Category Archives: Writing

Nanowrimo Update 1

I’ll only be doing these on Mondays unless something major happens, so don’t worry about being flooded with Nano thoughts all month. Of course, Nano only just started on Friday. I’m happy to report that I have kept pace with my word count each day, and am in fact a bit ahead of the game. …

Continue reading

Halloween Night and Nano Eve

Two year ago today, I posted my thoughts on how introverts could actually gain a great deal from a full-on Halloween celebration. Though I did end up using that face paint the other day, (it wasn’t great quality), I still have not done much on Halloween over the years, and certainly not much since posting …

Continue reading

Calm Before the “Storm”

I will be doing Nanowrimo this year, as I’ve said already. What i haven’t said is that I won’t be working on any other fiction between now and then, and probably not any other fiction during November either. Not working on anything else during Nanowrimo is a personal preference, and one whose benefits I assume …

Continue reading

Nanowrimo 2013 Update

I am going to do it. On the one hand, the higher standard I have set for 2013, (complete a story, and not just 50,000 words) is somewhat daunting. But on the other, more significant hand, I need to work on not being as hard on myself over such things. I need some more writing …

Continue reading

All Fiction is Alternate History

One my favorite episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation is called “Parallels“. In it, one of the characters is accidentally thrown into a series of alternate realities. Each universe differs from his own due to past events having turned out differently. So the entire trajectory of history in that universe ends up altered. One …

Continue reading