Posts tagged ‘NaNoWriMo’

As I write this, there are 79 minutes left in November, which means I’ll need to average something like 10 words per second to finish NaNoWriMo in time. Maybe next year.

Several things got in the way of it, but one of the most enjoyable was Fable II. After previously giving up on Fable in irritation after a gaggle of annoying villagers called me “Chicken Chaser” for no reason I could sensibly work out, I didn’t expect to enjoy the sequel, but a bunch of good reviews persuaded me to give it a chance. I was happy I did; though the villagers are still annoying in that they’ll swarm you the second you come into the village,¹ the generally malleable nature of the world is highly entertaining. Any game which claims that you can make your own destiny will always be lying to some extent, but Fable II’s major decisions and consequences are usually interesting, and occasionally hilarious.

Another thing was Gears of War II, a solid if unremarkable sequel to the solid if unremarkable original. I’m playing through the campaign with Andy and with housemate Andrew at the moment, which avoids those awkward moments when you shout out the wrong partner’s name during a particularly intense bit.

I moved house recently, and was given a chilli plant. Having gotten over my initial disbelief and excitement at learning that I suddenly controlled the means of chilli production, I almost forgot I had it. Luckily, it still appears to be alive.

They’ve released a Deluxe Edition of Casino Royale, the bastards. It’s not even remotely fair. Most films don’t even have one Blu-Ray release, and here’s Casino Royale getting two. I’ve gotten some practice at palming off DVD copies of films to friends when I want to upgrade to Blu-Ray, but it’s harder to find people to palm old Blu-Rays off to.

I’ve been meaning to write one of Andy’s “And Now, Five Things”, but then, I’ve been meaning to do a lot of things.

1. And, occasionally wander into your bedroom while you’re sharing a special moment with your wife. ↩

BTW, Nanowrimo fell on its arse around here.  Probably should have thought of a plot before I started writing. I wrote two chapters just by introducing new characters before I gave up.

Also, did you know that parking inspectors can give you a ticket if you’re lying down in a parking spot?

This [NaNoWriMo](http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/420554) stuff is *hard*. And it’s sucking time which should be being used to fix up our archives, or even, god forbid, write new reviews. So apologies, gentle readers. If you’re very unlucky, perhaps you’ll get to read two 50,000 word [opera](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/opus) at the end of all this.

Ok everyone, it’s one week until November, so you know what that means.¹  It’s almost time for the First Annual NaNoWriMo!  You don’t know what NaNoWriMo is? It’s National Novel Writing Month. Don’t be put off by the misleading title,² the aim of NaNoWriMo is to write a 50,000 word novel by the end of November.  Here’s the faq.

So you’ve never written a novel?  Not to worry, just dive right in.  The only requirement is some kind of writing device.³ Here’s my profile, so all I need now is an idea for my novel.  Please leave your ideas what I could write about and glowing reviews of my novel in the comments, and enjoy the magic of writing in November.

1. No, not another year wasted, although that is true too. ↩
2. National Novel Writing Month is international and you only need fifty thousand words so it’s more like a novella. The Writing and Month parts are accurate ↩
3. Even pen and paper would qualify, although counting the words by hand could be tough. ↩