one book. There are some natural "stopping points" throughout the adventure, but the question becomes whether or not I can flesh out each section into a full-fledged novel. Of course, one could argue that 50,000 is not a full-fledged novel, but more of a "novella". I'm not really holding myself to 50,000. I'm going to try to write the entire thing, whether it be 50,000 or 150,000. *And* I'm going to do it in November, because that's the point. Write an entire work in one month, at least 50,000 words. Of course, it will be only the rough draft, although I'm pleased to say that many people find my rough drafts or "sit down and write off the top of my head stories" an appealing read.

I even have a dedication. I've had this in mind ever since I met the man. He was the first writer that I had ever had the pleasure of becoming friends with. His missive to me at the time was "Writers write. They do not talk about writing, they act." - Hopefully after NaNoWriMo this year I can finally consider myself a writer. (Published poetry and journalistic articles don't count for me. I may be published, but I still don't consider myself a writer because I haven't completed a novel yet, nor have I earned a substantial amount of money from anything previously published). However, the dedication will be the last thing I write for the book. For me, emotionally, that will complete the task. I'll just have to leave it a mystery for now.

I really should be working on miscellaneous character stuff, but I'm not motivated. I need to get motivated before Saturday, and I will, and I really don't have all that much to do, but what I do have needs to be done. Blarg. Spent most of last evening cleaning my desk. I've got things organized now so that I can fit both laptop and desktop on the same desk so that I can "multi-task" (i.e., do file downloads on one while playing a game on another. I think this is very cool, and makes working much easier for me because in some cases I used to have so many Windows open and chugging on something that it would bog down my whole system. Now I can "share the wealth" so to speak.

Ciao for now.