Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends and family! To those who don’t celebrate Thanksgiving I hope you have as great a day as I am having.

As far as writing I am closing in on 17k words for NANOWRIMO. I’m into Chapter 24 with the entrance of a new character named Eric. He has a last name but my writing buddy told me the kind of resonance it had for him and now I have to change it. So for now we will call him Eric NoName.

This is the best progress I’ve had on my book in a year. It’s been a hard year but I need to realize that hard times will happen and not let it slow me down so much. I already write slowly so any extra slowdown and it has a huge impact on everything.

Again, happy day to everyone!

NANOWRIMO Update

So I’ve almost broken 13k words. My plan was just to make sure I write every day and get some words on paper for NANOWRIMO. I’d like to hit at least the 25k words I hit last year. 50k would be nicer but I’m running out of time for that.

Story Update - One of my main characters has been captured by a group of assassins…it’s been a tough part to write. I knew where I wanted to go with it but only generally what happens for two chapters. I was feeling pretty blocked even with my word vomit for some reason. So it has been a little bit of a slog but now I have finally made it up to a battle and those just seem to flow for me so much I’m going to leave that for tomorrow. Getting closer to the halfway point of the book. Never thought I’d make it as far as I have.

NANOWRIMO Halfway Point!

I don’t have quite as many words down as I would like but I’m vomiting them out as fast as my brain will let me. I’ve currently made it to Chapter 21 with a working title of Ambush. I’ve broken 10k words. I’ll really be happy if I hit at least half of the 50k for NANOWRIMO. It will put me at approximately 50k words into the novel. I’d like to get the story told from beginning to end then the work can really begin in making it better through lots of edits and drafts.

NANOWRIMO!!

The month of NANOWRIMO is here. To those who don’t know what this is, it is a website dedicated to getting authors writing and committing to writing 50k words during the month. Last year I reached about half that amount. I’m hoping to at least match that and so far I have a pretty good tally of over 2.5k words so far this month. The first draft of Chapter 17 Miriam and the Cub is complete with lots of work to come during a second draft.

I’ll try to do a better job of updating the blog from here on out.

I’ve been busy avoiding lots of things aside my full time job and several podcasts I worked on during the beginning of the Fall. Decimation of Dragons about the House of the Dragon television show, as well as She-Hulk Avenger of the Law, our podcast about the She-Hulk show. Along with those was my weekly work on the Dark Discussions podcast.

If anyone is interested in getting in early and seeing where the story is going send me an email.

Interview Podcast Up!

We interview the director of Block Island Sound - Matthew McManus. Great interview! Give a listen!

New Podcast Up!

We discuss the 1979 movie Time After Time as a tribute episode for the recently deceased David Warner. The link will take you to the Dark Discussions site where you can listen to our review. Not the “best movie evah!” as my cohost Phil would say but it was an enjoyable watch. The acting in the movie is great. Malcolm McDowell does a turn as a good guy playing H.G. Wells. David Warner plays Jack the Ripper. Check it out! Great discussion.

Chaos and Order

Trying to wrangle order out of chaos is something I think everyone can appreciate. Today I am opening up this page to my future audience and I plan on doing some rambling as often as I can while devoting most of my time writing. I’m currently in the midst of plotting my first book. I plan on doing little tidbits and morsels of what is to come. We’ll see how this page evolves and who comes as well as who stays. Stay tuned!